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Shared Resources

The OSUCCC – James’ Supported Shared Resources provides specialized services to cancer researchers. They offer cost-effective, state-of-the-art technology and instrumentation; expert guidance and training; and clinical, administrative and technical support.

Shared Resources

    The OSUCCC – James oversees 12 Cancer Center Support Grant-funded (CCSG) shared resources, aimed at assisting members with specialized technologies, services and expertise. These resources enhance quality, speed and cost-effectiveness for our members, supporting all five research programs, and are managed by faculty from four colleges. 

    For general questions/suggestions for the OSUCCC – James shared resources, please contact CCCSR-Concierge@osumc.edu.

    Key program objectives

    The Specific Aims for shared resource management are to:

    • Aim 1: Evaluate for need, and establish new specialized technologies, services and expertise that enhance scientific interaction and productivity.
    • Aim 2: Ensure that shared resources provides cost-effective, reliable and quality-controlled technologies, services and expertise.
    • Aim 3: Support Shared Resources through budget planning, laboratory management systems and sustainability efforts.
    • Aim 4: Establish policies for shared resources access and use.

    Shared resources

    Biomedical Informatics

    The Biomedical Informatics Shared Resource (BISR) supports a wide range of studies for the OSUCCC – James investigators with bioinformatics and computational biology needs, ranging from next generation sequencing (NGS) to data management in population science studies.

    Biospecimen Services

    The broad mission of the Biospecimen Services Shared Resource (BSSR) is to support innovative translational research to advance the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

    Biostatistics

    The Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR) enables OSUCCC – James researchers to collaborate on all aspects of experimental design; grant proposal development; data management and statistical analysis of clinical, epidemiological, public health and laboratory research data; and manuscript preparation.

    Clinical Translational Science

    The Clinical Translational Science Shared Resource (CTSSR) team works closely with clinical and translational scientists at the OSUCCC – James to develop a customizable portfolio of biomarker assays to provide innovative, correlative science studies associated with early-phase solid tumor oncology clinical trials.

    Comparative Pathology and Digital Imaging

    The Comparative Pathology and Digital Imaging Shared Resource (CPDISR) provides expert, affordable, experimental pathology support to OSUCCC – James researchers who use animal models to study human disease.

    Drug Discovery Shared Resource

    The Drug Discovery Shared Resource (DDSR) provides medicinal chemistry support to investigators at the OSUCCC – James and to other academic and commercial institutions. It integrates the expertise of multiple disciplines, including synthetic and process chemistry, instrumental analysis and molecular pharmacology.

    Flow Cytometry

    The Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) provides a quantitative analytical method that separates cells based on specific characteristics. It can also measure physical and chemical properties of cells and particles.

    Genomics

    The Genomics Shared Resource (GSR) provides a centralized, comprehensive resource of high-throughput genomics technologies to OSUCCC – James researchers and non- OSUCCC – James members.

    Hematology Tissue Bank

    The Hematology Tissue Bank Shared Resource (HTBSR) helps scientists translate basic research to the clinical setting by providing central collection, processing and storage of tissue samples from patients with hematologic diseases enrolled in OSUCCC – James protocols.

    Pharmacoanalytical

    The Pharmacoanalytical Shared Resource (PhASR) provides affordable access to expertise and state-of-the-art instrumentation for bioanalytical assay development and quantitative sample analysis, experimental design, data analysis and modeling applied in preclinical and clinical research involving (a) The development of novel therapies for cancer treatment and prevention, (b) Chemopreventive or carcinogenic components in food/environmental sources, and (c) Biomarkers relevant to drug therapy, nutrients, food products, and dietary patterns.

    Preclinical Therapeutics Mouse Modeling

    The Preclinical Therapeutics Mouse Modeling Shared Resource (PTMMSR) supports investigators to generate cost-effective and reproducible in vivo proof-of-concept preclinical data through knowledge, technical expertise and centralized resources for mouse models and instrumentation.

    Recruitment, Intervention and Survey

    The Recruitment, Intervention and Survey Shared Resource (RISSR) provides services to support behavioral, epidemiological and non-therapeutic clinical research at the OSUCCC – James.

    Other Supported Core Facilities

    Other OSUCCC – James supported core facilities provide specialized services to cancer researchers. These facilities include GESR, CTPL, CTAMSR, MSR, PSR and SAISR.