The core’s design includes masking of treatment groups so that observers make unbiased assessments of the animals throughout the experiment
To conduct infection and treatment experiments in collaboration with investigators from the junior investigator and pilot project research programs, as well as outside researchers.
To supervise, schedule, maintain, and operate the equipment. As well as to coordinate and oversee installation and preventative maintenance performed by manufacturers. Lastly we replenish and keep inventory on consumables.
Antimicrobial development, fungal pathogenesis, orthopedic infections, microbiology, immune assays in SARS-CoV-2 and RSV, transfusion medicine