Shared and Core Facilities

The Office for Research provides funding for the support of core facilities throughout the University, utilizing a semiannual call for proposals. A faculty committee reviews and prioritizes requests that will improve the operation and breadth of current facilities and/or for improvements and modifications that will increase the probability of securing additional external funding. Cores may request funds for equipment, instrumentation, and/or operating costs.

Core facilities are developed and maintained to meet the needs of faculty and researchers. Cores are organized within a department, center or school, or by the Office for Research. Visit each site for services provided and contact information.

Advance Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratories

DuPont-Northwestern-Dow Collaborative Acess Team (DND-CAT)
Synchrotron Research Center
Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team (LS-CAT)
Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)

Analytical Services Laboratory

Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental User Center (NUANCE)

Bioinformatics Core, Center for Genetic Medicine

Biological Imaging Facility

Biostatistics Core

Cell Imaging Facility

Children's Viral Vector Translational Resource Center

Cleanroom

Clinical Pharmacology Core

Clinical Research Office

Confocal Facility

Cryogenics Facility

Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Flow Cytometry - Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center

Genomics Core Facility

High Throughput Analysis Laboratory (HTA)

Immunoassay Core Facility

Instrument Shop

Keck Biophysics Facility

Keck Interdisciplinary Surface Science Center

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Facilities

Magnetic Resonance Research

Macromolecular Crystallography, Spectroscopy, and Computation

Materials Research Center (MRC)

The MRC website contains information about the following facilities:
Advanced Optical Facility
Electron Magnetic Resonance Facility
Electron Probe Instrumentation Facility
Magnet and Low Temperature Facility
Materials Processing and Crystal Growth Facility
Mechanical Behavior and Fatigue Facility
Synchrotron Facility
X-Ray Diffraction Facility

Materials Technology Laboratory