Key Research Cores
To support research efforts, four cores provide state-of-the-art services that augment the capabilities, availability, and budgets of individual NORC investigators:
Animal Phenotyping/Metabolism Core
Provides an array of blood metabolites and hormones, 50-plus metabolic cages, telemetry measurements of blood pressure, heart rate, core body temperature, and activity, multiple imaging modalities to characterize fat distribution, and hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps and primary cell isolation. Visit Metabolic Phenotype Core.
Provides comprehensive quantification of lipids in cells, tissues, and blood.
Quantitative Metabolism and Imaging Core
Provides sophisticated flux measurements of metabolic pathways in vivo and 1H imaging and spectroscopy to characterize skeletal muscle and liver lipid content in humans.
Genetics, Single-Cell Sequencing, and RNA Sequencing Core
Provides exome sequencing and gene expression and analysis.