Physiology Phenotyping Core (PPC)
provides phenotyping services for animal models, with a primary focus on mouse and rodent models of disease.
Contacts
Daniel Michele, PhD
dmichele@umich.edu
Location
Frankel Cardiovascular Center
1425 E Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI
Medical School
Who We Serve
University of Michigan Researchers and External Researchers
Core Summary
The Physiology Phenotyping Core (PPC) provides state of the art phenotyping services for animal models, with a primary focus on mouse and rodent models of disease. The majority of our services have applications in cardiovascular, muscle, and neuromuscular physiology and disease research, although many of the platforms in our core can be applied to other areas of research including neuroscience and behavior, cancer, and metabolic disease.
Services
- Blood pressure (non-invasive)
- Cardiac pressure/volume analysis
- Echocardiography
- Microsurgical models
- Neuromuscular testing
- Telemetry
- Ultrasound
Equipment
- Alzet Osmotic Pump
- Balance beam
- Columbus Instruments Animal Treadmill
- Columbus Instruments Grip Strength Meter
- Columbus Instruments Mouse Home Cage Running Wheel
- Columbus Instruments Rota Rod
- ETA-F10
- Gait analysis
- HD-X11
- HP Sonos 7500
- IITC Life Science Non-Invasive Blood Pressure
- Indwelling Catheter
- Scisense ADVantage PV System (ADV500)
- TA10TA-F20
- TA11PA-C10
- Vevo 2100