Inflammation Core Facility
Immune response (or inflammation) has brought researchers from different disciplines together and promoted the development of functional therapies on inflammation-mediated diseases. The Inflammation Core Facility provides services for analyzing immune mediators in order to gain a better understanding of such diseases.
Location: Room N431, Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Manager: Dr. Huan-Yuan Chen, Associate Research Specialist, Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Contact Persons: Mr. Chia-Hao Hsu, Ms. Jen-Suang Wang, Ms. Nien-Tzu Chang, Ms. Chia-Wen Lin
Phone Numbers: 2652-3940 (Office); 2652-3945 (Lab)
Website: https://www.ibms.sinica.edu.tw/inflammation_core_facility/index.html
Availability: Services available to Academia Sinica faculty members and their associates, as well as research institutes and companies outside AS.
Services:
- Multi-Plex Immunoassay System: Measures the expression levels of inflammatory cytokines in patient samples.
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining: Analyzes immune cells within tissue samples.
- Cytometry by Time-Of-Flight (CyTOF): Performs multiplexed analysis of antigens on single cells and profiles cell populations in samples.
- Provide support to collaborating laboratories in establishing mouse models of skin diseases, such as contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis.
- Molecular Biology (MB) services, including techniques and reagents for the analysis of galectin, a type of β-galactoside-binding protein
Equipment:
- Microsphere-based suspension array washer
- High Through-put Multi-Analyte Suspension Detection Platform
- 96 well microplate multichannel washer