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Penn State College of Medicine Pulmonary Immunology and Physiology Core Facility (Immunology)

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Primary Contact:

Zissis Chroneos

Last Updated: 08/19/2024

Facility RRID

RRID:SCR_025624

Facility Details

Core provides development and testing of small animal models to be used for pre-clinical pulmonary research. BSL2 facility that allows the assessment of pulmonary function related to airway hyper-responsiveness, ventilation-induced lung injury, postnatal lung development, airway remodeling, chronic inflammation, allergy, environmental exposures and infection. Services offered include oxygen profiling, infection and treatment; ability to deliver, measure and test pre-clinical potential of therapeutic interventions via aerosol; and housing of small animals.