The UTSW Rodent Behavior Core can assist investigators in all aspects of rodent behavioral testing including the design and execution as well as the data analysis and interpretation. The core facility is equipped to perform a broad battery of behavioral tests to thoroughly phenotype overall motor and sensory function of rats and mice as well as phenotype specific behaviors that are of interest to the investigators (learning and memory, motor function, place/fear conditioning, pain/analgesia, and anxiety-related behaviors).

Core offers research histology and anatomic pathology services and customized pathology services. Facilitates morphologic and histologic assessment of murine transgenic and knockout phenotypes as well as experimental procedure-based models of disease for basic and clinical research. We utilize expertise in gross pathology, routine histology, immunohistochemistry, tissue microarray, spatial transcriptomics, spatial proteomics, laser-capture microdissection, materials science, photomicrography, and image analysis.

Academic core facility provides analytical and phenotypical measures to the scientific community. Provides services related to metabolic disorders (diabetes and obesity), cancer, aging neurological disorders, etc. Provides letters of support for grant proposals and research applications.

The Electron Microscopy Core Facility (EMCF) offers TEM of cells and tissues, negative staining, whole-mount SEM, correlative LM and EM, and immunogold labeling, vEM.