VUMC Islet and Pancreas Analysis (IPA) Core

Overview of Services

The Islet and Pancreas Analysis Core (IPA Core) is a core of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC). Pancreatic islet biology, development, and function are major DRTC research areas with investigators studying a variety of islet-related processes ranging from intracellular signaling, immunology of type 1 diabetes, islet-enriched transcription factors, to islet transplantation. The objective of the core is to facilitate research of DRTC-affiliated investigators by providing high quality, well-characterized mouse pancreatic islets.

Services:

Mouse Islet Isolation
Islet Perifusion
Static Islet Incubation
Islet Culture
Islet RNA Isolation
Whole Slide Scanning & Image Analysis
CODEX Multiplex Imaging
Assistance with experimental design

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Acknowledgments for Islet Procurement & Analysis Core

Please remember to acknowledge the Islet Procurement & Analysis Core when submitting publications. The Islet Procurement & Analysis Core is supported by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (P60 DK020593).

Core Members

Marcela Brissova (Tel. 615-936-1729), PhD, Core Director
Diane Saunders (Tel. 615-875-8616), PhD, Core Co-Director
Anastasia Coldren (Tel. 615-936-2858), BS, Senior Research Specialist
Shaojun Mei, (Tel. 615-875-8661), MD, Senior Research Specialist
Corey Davis, (Tel. 615-936-2902), MS, Research Assistant
Alisa Escue (Tel. 615-322-2397), Core Administrator

Location and hours of operation

Hours Location

Islet Procedures: M - F 9 am - 5 pm  

Slide Scanning: 24/7

7475 MRB IV

8434 MRB IV

Links and Resources

http://diabetescenters.org/core/drtc-vanderbilt-islet-procurement-analysis
https://labnodes.vanderbilt.edu/resource/view/id/1629/community_id/58

 

Billing Number Activation

 VUMC Investigators with VUMC center numbers:
  All VUMC billing numbers are activated in iLab via a nightly feed from Workday. Grant Worktags are auto-assigned to the PI's lab group. All other funds (Cost Centers, Gift or Program Worktags) must be claimed within the PI's Lab Group.
 
 VU Investigators with VU CoA or POET numbers:
  VU users will manage the VU billing numbers via the webform on the VUMC Office of Research website
 
 Vanderbilt Investigators with VA (Veteran Affairs) funding: 
  Contact the VUMC Office of Research at VUMCcores@vumc.org to request access to your VA funding.  All investigators with VA funding are assigned a VA billing number (999999xxxx). The VUMC Office of Research manages VA billing numbers in coordination with the VA Research Administration.
 
 

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Marcela Brissova
Core Director
 
615-936-1729
 
marcela.brissova@vumc.org
 
8435G MRB4
 
Anastasia Coldren
Sr. Research Specialist
 
615-936-2858
 
anastasia.coldren@vumc.org
 
7475 MRB4
 
Alisa Escue
Core Administrator
 
615-322-2397
 
alisa.escue@vumc.org
 
807E Light Hall
 
Shaojun Mei
Sr. Research Specialist
 
615-875-8661
 
shaojun.mei@vumc.org
 
7475 MRB4
 
Diane Saunders
Core Co-Director
 
615-875-8616
 
diane.saunders@vumc.org
 
7475 MRB4
 

Available Equipment and Resources

Name Price
Scan Scope CS View calendar
Scan Scope FL View calendar
Indica Labs Image Analysis Workstation View calendar