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The Penn Microbial Culture and Metabolomics Core features facilities and equipment for the aerobic and anaerobic culture of microbial species in both batch and continuous systems, as well targeted metabolomics services.

The Genomics and Data Integration Core provides comprehensive and expert analytic guidance, sequencing, and informatics tools for IDDRC users who require support in genomic project planning, data generation, analyses, interpretation, and informatics integration with complex data types and sources.

The Mir Lab develops and applies advanced fluorescence microscopy and single molecule imaging methods to study the dynamics of nuclear organization and transcriptional regulation during early embryonic development.

Eosinophilic esophagitis involves chronic allergic inflammation with tissue damage leading to fibrosis. The goal of the Muir Lab is to elucidate the mechanisms of esophageal fibrosis and to improve its therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.

The goals of the Penn Acute Care Biobanking Core are to encourage and facilitate microbiome-focused research in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with critical illness.

The University of Pennsylvania launched the Penn Gnotobiotic Mouse Facility (PGMF) to aid new research in this area and provide investigators with germ-free animal models to further their research.

The Penn Human Intervention Core offers a wide array of services to assist with the design and implementation of microbiome studies.

The Small Molecule and Metabolite Core is focused on assay development, validation, and sample analysis utilizing the latest mass spectrometry techniques.

The Translational Core Laboratory (TCL) provides laboratory testing and specimen processing services to support clinical research and animal studies.

The St. Geme Lab focuses on bacterial pathogenesis, with an emphasis on defining the molecular and cellular determinants of Haemophilus influenzae and Kingella kingae disease.