MEDSCHOOL, MED, Research, Translational Medicine Unit (TMU) - Facilities

TMU facilities

The TMU facilities include expert staff, laboratory space, and departmental equipment.

Personnel

TMU personnel currently consists of:

• 2 Physician Investigators
• An Administrator
• Program Manager
• 3 Clinical Research Coordinators
• A Research Scientist with expertise in Analytical Chemistry. 

Our expert staff provide support for

• Subject recruitment, screening, and enrollment
• Data collection and subject management
• Broad range of clinical services including: routine physical examination, vital sign screening, phlebotomy, IV infusions, electrocardiography, etc.
• Specimen collection, processing, storage, and shipment
• Design, maintenance, and storage of records, regulatory files, and case report forms
• Quality assurance and medical monitoring
• IRB facilitation

Lab

The TMU consists of approximately 5,000 sq. ft. of physical space that includes

• A volunteer check-in and waiting area
• 2 examination rooms
• A procedure room
• 2 interview rooms
• A conference room
• Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
• Product/sample storage facility
• Refrigeration and storage facilities
• Secure document storage

Our lab also has facilities for

• Glassware washing and sterilizing
• A chemical hood
• Class II Biosafety Cabinets
• Lab capabilities include:
  
  • HPLC with UV and fluorescence-detector systems
  • GC/MS (gas chromatography / mass spectrometry)
  • Centrifuges, evaporators, microscopes, agitators, pipettes and other ancillary equipment
  • Ultrahigh performance liquid chromatograph with tandem mass spectrometer (UPLC-MS/MS) 
• Storage capability includes 6 cold storage units (4C (1) and -80C units (5)) for the storage of clinical samples.

The following common use facilities are available within the University:

• Applied Biosystems 3130XL DNA Sequencer
• Applied Biosystems 433A Peptide Synthesizer
• Applied Biosystems 3900 DNA Synthesizer
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Waters 626 with photodiode array (PDA) detector  
• Agilent 1200 with a PDA
• BioCad 700e high-throughput purification
• Applied Biosystems Voyager DE MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer
• High sensitivity mass spectrometer
• Automated agar plate production system
• Applied Biosystems 7500 Real time PCR System
• Applied Biosystems 9800 Thermal Cycler