Penn State Core Facilities

Analyzing the binding and folding of biological macromolecules using high-throughput thermodynamic calorimetry instruments. (The Huck Institutes)

Delivers hands-on training in mammalian cell culture to students, faculty, staff, and external personnel, while providing researchers across numerous Penn State disciplines access to a twenty-first-century lab environment. (The Huck Institutes)

Houses a state-of-the art General Electric v|tome|x L300 nano/microCT that offers high-resolution imaging with feature detectability of 1 micron and 1,200millimeter maximum sample height. (Institutes of Energy and the Environment/Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories)

Providing life cycle scientific and technical services and scientific expertise in multiscale complex data integration and analyses. (Social Science Research Institute/Population Research Institute)

Houses a one-of-a-kind FEI Titan Krios microscope that offers uncompromised data collection for the life sciences while incorporating materials science applications. Specifically, the facility allows for fully automated atomic-resolution single-particle and high-contrast tomography tilt-series data collection. (The Huck Institutes and Materials Research Institute)

A biotechnology pilot plant, located in the newly renovated Agricultural and Biological Engineering Building, capable of research- and pilot-scale production of microbial cells, recombinant proteins, and other microbial products over a wide range of controlled conditions. (The Huck Institutes)

Provides deployable field sampling equipment all calibrated and maintained by laboratory personnel and made available for pick up from the Materials Research Laboratory upon request. (Institutes of Energy and the Environment/Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories)

Equipped with flow cytometers and cell sorters that enable researchers to examine cell samples within the range of the micron. (The Huck Institutes)

Employing next-generation sequencing and traditional genomics instruments and techniques to investigate a variety of biological phenomena. (The Huck Institutes)

Investigating samples at the micrometer scale using in vivo imaging and magnetic resonance microscopy. (The Huck Institutes)

Conducting metabolomics studies on a variety of biofluids and tissue extracts from plant and animal sources. (The Huck Institutes)

Employing optical and electron microscopy and histology instrumentation, along with expert assistance, to advance your research. (The Huck Institutes)

A facility equipped with state-of-the-art liquid and gas chromatography instrumentation. In addition to the instrumentation laboratory, these facilities include a spacious laboratory dedicated to sample preparation. (Institutes of Energy and the Environment/Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories)

Offering highly sensitive and accurate mass spectrometry analysis, including identification and quantitation of proteins by liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS-MS) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS). (The Huck Institutes)

A world-class high-performance computing system for carrying out advanced simulation and statistical modeling, data analysis, data mining, machine learning, and more. (Institute for Computational and Data Sciences)

A reference center for internal and external users as well as a facility where students, faculty, and external personnel have access to hands-on training in cell cultures, providing direct experience with the technologies and processes used in current, sophi sticated biotechnology settings. (The Huck Institutes)

Supporting the photovoltaic and related research from basic materials science to device and system development with world-class facilities for solar cell material synthesis, material characterization, and device fabrication and characterization. (Institutes of Energy and the Environment/Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories)

Procuring transgenic and gene-targeted (knockout) mice to meet your research needs. (The Huck Institutes)

Equipped with a full range of analytical instruments used for specific water analyses such as pH, alkalinity, acidity, specific conductance, sulfates, turbidity, chlorides, various forms of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. (Institutes of Energy and the Environment/Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories)

Visualizing and characterizing biological macromolecules. (The Huck Institutes)