Core Facilities

A Core Facility is an organisational unit, real or virtual, that offers specialised scientific expertise, services and research infrastructure for a fee to both internal and external researchers.

Core Facilities leverage scientific research because they:

• provide affordable- and time-saving access to state-of-the-art equipment and expertise,
• contribute to the development of new scientific techniques and methods and transfer technical skills.

Facilities

The following Core Facilities are operational at the faculty:

• Core ARTH Animal Facilities: for biological and biomedical (laboratory animal) research
• Core ARTH Infinity: for preclinical medical imaging
• Core ARTH Histology: for histochemical analysis of tissues
• Core BioAnalytical Tools & Tech: for BioAnalytical equipment and technology
• Core Clinical Tissue & Cell Culture: for human tissue and cell culture
• Core Flow Cytometry: for analysing and sorting cells
• Core Movelab: for the scientific study of human movement
• Core Zebrafish Facility Ghent: for disease modelling using the model organism zebrafish (Danio rerio).

In addition, the faculty is launching a group purchase of frequently used software packages:

• Faculty group purchase 'Graphpad Prism' and 'Biorender'

Acknowledgement

How can Core Facilities continue to provide you with cutting-edge infrastructure and services? Mention Core Facilities in your scientific output. This increases their visibility and can provide (financial) support.

View the guidelines for acknowledgement of Core Facilities in your scientific output here.

Contact

Core Facilities manager: Frédéric Clement