"The 2DCC-MIP is a national user facility, supported by the National Science Foundation, that is focused on the development of two dimensional (2D) chalcogenides for applications in next generation electronics beyond silicon for digital circuits and flexible electronics.  These materials include 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) films that are only a few atoms thick, topological insulator (TI) bismuth chalcogenide films that only conduct on the 2D surface, and multilayers of dissimilar chalcogenide films whose properties are dominated by 2D interfaces. In all these cases, the 2D nature of restricted electron motion gives rise to new physical phenomena not present in three dimensions.  The 2DCC-MIP is focused on the development of single-crystal 2D materials that can lead to transformative discoveries enabling both fundamental science and qualitatively new device functionalities at the frontiers of technology in computing, displays, and communication."

The Advanced Light Microscopy Core at Penn State College of Medicine offers consultation and training for fluorescence imaging of molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and embryos. Additionally, we provide access to commercial software for image visualization/processing/analysis and can offer expert advice in quantitative image analysis.

The Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Center (AMIC) building, located in Knowledge Park near Penn State Behrend's campus, houses multiple load frames, an AFM, an ESEM, hardness testers, optical microscopes, sample preparation equipment, and an optical profilometry instrument.

"The GPCR Assay Service Center at Penn State College of Medicine was established to accelerate scientific discovery in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) physiology and pharmacology."

Full-service animal health diagnostic laboratory and research center.

"The Aperio Slide Scanning Core, part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, provides researchers the ability to image entire glass histology slides at either 20X or 40X while storing the data as a virtual slide. The core is equipped with an Aperio AT2 digital slide scanner, capable of delivering high-throughput whole slide imaging for up to 400 slides at a time."

The core’s mission is to provide the College of Medicine research community with access to state-of-the-art atomic force microscopy equipment and expertise as a means to advance the strategic research goals of the institution.

The lab is configured to support several types of behavioral research with human subjects. 

A wet lab specially designed for ELISA, Multiplex assays, and Telomere length analysis. This shared use facility is setup for complete sample analysis, sample organization, sample aliquoting, long-term sample storage and independent use of lab equipment by PIs and their research staff.

The Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility provides the necessary infrastructure and support for individual investigators to undertake studies of macromolecule binding and folding, as well as protein and lipid quantification.

"Its mission remains to facilitate investigators to use multiple modern NMR applications, including structure elucidation of small molecules, triple resonance experiments of biomolecules, fragment-based drug discovery, metabolomic and tissue analyses."

The Institutional Biorepository Core serves as a resource to process, track, store and retrieve biological samples for future research needs. The Institutional Biorepository collection is comprised of human blood samples, tissues and other biological materials donated by patients. These samples are linked with information about their health, demographics, medical care and responses to medical treatment.

The Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center building, located on Penn State Behrend's campus, contains both manufacturing equipment and characterization instrumentation for polymers, metallic materials, and electronic materials.

CASHE conducts high quality research in the areas of health services research, health economics, medicine, cost-effectiveness analysis, public health, health outcomes, and health policy. We offer our collaborators access to over 56 million records from large databases (including Medicaid, private health insurance, hospital discharge, and Department of Veterans Affairs), at reduced rates to help them understand health economics and treatment outcomes.

"The Center for Quantitative Imaging provides clients with detailed, non-destructive microCT imaging. The center focuses on two main areas of research: monitoring internal processes in experimental systems and characterizing complex three-dimensional (3D) structure and material composition in natural and synthetic systems."

The maintenance shop provides an array of repair and renovation services. The pump shop provides pump repair, pump maintenance, pump overhaul, and all your vacuum pump needs.

"CITEL is a 45,000-square-foot facility that utilizes advanced testing and computational systems to examine numerous issues related to the performance of the world's civil infrastructure. The laboratory enables evaluation of a broad range of standard and state-of-the-art concrete materials testing; measurement and characterization of pavement surfaces; in situ instrumentation; the effects of tire types and pressure on pavement performance; testing of concrete, masonry, composite structures, and subassemblies; AASHTO and ASTM cement, grout, mortar, and concrete testing; reinforcement bars and external repair/rehabilitation materials, static/dynamic/repeated loading, environmental effects, and life-cycle costs."

The CTSI fosters an environment that allows research discoveries to quickly and efficiently develop into health benefits.

"In collaboration with the Biomedical Research Core Facilities, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design group (BERD) and the strategic plan team for Artificial Intelligence Informatics (BioAI), Penn State College of Medicine provides a variety of bioinformatics and biostatistics services, including analysis, prediction and software support."

"The mission of the Clinical Specimen Processing Core is to provide a centralized service for the processing and distribution of human subject research samples for all clinical research activities at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center."

The Clinical Trials Office enhances, fosters and promotes organized, high-quality clinical research. By promoting clinical research, the Clinical Trials Office helps Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine meet the mission goals of excellence in patient care, education, research and community service

Provides a non-invasive way to track and quantify bioluminescent and fluorescent signals in cells or in whole animals.

The CSA Core provides research support services at all stages of the funded research cycle to faculty associates, postdoctoral trainees, predoctoral trainees, research assistants, and students in the dual-degree program in demography.

It was built to meet the modern demand for molecular imaging of both purified and cellular structures, and contains instruments for sample preparation as well as data collection.

The Huck Cryo-EM Core Facility offers cutting-edge instrumentation and streamlined workflows to support high-impact research by Creating super high-definition 3D images of atoms and molecules.

The CSL Behring Fermentation Facility is a biotechnology pilot plant outfitted with state-of-the-art bioprocessing equipment for both research and development and pilot scale production applications. This facility houses equipment to produce microbial cells, recombinant proteins, and other microbial products over a wide range of controlled conditions and scales.

The primary services include immunization of mice and rabbits to make mouse and rabbit monoclonal antibodies to select targets. Primary screening of hybridomas will be conducted using standard ELISA technology and positive lines will be preserved for cloning. Supernatants containing antibody selected as positive will be made available to investigators for secondary analyses in their labs (Westerns, immunofluorescence, functional assays).

"The SSRI Data Resources Hub is designed to organize and support data acquisition and compliance, selective storage services, and workshops and training needs tailored to meet the needs of social and behavioral sciences. The Hub is currently expanding services to align with the needs of social scientists within Penn State University. During the 2023-34 pilot year, these services are being provided as they are available to SSRI faculty, Cofunds, and will expand to all social science faculty at The Pennsylvania State University as resources allow.​"

"The Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery (D4) core offers investigators the ability to test more than 102,000 small compounds for the ability to target an enzyme or other biological target."

"The Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory at the Institute of Energy and the Environment offers comprehensive analytical services for the detection and quantification of emerging and persistent organic pollutants across a wide range of environmental and biological samples. Equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and supported by established EPA methods, the lab provides both targeted and non-targeted analysis to meet diverse research needs."

"The Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative (EIC) is a research center and information hub for the science of using social science – we aim to improve the data, methods, and processes related to research, the dissemination of evidence, and to understand the impacts of the use of research evidence on societal well-being. We leverage our expertise in administrative data, program evaluation, and researcher-policymaker relationships for social investment optimization."

Facilitate cutting-edge research by providing this state-of-the-art fluorescence-activated cell sorting and analytical services at reasonable hourly rates.

Quantifying and characterizing cells and proteins through the use of state-of-the-art flow cytometry and cell sorting instruments

Galaxy is an open, web-based platform for accessible, reproducible and transparent computational research. The platform eliminates the complexities inherent in research that requires complex programming for high performance compute (HPC) big-data analyses.

Provides consultation, instrumentation, and services in genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic studies. Has capabilities ranging from highly focused analysis of candidate SNPs and mRNAs to whole genome, exome, epigenome and transcriptome sequencing.

Employing next-generation sequencing and traditional genomics instruments and techniques to investigate a variety of biological phenomena

The Genomics Research Incubator (GRI) is a collaborative research space and an initiative of the Eberly College of Science and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences to provide access to highly specialized and custom genomics and epigenomics assays that the Genomics Core Facility does not currently support.

A full service facility capable of fabricating scientific glassware, both simple and complex.

Investigating samples at the micrometer scale using in vivo imaging and magnetic resonance microscopy

"Penn State Health’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) system is dedicated for use by Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The HPC system was purchased to provide researchers the computational and storage tools needed to efficiently and effectively process data."

"The lab regularly hosts advanced training events for residents, nurses, fellows, attending physicians, and allied health professionals. The willed body program supports all of our in-house sessions and supplies numerous regional medical schools and universities."

The equipment listed below is owned by IEE but is being stewarded by different researchers at University Park. The equipment can be requested by the research community by contacting the listed researcher

Provides high-performance computing and storage solutions through the Roar system.

The Department of Kinesiology studies physical activity and human movement to promote human health and well being in a changing natural and built environment, to develop interventions and policies that improve human health and performance, and to understand basic mechanisms of human movement and the complex dynamics of physical activity.

"The Laboratory for Isotopes and Metals in the Environment (LIME) at Penn State is a world-class facility for the measurement of isotopic ratios/isotopic composition (Ca, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Sr, U series, and Pb isotopes), major elements (e.g., Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Si), and trace elemental compositions (e.g., rare earth elements, Pb) in a range of materials."

"The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute is Penn State’s transportation research center. Since its founding in 1968, the Larson Transportation Institute has maintained a threefold mission of research, education, and service. The Institute brings together top faculty, world-class facilities and enterprising students from across the University in partnership with public and private stakeholders to address critical transportation-related problems."

"A high-throughput, high-resolution phenotyping platform combines laser optics and serial imaging with 3-D image reconstruction and quantification to understand plant anatomy."

This service allows researchers to have their liquid nitrogen dewars filled.

"The Penn State College of Medicine Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core provides mass spectrometry analyses including identification and relative quantitation of proteins and peptides from complex samples for differential expression studies. Targeted identification of oligonucleotides, small molecules, i.e., drugs, and metabolites are also possible."

 Materials Characterization Lab (MCL) is training the next generation of skilled engineers and scientists for the workplace of the future, covering the spectrum from the fundamental to the applied sciences in all aspects of materials characterization. 

Equipment is available to conduct most types of commercial meat processing including sawing, grinding, chopping, macerating, injecting, massaging, cooking/smoking, and packaging operations. It features more than 1,200 square feet of refrigerated space including freezers and coolers for storage and processing of carcasses, cuts, and processed meat products. Separate refrigerated and frozen storage areas and laboratories are available for research projects. The Meat Lab operates as a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspected meat processing facility.

The core’s mission is to support research that requires the comprehensive assessment of energy balance and body composition in experimental rodents (mice and rats) by providing the necessary equipment and expertise. Services include training in the use of the equipment, consultation on experiment design, and help with data analysis.

Conducting metabolomics studies on a variety of biofluids and tissue extracts from plant and animal sources

Employing optical and electron microscopy and histology instrumentation, along with expert assistance, to advance your research

"The Molecular and Histopathology Core, part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, provides a broad array of state-of-the-art technical and professional pathology-related services critical to biomedical investigations conducted at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center."

"The Penn State Mushroom Culture collection contains nearly 300 strains of the cultivated white and brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, as well as over 200 other different mushroom species including Shiitake (Lentinula edodes species), Oyster (Pleurotus species), Wood ear (Auricularia species), Enoki (Flammulina species) and Paddy straw (Volvariella species). The Penn State Disease Culture collection contains over 340 different disease strains applicable to mushroom cultivation"

" At Penn State, nearly one hundred research groups are engaged in high-impact science and engineering at the nanoscale. The Nanofab provides specialized instruments and experienced, highly trained technical staff who support researchers in areas that reflect our faculty strengths, including sputter deposition, atomic layer deposition, thin film piezoelectrics, two-dimensional materials and MEMs. Technical capabilities that set the Nanofab apart include e-beam lithography of nanoscale features on curved surfaces and the ability to integrate non-traditional electronic materials, such as complex oxides, chalcogenides, graphene etc., into complex structures. The laboratory has world-class capabilities in the area of deposition, etch, lithography and material modification."

The Penn State Nematode Diagnostics Lab provides diagnostic support against economically important plan-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) from soil and plant materials as a service for growers, private persons, and other stakeholders. Our goal is to provide a quick and accurate identification of PPNs to genera level and counts (if requested). Nematode identifications and counts are based primarily on morphological analyses.

The Penn State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) is a state-of-the-art campus wide Facility that houses ten high-resolution Bruker NMR instruments (300 MHz to 850 MHz) with a wide range of capabilities: high-sensitivity cryoprobes, high-throughput sample changers, solid state probe...

The mission of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Core at the Penn State College of Medicine is to provide facile access to state-of-the-art MRI methodologies and expertise for in vivo studies to internal and external investigators.

The Otto Behrend Sciences building and Yahn Planetarium are part of the School of Science at Penn State Behrend. Characterization equipment includes multiple mass spectrometers (GC-MS, LC-MS, ICP-MS), light spectrometers (FTIRs), a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument, and calorimeters.

"The Pathology Core Reference Laboratory is a CLIA-certified, fully accredited reference laboratory that specializes in the quantitative analysis of hormones, hormone receptors, cytokines and growth factors in blood, urine, tissues and culture medium from both human subjects and experimental animals. The lab performs these tests for both diagnostic and investigative research purposes for Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (a busy clinical endocrinology practice) and a number of community hospitals, and contracts its services for specialized testing to numerous university medical centers, institutes and pharmaceutical houses."

"The goal of the Penn State Honey and Pollen Diagnostic Lab (PSU HPDL) is to offer researchers and beekeepers, throughout the world, services to to identify floral resources and evaluate characteristics of honey and pollen."

"The Penn State Research Kitchen is a facility provided by the Department of Nutritional Sciences. The Research Kitchen is located in 224 and 225 Henderson Building. This facility provides meal and diet production and delivery services on a fee-for-service basis to Penn State Investigators as well as Investigators that are external to Penn State."

"Our Wet Pilot Plant, Dry Pilot Plant, and Food Safety Pilot Plant contain equipment used in food manufacturing facilities around the world. These state-of-the-art plants offer research and teaching opportunities for Food Science faculty and students."

"The Plant Disease Clinic is a service and education function of the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and provides clinical diagnoses of plant diseases for approximately 2,000 samples submitted annually by Pennsylvania agricultural producers, urban gardeners, and homeowners."

The Plastics Processing Lab, located in 127 Burke, is a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art processing lab. All major plastic conversion processes are represented in the 10,300-square-foot facility.

Identifying and analyzing the functions of proteins using state-of-the-art mass-spectrometry instruments and techniques

The Pulmonary Immunology and Physiology Core at Penn State College of Medicine aids investigators in the development and testing of small animal models to be used for pre-clinical pulmonary research.

"QuantDev is a core of methodologists at Pennsylvania State University – primarily with backgrounds in quantitative psychology and statistics. We aim to stimulate, coordinate, support, and disseminate research and teaching about the use of quantitative methods in social science. We develop new methods for the study of human behavior – measurement, study design, and analysis techniques – and use them to study behavioral change. We consult and collaborate with a broad range of social scientists on research projects that span multiple time-scales and levels of analysis (cells to society, milliseconds to millennia, cradle to grave)."

"Penn State's Radiocarbon Laboratory provides radiocarbon measurements on carbon-bearing materials spanning the last 45,000 years. This includes materials such as wood, charcoal, bone, carbonates, and soils from the Pleistocene and Holocene time periods. The lab's services are available to Penn State researchers and external academic and industrial clients."

CNMRR is a state-of-the-art research facility focusing on two fronts: first, methodology development in magnetic resonance imaging/spectroscopy, functional MRI and their clinical applications in human models (including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and concussion) and animal models; and second, radiofrequency magnetic field engineering.

"The Radiology Imaging Core Lab at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center serves as the interface between investigators and the Department of Radiology and its vast access to medical imaging and interpretative expertise. It creates a well-defined point of contact for all potential, new and ongoing image-related research projects. The Lab supports and further advances both clinical and translational research programs."

"Internal investigators have access to frequently-used items in an on-site supply center, and other materials can be special-ordered by the Supply Center team weekly. "

Provides cost-effective and high quality services for design and fabrication of custom instrumentation and the maintenance and repair of equipment which is used throughout the Penn State community.

Cutting-edge cell culture techniques and equipment advancing education and research

The SLEIC is dedicated to fostering cutting edge research in the social, behavioral, biological, engineering, and materials sciences where imaging methodologies play a central role.

"Expert staff who provide support for survey design & data collection. We estimate cost of data collection and provide formal budgeting guidance to be used in proposals for external funding. We provide pre-proposal consulting on questionnaire design, mode of data collection, and sampling strategies."

Our mission is to provide high-quality transmission electron microscopy (TEM) services, education, and training for the Penn State Hershey campus, other academic institutions, and private companies at-large.

"The Turfgrass Pest Diagnostic Lab provides rapid diagnostics of turfgrass diseases, insects and weeds for commercial turfgrass managers throughout the United States. Our goal is to provide quick and accurate diagnoses and pest control recommendations where needed."

Crystal growth, single crystal structure determination and data analysis of small molecule samples can be performed at the facility.

Visualizing and characterize biological macromolecules

The mission of the core is to provide a physical and intellectual infrastructure for investigators whose research can benefit from use of the zebrafish as a model system.

"The Laboratory for Economics, Management and Auctions (LEMA) provides researchers in economics and management with laboratory environment in which the object of study can be manipulated in a controlled way (much as lab techniques are used in natural sciences). The lab houses a computer network designed to simulate business activities such as markets and negotiations. Ongoing areas of inquiry include auctions, bargaining and dispute resolution, electronic markets, mechanism design, and decision support systems. In addition to research, LEMA produces classroom software, providing students with hands-on demonstrations of market principles and of decision-making behavior. LEMA was made possible through grants from IBM, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and the Smeal College of Business. "