Shared Core
Resources
Kelsey Benton, PhD
Imaging Specialist
Microscopy Core
Brad Best
Senior Research Technologist
Vector Core
Rebekah Doerfler, PhD
Senior Specialist Flow Cytometry
Flow Cytometry Core
Tongjun Gu, PhD
Director, Bioinformatics, Core, Associate Investigator
Bioinformatics Core
Rachel Henson
Senior Coordinator Hematology
Biorepository Core
Irene Hernandez
Senior Research Technologist
Hybridoma Core
Trudy Holyst
Senior Research Technologist
Protein Core, Single Cell Core, Shared Instruments
Kevin Jennings, PhD
Flow Cytometry Specialist
Flow Cytometry Core
Nicole Leon, HTL(ASCP)
Senior Coordinator
Histology Core
Jeremy Mattson
Senior Research Technologist
Hemostasis & Thrombosis Core
Eric Mchalski
Research Technologist II
Single Cell Core, Vector Core, Shared Instruments
Savannah New, PhD
Senior Coordinator
Flow Cytometry Core
Marie Schulte, PhD
Imaging Specialist
Microscopy Core
Steven Traeger
Research Technologist II
Flow Cytometry Core
Shriramprasad Venkatesan, PhD
Computational Biologist
Bioinformatics Core
Shikan Zheng, MS
Analyst Research Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics Core
Grant Application Support
VBRI Shared Resources aid in the preparation of competitive grant applications that rely on access to shared resources.
Bioinformatics
VBRI Bioinformatics lab offers tailored data analysis services across multiple platforms by leveraging cutting-edge methodologies.
MRMC Hematology Biorepository
This biorepository will serve as a Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus-wide shared resource and a powerful tool for advancing collaboration and interdisciplinary research.
Flow Cytometry
VBRI Flow Core provides access to a wide range of flow cytometry services and instrumentation, from basic and conventional analyzers to advanced spectral and imaging devices, along with high-throughput cell sorting.
Histology
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Hybridoma
The Hybridoma facility aids in the generation, characterization, to-scale production and maintenance of monoclonal antibodies.
Microscopy
The Microscopy Core provides researchers access to a variety of microscope systems. Imaging Specialists train users and provide guidance with image acquisition and analysis.
Molecular & Single Cell Biology
This resource operates instrumentation for quantitative, real-time PCR, preparation and analysis of DNA/RNA and single-cell applications on the 10X, BD Rhapsody and Takara iCell8 platforms.
Protein Office
Chemistry supports custom peptide synthesis and maintains state-of-the-art instrumentation for the purification and characterization of proteins and nanoparticles.
Shared Instrumentation
Shared instruments enable routine or specialized devices for protein and nucleic acid quantitation and gel imaging, plate readers for various detection technologies, hematology analyzers, and ImmunoSpot analyzers.
Thrombosis & Hemostasis
The Thrombosis Core supports investigators studying thrombosis and hemostasis with equipment for the analysis of hemostatic parameters of blood and plasma samples and platelet and blood vessel function.
Z Viral Vectors
The Viral Vector Core provides vector design and production focused on adenovirus, retrovirus, lentivirus and adeno-associated virus.
Office of Research Innovation & Technology Transfer
Patenting, grant management, licensing and contract negotiation services for technological advances across Versiti and Versiti Blood Research Institute.
Office of Sponsored Programs
Supporting VBRI investigators in securing and managing external funding for research.
