DUCOM Shared Instrument Facilities

College of Medicine Research Core Facilities

 Drexel University College of Medicine Cores are shared resources which offer a wide range of services dedicated to the support of research. Shared resources play a crucial role in fostering collaboration and providing access to state-of-the-art instruments, technologies, services, training, and expert consultation. By subsidizing these facilities and recovering costs through user fees, COM ensures that researchers have the advanced technologies and support to advance their research creating an environment where collaboration is not only possible but actively encouraged, leading to more innovative and impactful research outcomes.

Research Facilities

Flow Cytometry Core Facility
This state of the art facility provides access to high-speed cell sorting, analytical flow cytometry and spectral flow cytometry. The equipments available are listed below:

• BD FACS Symphony A5 SE 48-color analyzer
• BD LSRFortessa 14-color analyzer
• BD LSRFortessa 18-color analyzer
• BD FACSAria Fusion 18-color high-speed cell sorter

 Location: New College Building (Center City)
               245 N 15th Street, Rooms 18119, Philadelphia PA 19102

 Leadership: Dr. Elias El Haddad, Co-Director, email: ee336@drexel.edu 
                   Dr. Jenna Hope, Co-Director, email: jlh434@drexel.edu

 Lab Manager: Dr. Beatriz Hernaez Estrada, Sr. Research Scientist, email:bh663@drexel.edu

If you require training, cell sorting or an assisted run, please go to the request services tab and select the appropriate request.

Stellaris Microscope Core Facility
The Leica Stellaris 5 Confocal microscope is a true confocal point scanning system, including a White Light Laser as excitation light source, an Acousto Optical Beam Splitter (AOBS) and a highly sensitive, prism-based spectral detection design with computer controlled adjustable bandwidth for all fluorescence channels.
 

 Location: Queens Lane Campus
                2900 West Queens Lane, Room 254, Philadelphia, PA 19129                     

 Leadership: Dr. Peter Bass,Director, email: pwb22@drexel.edu                  

 Lab Manager: Julien Bouyer, Research Assistant III, email:jjb97@drexel.edu            
           

If you have questions, please contact Julien Bouyer             

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