Facility Details

The National Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC) at UMass is a National Institutes of Health-sponsored resource (NIH Grant 5U2C-DK093000) that provides an array of sophisticated research tools to the global scientific community for the purpose of investigating mouse models of human diseases with particular focus on diabetes, obesity, and diabetic complications. The mission of the UMass MMPC is to advance medical and biological research by offering comprehensive, standardized, and high-quality experimental testing services to the academic and industry scientists. The UMass MMPC is composed of multidisciplinary group of investigators and leading scientists with state-of-the-art technologies at the UMass Medical School and consists of six complementary Phenotyping Cores. The collective goal of our research program is to find a cure for diabetes and improve human health.