Core Facilities
Centralized scientific resources have been established to give NCI investigators
access to new technologies, special expertise, and additional technical
support in fields such as imaging, animal sciences, analytical/protein
chemistry, genetics/genomics, and structural biology.
Core Genotyping Facility
The NCI has established a genotyping core resource facility, headed
by Dr. Steve Chanock. This facility provides state-of-the-art high throughput
genotyping to meet CCR's rapidly expanding needs.
Genome Analysis Unit
This support unit, headed by Dr. Peter FitzGerald, was established to
provide genomic analysis and a network for bioinformatics support for
the CCR.
Molecular Pathology Unit
This support unit, headed by Dr. Mark Simpson, will provide comparative
molecular pathology expertise to CCR scientists who use animal models.
The unit will be a central resource for methodologies, protocols and
technical development in veterinary clinical pathology.
Comparative Molecular Cytogenetics Unit
This resource core headed by Dr. Roscoe Stanyon, has been established
on the NCI Frederick campus to provide molecular cytogenetic support
services to the NCI community. The unit will facilitate the assessment
of structural and numerical genomic changes in cancer and cancer models.
Clinical Core Facilities
Comparative Oncology Program
A significant hurdle in the translation of information from the laboratory to the clinic has been the availability and the effective use of preclinical models of cancer. The CCR – Comparative Oncology Program will compliment a number of new CCR initiatives designed to improve this translational process.
