Marquette University
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| Marquette University |  | BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORY More Info | This is a full assay laboratory including point of care and standard equipment for biochemical assays of: Lipids Lactate Glucose Blood gases Hemoglobin Hematocrit Salivary cortisols DNA/RNA measurements This laboratory also includes a full phlebotomy station. | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMATHEMATICS LAB (BISTRO LAB) More Info | The Bistro lab has housed several collaborations with faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin since 2001. These include projects analyzing microarray data, analyzing documents curated by the Rat Genome Database, and analyzing full-text biomedical articles. Recently, new collaborations with faculty at the Department of Biological Sciences at Marquette University have been established to analyze the regulation and surveillance of non-coding RNAs. Lab resources were also used in 2009 for drug candidate screening in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Sem at Marquette University and Dr. Brian Volkman at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Currently, the lab is involved in analyzing high throughput genomic, genetic, and epigenetic datasets to model the gene regulatory networks in various organisms. The lab is also developing pipelines to analyze next-generation sequencing datasets from prostate cancer cell lines through collaboration with Dr. Bekir Cinar at UCLA. The lab is also developing techniques for analyzing large-scale copy number variant (CNV) data sets associated with congenital heart disease in collaboration with Dr. Aoy Mitchell at the Children’s Research Institute. TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Technical library 8 computer workstations 15 node cluster Mac OS X based computers and configured for distributed and parallel processing tasks with Condor, providing 50 cores for computation Over 5 terabytes (TB) of collective storage in the lab, which is used for storing major genomic data, a copy of MEDLINE for biomedical data mining, and other bioinformatics related data and tools Bioinformatics software (e.g., EMBOSS, NCBI Tools, CLUSTALW, etc.) Database software (MySQL, PostgreSQL) Machine learning tools (e.g., Weka) Statistical and mathematical software (R, MATLAB) Document preparation software (LaTeX, OpenOffice, MS Office) | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | BIOMECHANICS / MOTION ANALYSIS LABORATORY More Info | This laboratory is used for teaching and research. The lab is equipment with Vicon MX systems the most advanced optical motion capture system available. Advanced undergraduate and doctoral courses utilize this state-of-the-art equipped laboratory for students to learn advanced techniques in biomechanical (kinematics and kinetics) and physiological assessments of human performance. LOCATION Cramer Hall 004B TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES 14 camera digital Vicon MX motion analysis system 16 channel Delsys Trigno wireless EMG/ accelerometer system Two 600cm x 600cm AMTI fore platforms flush mounted in the floor Biodex System 2 isokinetic dynamometer Cosmed K4b2 portable CPET system 50” monitor display Various Woodway treadmills | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | BODY COMPOSITION LABORATORY More Info | Equipment available to investigators includes: GE Lunar Prodigy DEXA iDEXA Digital C-arm Fluoroscope System Analytical Scales | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | CARDIAC RESEARCH FACILITY More Info | The Cardiac Research Facility is an interdisciplinary research project between Dr. Fitts’ lab at MU and four MCW colleagues (Drs. Danny Riley, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, John Baker, Dept. of Surgery; Wai-Meng Kwok, Dept. of Anesthesiology; and Rohit Rao, Department of Medicine). The clinical aspects of the collaboration are to understand the cellular mechanisms by which pre-conditioning (via global ischemia) and programs of exercise-training protect against ischemic heart disease. A translational aspect is to investigate in the future how drug therapy plus exercise programs work synergistically to reduce the incidence of heart and respiratory muscle failure, and facilitate recovery from heart disease. LOCATION Department of Biological Sciences TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Langendorf perfusion apparatus (Fitts and Baker labs) Electrophysiological myocyte station with microscope (Dr. Kwok) Imaging center (Confocal microscope MU Biological Sciences Dept.) EM facility (Dr. Riley and MCW) Human Exercise testing center (Dr. Rao’s lab) MU Exercise Science Dept. (in collaboration with Dr. Ng) | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | DEPARTMENTS OF EXERCISE SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL THERAPY More Info | The Departments of Exercise Science and Physical Therapy provide a collection of six labs for Neuromuscular Fatigue, Cardiovascular/ Neuromuscular function, Human Performance, Biomechanics/Ergonomics, Motion Analysis, and Neuromuscular Control of Movement. TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Biodex, multi- channel EMG Electrical stimulation Force transducers Automated blood pressure monitors Venous occlusion plethesmography Shielded rooms for sympathetic microneurographic recordings Motion analysis hardware and software Two Treadmills 7 cycle ergometers 2 ECG + metabolic carts Bioimpedance units Aquisizer underwater treadmill | View | No | Yes |
| Marquette University | | DISCOVERY LEARNING CENTER More Info | The Discovery Learning Center (DLC) offers machining and prototype shop services for mechanically-based student projects. It contains lathes, mills, and other equipment that faculty and students can use (after appropriate safety training) to construct prototypes or test fixtures and equipment. The DLC is located in the main engineering building and is accessible to all engineering faculty and students. LOCATION College of Engineering TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Lathe HAAS TM-2 Mill Prototyping Truck and competition trailer | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY More Info | 30 AUG EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY Posted at 14:09h in MU by Tina Taylor 0 Likes This lab is designed to evaluate both aerobic and cardiovascular parameters. Equipment available to investigators includes: Treadmills (load capacity of 500 lbs running and 800 lbs walking for bariatric research) 2 Vmax Encore CPET systems MetaMax 3b portable CPET system 2 Cardiac Assessment System for Exercise Testing (CASE) with treadmills 2 Marquette Electronics MAX-1 cardiac assessment systems with treadmills Various electronically braked cycle ergometers Zephyr Bioharness physiological monitoring system (telemetried HR monitoring for 25) Z-Lift bodyweight supported treadmill system 4 Monark cycle ergometers 3 Monark upper body ergometers 4 recumbent cycle ergometers Vascular Ultrasonography with AccessPoint software NuStep The laboratory is equipped with emergency medical equipment and full 12 lead and exercise lead configuration EKG. | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | FALK NEUROREHABILITATION ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (FNERC) More Info | This 6,000 sq. ft center serves research and development (R&D) activities in neurorehabilitation, investigating intervention strategies for movement therapy. Integral to the FNERC are the Neurorobotic and Neuromotor Control Laboratories, the Neuromechanics Laboratory and the Neurocomputing and Modeling Laboratory. These labs offer numerous instruments for measuring and assessing human motor and sensory performance. TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES 30 foot walkway with a 7-camera Vicon motion capture system and embedded force plates within the floor Experimental work stations including a custom wrist robot Smartboard interface for visuomotor tests Optotrak motion capture system for precision motion detection | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | HI-INTENSITY X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY More Info | The laboratory works at the exciting interface of chemistry and biology, using the tools of protein engineering, kinetic analyses and X-ray crystallography to determine the structure and function of various enzyme systems at the molecular level. Structural and kinetic analyses, used in tandem, provide a powerful means to probe underlying mechanisms of disease and unveil new targets for therapeutic applications. LOCATION Wehr Life Sciences | View | No | Yes |
| Marquette University | | INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER More Info | The INRC is serves to promote the exchange of ideas among Marquette neuroscience research faculty members, thereby increasing opportunities for collaborative research, acquisition of resources, attraction of high quality faculty and students and strengthening of educational offerings in this area. LOCATION Schroeder Health Sciences Complex 426 TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Zeiss PASCAL laser confocal microscope | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY COMPUTATIONAL GRID (MUGRID) More Info | The Marquette University computational grid (MUGrid) brings together a diverse team of investigators from mathematics, statistics, computer science, chemistry, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering to develop and utilize grid computing as an integral tool for computational research. This project expands the developing MUGrid with the acquisition of a new parallel computing cluster, storage and network infrastructure upgrades which will also provide the cyberinfrastructure for Marquette University’s new graduate programs in Computational Sciences. The new parallel computing cluster and storage infrastructure will also be made available to the broader community through outreach activities. The resource will be part of Southeast Wisconsin High Performance computing consortium’s developing regional grid that will directly support academic/industry partnerships for healthcare, energy and water research in Southeast Wisconsin, and the most diverse region of the state TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Père, a 1024 core centralized compute cluster A distributed Condor pool containing over 500 cores. Condor is software developed at UW Madison that scavenges idle cycles on computers and enlists them to do research Pario, a 164 core cluster in the College of Engineering. | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS LABORATORY More Info | The Medical Imaging Systems Laboratory focuses on the design and optimization of medical imaging technologies, including CT and MR. Current research projects include investigating dose reduction, scatter reduction, image reconstruction and energy-weighting techniques for CT. | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | MOTION ANALYSIS/BIOMECHANICS LABORATORY More Info | Raptor-E Digital Real Time Camera Optical Capture System Hawk Digital Portable Real Time Camera System Animation Plugin Software Talon Animation Plugin Software Skeleton Builder, BioFeed Trak, KinTools RT and Calciun 10 Pack License, Cortex post processing licenses Autodesk Education Suite for Entertainment Creation Full Body Motion Capture Suits Quad core processor tracking station Cortex compatible laptop computer | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | NIKON A1R CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY More Info | Department of Biological Sciences TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Nikon A1R Confocal Microscopy | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | NMR FACILITY More Info | TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Varian Mercury- 300 NMR System- 400 NMR System 600 MHz with a cryoprobe Bruker Microflex MALDI-TOF MS Shimadzu HPLC-MS 2020 Mattson and Nicolet Fourier transform infrared spectrometers Two UV-Vis spectrometers Fluorimeter Polarimeter HP GC-MS Other smaller equipment | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING CENTER (OREC) More Info | The OREC partnership between MCW Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MU Schools of Engineering and Dentistry, and Shriner’s Hospitals promotes and encourages advances in collaborative, translational, rehabilitation research and training. OREC supports scientific investigation in the areas of orthopedic biomechanics, human motion analysis, and rehabilitation engineering and includes three laboratories at MU and MCW. These laboratories include the Human Motion Analysis Laboratory, a research and clinical facility that provides a controlled environment for assessment of ambulation, upper and lower extremity 3-D kinematics and kinetics, and extremity strength and motion testing, the Biomechanics Laboratory that supports basic science and applied research projects in orthopedic biomechanics, and the Biomaterials Research Lab which supports tissue engineering applicable to dentistry as well as orthopedics. TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Seven motion analysis cameras Force plates PC-based motion analysis work station 10-channel EMG system Foot insole pressure measurement system PCs for data analysis and motion analysis software | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH LABORATORY More Info | This lab is used to teach physical therapists, exercise physiologists and athletic trainers how to properly lift, design a program, safely spot or administer plyometrics. It may be utilized to strength train or for testing. The laboratory is equipped with: Olympic Weight Lifting Equipment Standard Clinical Resistance Training Equipment 600cm x 1200cm AMTI force platform flush mounted in an Olympic lifting platform 8 channel telemetered Delsys EMG system 4 camera Vicon Bonita motion analysis system Brower Speed Trap II wireless timing system Four 36” flat screen monitors FreeMotion dual cable cross machine Cybex Eagle Leg Press Concept II rowing ergometer Dumbbell set (1-100) Olympic lifting platform Magnum Fitness Smith Machine Various Magnum Fitness resistance training equipment Plyometric training equipment Balance training equipment Speed training equipment Agility training equipment | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | UBICOMP LAB More Info | The Ubicomp Lab focuses on mHealth solutions, that is applications for mobile electronic devices, such as tablets or smart phones, to remotely measure, record, and transmit health data. The lab is currently providing customized mHealth solutions to a number of NIH R01, Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program, and CTSI projects. Currently the Ubicomp lab is involved in the development of: Smart phone (iPhone, Android) / web / tablet (iPad, Samsung) versions of the available paper based tools in both multidisciplinary and community healthcare settings Customized text messaging systems Analog or digital sensor data collection on sensor boards (e.g. smart shoe, smart belt, smart watch, home robot) and sending the data to smart phones, HIPAA compliant cloud servers, or EMR 15+ sensor data collection systems from any smart phone Reports for any device (smart phone, tablet, web) and conversion of the data to .csv files usable by any statistical package Customized surveys (pre, post) on any device and the automatic email distribution of gift cards Any customized real time assessment (e.g. EMA) Data analysis algorithms and report generation Emotion based solutions (e.g. pain management for palliative care) Customized security and privacy solutions Any futuristic smartphone and sensor based solutions for healthcare you can think of TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES 5 personal computers 4 servers 5 cloud server accounts 15 smart phones (iPhones, iPod touches, Android phones) 10 MacBook/laptop computers | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | WATER QUALITY CENTER More Info | The Water Quality Center brings together researchers, industry, government, private foundations and others to solve problems related to lake, river and groundwater quality. These problems often involve municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater and drinking water. Research is often multidisciplinary and is performed by experts from engineering, biological sciences and other disciplines. This 4000 sq. ft. lab facility in Marquette University’s Engineering Hall includes instrumentation for testing and applied research. Core Center members (and research speciality) includes Dr. Daniel Zitomer – Center Director (biotechnology for waste treatment and renewable energy generation; anaerobic biotechnology), Dr. Brooke Mayer (advanced oxidation processes; disinfection; virus inactivation; waste and water treatment) and Dr. Patrick McNamara (micropollutant fate and removal; triclosan, antibiotics and plasticizers fate and effects; biosolids management; wastewater treatment). LOCATION Engineering Hall, room 435 TECHNOLOGY & RESOURCES Agilent 7500cx Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer w/autosampler and computer control BioRad DNA engine Thermal Cycler chassis and alpha units Fotodyne Analyst Investigator workstation with filters and total lab New Brunswick Innova 43 incubator shaker with platform New Brunswick Model 2350 Open Air Shaker with platform Bionumerics Software package Brinkmann Model 3870E Compact Sterilizer Labconco steamscrubber model 4400431, 230V | View | No | No |
| Marquette University | | HUMAN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CORE (HPAC) More Info | The Human Performance Assessment Core (HPAC) is a 775 square foot center to perform testing on a wide range of subjects from clinical to elite. The lab is available to perform testing for athletic populations, grants, and also fee-for-service to the outside population. Starting early 2016, HPAC is equipped with some of the latest technology for sports performance including the Keiser power rack which is capable of storing data on a personal chip for each user. The 100 square foot private locker room provides another benefit to groups being tested in the HPAC. Equipment that can be found in the HPAC includes: • GE Vivid e95 ultrasound machine with Linear, 3D and 4D echo probes • ParvoMed metabolic cart with hood for resting metabolic rate • Woodway treadmill • Noraxon SciFit Treadmill and software for gait analysis (myoPressure), EMG analysis (myoMuscle), and 3-plane movement (myoMotion) (housed in Biomechanics Lab) •HUMAC Norm strength/power/rehabilitation dynamometer •Keiser Power Rack •Tekscan MobileMat for balance assessment, BESS, and training •Supplies/equipment for muscle biopsies •12 CompuTrainers and software (some permanently housed in Strength and Conditioning Lab) •Velotron cycle ergometer and software (testing and training modes) •Refractometer for urine specific gravity •Point of care monitors for lactate, glucose, hemoglobin, cholesterol, A1c •Skinfold calipers and various bioelectrical impedance devices (and access to Body Composition Lab) •Portable spirometers •Breezing portable RMR | View | No | No |
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