The Bioimaging Core provides biological electron microscopy services including sample preparation, SEM and TEM imaging, array tomography, and cryo-EM plunge freezing.

The Bioimaging Core is a core component of the Micro/Nano Technology Center (MNTC).

Imaging and Characterization for Semiconductors and/or other Micro/Nano Scale Devices

The Advanced Computing Core (ACC) has been formed to extend the scope of the resources and services provided by the Research Computing team to enable cutting-edge research at UofL and beyond.

The Proteomics Technology Center provides comprehensive proteomic analyses using LC-MS platforms, supporting post-translational modifications, protein-protein interactions, spatial proteomics, and single-cell workflows with bioinformatics.

The Center houses a suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation, services, and technical expertise. the Center covers microscopy needs from epifluorescence to confocal to multi-photon to atomic force—along with a full pathology suite for processing, embedding, and sectioning. In addition, the Center offers a range of in vivo services (surgery, ultrasound, exercise, metabolism, and other phenotyping).

Specialized, collaborative unit providing bioinformatics, biostatistics, and data analysis services to researchers across Kentucky. It enhances biomedical research capacity through expert support in experimental design, grant application assistance, and high-throughput data analysis, primarily serving faculty and students at member institutions.

CREAM provides fundamental research strength to the University of Louisville community and collaborative research groups outside of the university. The expertise of CREAM faculty spans all aspects of metabolomics, lipidomics, epitranscriptomics, and bioinformatics.

The STC is your one-stop destination for cutting-edge genomic sequencing services. As a full-service facility, we specialize in next-generation sequencing (NGS), single-cell analysis, and spatial transcriptomics—delivering deep insights that drive discovery.

Whether you‘re part of our local research community or collaborating from afar, we welcome projects from scientists and innovators worldwide. With advanced short-read and long-read sequencing technologies—including our status as a PacBio Certified Service Provider—we deliver high-quality data tailored to your research needs.

Partner with STC and turn your genomic questions into bold discoveries.

The Center‘s expertise resides in micro and nanotechnology, sensors, transducers, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), advanced materials, biomedical devices, space and governmental applications.

Core Facility houses 600 MHz Bruker Avance Neo NMR spectrometer available for both collaborative and fee-for-service use. The facility is equipped with a 14.1 T Bruker system and a nitrogen-cooled Prodigy probe, enabling a range of 3D experiments on isotopically labeled biomolecules with enhanced sensitivity for challenging samples. Services include biomolecular structure determination, characterization of biomolecular motions, and stable isotope-resolved metabolomics for studying metabolic pathways.

Core offers recombinant protein expression and purification in E. coli systems to investigators for functional and structural studies. Services include vector construction, expression optimization, protein purification using FPLC, and isotopically labeled protein expression for NMR. Clients can choose from expression strain delivery, optimized protocols, and/or purified protein, with fast turnaround times and consultation throughout the process.

Core Facility provides essential medicinal and organic chemistry support for drug discovery. Core specializes in lead optimization of initial lead compound to improve biological activity and drug-like properties, and to elucidate structure activity relationships. Other services include the design and synthesis of fluorescent and isotopic probes, compound scale up (1 – 5 grams), and custom synthesis.

Core provides structural biology support for UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center (BCC) scientists, with particular emphasis on characterization of biophysical properties of biomolecules (including proteins, peptides, lipids, and polynucleotides) and their interactions with binding partners or novel drug candidates. Offers range of biophysical techniques for both initial screening of lead compound binding as well as rigorous characterization of thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties of various biological macromolecules (most commonly proteins and nucleic acids), macromolecular association reactions, and drug-macromolecule interactions. Biophysical techniques include differential scanning fluorimetry, microscale thermophoresis, isothermal titration calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, circular dichroism spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, absorbance spectroscopy and analytical ultracentrifugation.

Core offers services including molecular modeling of proteins and nucleic acids, virtual drug screening, computational biophysics.

The facility offers Illumina NextSeq and Ion Torrent PGM Next Generation Sequencing services, as well as gene expression and miRNA expression analysis on the Affymetrix microarray platform. We also provide preliminary data analysis using Partek and Ingenuity/MetaCore software.