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CU-Auditory & Vestibular Technologies (AVT) Core Facility

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Primary Contact:

Mike Nichols

4022802159

Last Updated: 05/19/2025

Facility RRID

RRID:SCR_023866

Additional Citation Identifiers

5P20GM139762-05

Facility Details

The Auditory & Vestibular Technology (AVT) Core was established to provide infrastructure to support Research Project Leaders and principle investigators associated with the Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center to conduct auditory and vestibular research across the full range of experimental model systems, from single molecule analysis to whole organism models. We also offer access to our services and instruments to outside users.

Funding Info

NIH - 06/14/2025 - Physiology and Technology Core

is_active:

Yes

budget_end:

01/31/2026

date_added:

06/14/2025

agency_code:

NIH

fiscal_year:

2025

project_num:

5P20GM139762-05

award_amount:

$76,539.00

budget_start:

02/01/2025

org_name:

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

org_state:

NE

org_country:

UNITED STATES

org_zipcode:

681780133

primary_duns:

053309332

abstract_text:

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Auditory Vestibular Technology Core Core facilities are centralized shared research resources that provide access to instruments, technologies, as well as expert consultation and other services to scientific and clinical investigators. Core facilities are crucial for competitive multidisciplinary science and have become an integral part of biomedical research. The Auditory- Vestibular Technology (AVT) Core will be established to provide infrastructure to support Research Project Leaders and principal investigators associated with the Translational Hearing Center at Creighton University to conduct multidisciplinary auditory and vestibular research. We will achieve this goal by: 1) Providing state-of- the-art methodologies and instrumentation to faculty conducting auditory and vestibular studies in animal models. The AVT Core will provide state-of-the-art technical and scientific support for COBRE-supported translational auditory and vestibular researchers in the area of auditory and vestibular electrophysiology, molecular biology, imaging and mass spectrometry. The AVT Core will also provide the infrastructure necessary to capitalize on emerging technological developments. 2) Mentoring Core users in multidisciplinary research to successfully compete for research funding. To promote an interdisciplinary scientific environment within the Core itself, and among investigators in the region generally, the Core is dedicated to an intensive outreach program designed to encourage inter-investigator communication and introduce junior investigators to interdisciplinary methodologies available in the AVT Core. 3) Developing a sustainability plan to provide Core services for new and established investigators beyond COBRE funding. To meet this goal, an active outreach program will be implemented and a fee-for-service structure will be developed. The AVT Core will play an essential role to the establishment of multidisciplinary Translational Hearing Center by providing services to research projects that validate ototherapeutics. The core will also augment the intellectual and scientific atmosphere of the local and Midwest auditory research community, now and beyond COBRE support.

project_title:

Physiology and Technology Core

contact_pi_name:

HE, ZHI-ZHOU

total_cost:

$76,539.00

Facility Policies

Services are offerred outside of Creighton University

Consulting is offerred outside of Creighton University