Meet the RRC

The Research Resources Center is a division of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. RRC offers research faculty and staff a diverse inventory of high-end scientific equipment as well as a wide range of services. The RRC also welcomes external users doing scientific research.

RRC Cores

Research Resources Center has various cores that specialize in a variety of research techniques and areas. RRC cores employ personnel with extensive skill sets in various scientific protocols who are able to assist or fully execute your research projects. Furthermore, these cores maintain a diverse inventory of fully calibrated instruments available for users. Each core offers training on the use of instruments and core staff are equipped with skills and knowledge to troubleshoot equipment usage problems. RRC Cores are divided into three divisions:

Bioanalytics, Biophysics & Cytomics Division

Genome Research Division

Scientific Imaging & Nanotechnology Division

RRC Research Support Units

In addition to the cores, RRC has a suite of Research Support Units. These units function in collaboration with all other cores as well as individually to give our customers full support in their research endeavors.

Research Resources Center Administrative Office

1737 West Polk Street,

AOB Suite 310, MC 937,

Chicago, Illinois 60612

Phone: (312) 996-7600

Fax: (312) 996-0539

Email: rrcinfo@uic.edu

Informational Website: http://www.rrc.uic.edu/

Service Website: https://uic.ilab.agilent.com/service_center/4858?tab=about

QUICK DIRECTORY

Biophysics, Bioanalytics, & Cytomics Division:

Biophysics Core – CfSB 119 1100 S. Ashland Ave @ BPC@uic.edu
Flow Cytometry Core – MSB E25, 835 South Wolcott Ave @ FCC@uic.edu
High Throughput Screening Core – MBRB 3370, 900 S. Ashland Ave @ HTSC@uic.edu
Mass Spectrometry Core – MSB E12, 835 South Wolcott Ave @ MassSpec@uic.edu
NMR Core – CfSB 112 1100 S. Ashland Ave @ NMRC@uic.edu

Genome Research Division:

Genome Research Core: @ GRC@uic.edu

Genomics – CMWT A302, 1853 West Polk Street
Sequencing – CMW 329, 1819 West Polk Street

Research Informatics Core – Remote @ InformaticsCore@uic.edu

Scientific Imaging & Nanotechnology Division:

Cardiovascular Research Core – NMRL B13, 830 South Wood Street @ CVRC@uic.edu
Electron Microscopy Core – @ E-Microscopy@uic.edu
East Campus: SES Suite 100, 845 West Taylor St
West Campus: MSB Suite E32, 835 South Wolcott Ave
Fluorescence Imaging Core – MSB E325, 835 S Wolcott Ave @ FIC@uic.edu
Nanotechnology Core Facility – ERF 3064, 842 W. Taylor St @ NCF@uic.edu
Preclinical Imaging Core – NMRL B01, 830 South Wood Street @ PIC@uic.edu
Research Histology Core – MSB E311, 835 South Wolcott Ave @ Histology@uic.edu

Research Support Division:

Scientific Instrument Shop – CSN W17, 840 S Wood St @ SIS@uic.edu
Scientific Storeroom – CMWT A305, 1853 West Polk Street @ ScientificStore@uic.edu
UI Health Biorepository – CSN W17, 840 South Wood Ave @ UIBiorep@uic.edu

Core Name	Primary Contact	Email	Phone Number/Ext
Administrative Support Core	Tarra Bollinger	tbolli1@uic.edu	312-996-1216
Biophysics Core	Hyun Lee	danielhl@uic.edu	312-355-5292
Cardiovascular Research Core	Maricela Castellon	mcaste4@uic.edu	3129967878
Electron Microscopy Core	Fengyuan Shi	fyshi@uic.edu	(312) 355-2087
Flow Cytometry Core	Balaji Ganesh	bganesh@uic.edu	312-355-0742
Fluorescence Imaging Core	Peter Toth	rrc-imaging@uic.edu	312-996-0003
Genome Research Core	General Lab Contact	GRC@uic.edu
High-Throughput Screening Core	Kiira Ratia, PhD	kratia@uic.edu	(312) 355-1296
Mass Spectrometry Core	Hui Chen	ch1208@uic.edu
Nanotechnology Core Facility	An, Seyoung	syan11@uic.edu	(312) 355-1259
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Core	Hyun Lee	danielhl@uic.edu	312-355-5292
OVCR Grants Management Core	Stephanie Cologna, Ph.D.	cologna@uic.edu
Preclinical Imaging Core	Weiguo Li	wli20@uic.edu	312-413-5638
Research Histology Core	Maria Sverdlov, PhD	mariasve@uic.edu	(312) 355-0177
Research Informatics Core	Mark Maienschein-Cline	cribioinfo@uic.edu
Research Tissue Imaging Core	Ryan Deaton	rdeaton@uic.edu	312-355-4338
Scientific Instrument Shop	Joel Rodriguez	jrodri39@uic.edu	312-996-4383
Scientific Storeroom	Ron McKinney	ScientificStore@uic.edu	(312) 996-7674
Scientific Storeroom East	Ron McKinney	mckinney@uic.edu	5-7065
Single Cell Sequencing	SCS	SCS@uic.edu
UI Health Biorepository	UI Biorep	UIBiorep@uic.edu	312-996-3807
UIC Metabolic Core	Xu, Pingwen	pingwenx@uic.edu	(312) 413-7948
University of Illinois Cancer Center Shared Resources	Margaret Wright Geise	mewright@uic.edu	312-996-9977
Viral Vector Core	Seock-Won Youn	swyoun93@uic.edu	312-355-3682