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The Imaging Core – (BCH subsection) makes available to the research community modern motorized microscopes capable of multiple modes of imaging of both live and fixed biological samples.
The Epithelial Cell and Mucosal Immunology Core – (BCH) provides the infrastructure, biologic resources, expertise, and training for innovative and cross-disciplinary research on epithelial biology and immune function in mucosal surfaces and solid organs of the GI tract.
The Harvard Digestive Diseases Center (HDDC) is an NIH-funded Center that serves a broad community of scientists conducting basic and translational research relevant to the gastrointestinal tract. The HDDC facilitates multidisciplinary research and collaboration among independent investigators in Harvard-affiliated hospitals, the Harvard Medical School (HMS) and adjacent research institutions in the Harvard Longwood Medical Area and Boston.
The BCH Cell Function and Imaging Core (CFIC) is an integral BCH backed core facility. It is not a different facility from the HDDC center. The HDDC is a subset of of the larger CFIC core. All equipment and services are available to any and all researchers at Boston Children's Hospital. The CFIC contains a wide variety of microscopes, flow cytometers, specialty analyzers (exosomes, metabolism, etc). We also employ experts to aid useage of each machine and service.
We have a major focus on the intestinal and inflammatory bowel diseases; gut microbiology; and stem cell and developmental biology of the intestine and liver in organ physiology, regenerative medicine, and metabolism.
The HDDC supports four Scientific Cores:
Please see the HDDC web page for further details (http://www.hms.harvard.edu/hddc/index.html)
For more information and to request access to the iLab Core please email: Administrator.hddc@childrens.harvard.edu
Wayne Lencer, MD
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Director, Harvard Digestive Diseases Center
Director, Epithelial Cell and Mucosal Immunology Core
Jay Thiagarajah, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital
Co-Director, Imaging Core
Michael Anderson, PhD
Core Manager/Microscopist, BCH Cell Function and Imaging Core
Bin Bao, PhD
FACS Scientist, BCH Cell Function and Imaging Core
Marco Di Gioia, PhD
Seahorse Scientist, BCH Cell Function and Imaging Core
Farina Nawar
Cardiology Microscopist, BCH Cell Function and Imaging Core
Ali Hashemi Gheinani, PhD
Zetaview Exosome Analyzer Scientist, BCH Cell Function and Imaging Core
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9 am – 5 pm Monday-Friday |
Enders Building 6th floor Boston Children’s Hospital 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 |
