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

Affiliations
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.

Service Categories: Animal Research; Data Tools and Analysis ; Education and Training ; Imaging

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