Resources and Facilities

The Medical School provides research support facilities for peptide synthesis, nucleic acid synthesis, recombinant DNA technology, viral research, electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (300 and 500 MHz), X-ray crystallography, molecular modeling, tissue culture, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, submicron-particle sizing, monoclonal antibody production, radioimmunoassay, and generation of transgenic animals. Recently, a DNA sequencing facility has been established. There is also a central animal care facility, set up in accordance with NIH guidelines. All of the above facilities are available to the Worcester Campus research community.  For a complete listing of our Core Facilities visit the  Core Facility Web page .

Information Services provides access to mainframe and microcomputers that are equipped with a comprehensive selection of packages for Molecular Medicine, programming, imaging, mathematics, statistics, graphics, and text-processing. Biostatisticians provide support for statistical and mathematical analysis of biologic data. Electronics and machine shops offer the design, construction, repair, and servicing of instrumentation.

The Lamar Soutter Medical Library's resources include 162,000 volumes, 2,500 journal subscriptions, 44,000 government documents, 30,000 micro-forms, and 2,400 audio visual programs. State-of-the-art facilities are available for conducting computerized literature searches and accessing audiovisual and microform materials.

The X-ray crystallography, NMR, P3 viral research laboratory, digital imaging laboratory and the transgenic animal facilities are located within the program. The program also houses a semi-automated cell microinjection facility. All facilities offer state-of-the-art technology and are directed by faculty with unique expertise in their respective fields.