Cores, Facilities & Services

Welcome to the BU Medical Campus research cores and facilities site. Here, you can find information and links to various research cores and services available on campus. Some of these cores are institutional research cores and are available on a fee-for-service basis to all BU and external investigators. Other types are core services supported by individual departments, specific grants, or groups of investigators, and may be available to other University researchers as fee-for-service, or as a collaboration.

Navigate to detailed pages for individual cores and services below to:

Explore Capabilities: View details on each core’s services.
Find Contacts: Access contact information for inquiries.
Check Costs: Review pricing for facilities.
Schedule Services: Book time or services via each core’s site or the iLab system. For non-iLab services, contact the Core Director or Manager directly. New users should set up an account with each Core. Follow the steps in the Information for New Users section.

Analytical Instrumentation Core (AIC)
Animal Science Center (ASC)
Biomedical Imaging Center / MRI & Ultrasound Scanning:

Biospecimen Archive Research Core (BARC)
Biostatistics Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC)
Boston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (BNORC) Administrative Core
Cellular Imaging Core
Charles River Campus Core Facilities
Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW)
Clinical Translational Epidemiology Comparative Effectiveness Research (TEC Center)
Collaborative Research Laboratory (CoRe)
Cryo-EM Core Facility
Data Science Core (DSC)
Developer Core
Digital Pathology Core
Flow Cytometry Core
Framingham Heart Study Service Center
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)Core Facility
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) Core
Infrared Imaging Core
Integrated Biomedical Imaging Services (IBIS):

In Vivo Imaging Core Facility
Laboratory and Biorepository Research Services Core (LABS)
Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Microarray and Sequencing Resource Core Facility
Molecular Genetics Core
Mouse Assisted Reproductive Technology (MART)
Proteomics Service Center
Research Supply Center
Single Cell Sequencing Core

Please contact us if we can be of additional assistance.