Core Facility: Tufts Small Animal Imaging/Preclinical Testing Facility

Purpose: Access to expertise and instrumentation for optical, ultrasound and radiological imaging of whole animals

Major Instruments/Services: PerkinElmer IVIS 200 Biophotonic Imager, VisualSonics Vevo 2100 Ultrasound Imager, Leica MZ-FLIII/Q-Imaging Fluorescence Imaging System and PerkinElmer Quantum FX Micro-CT Scanner. Use of Imaging Instrumentation for Research and Preclinical Testing, Production of Tumor Models for Imaging, Efficacy Testing of Therapeutics, Nanotechnology and Diagnostic Imaging.

Fee: Yes

Access: Open to academic investigator inside and outside Tufts and to biotech and pharmaceutical companies

Preferred Contact: Gary Sahagian, gary.sahagian@tufts.edu, (617) 636-6748

Campus: Boston

Website: http://www2.healthsci.tufts.edu/saif

Level of Service:

• Level 1: Fee for full-service facility. User only needs to bring a sample, the facility does the rest.
• Level 2: Do-it-yourself facility with full-time technical support.
• Level 3: Do-it-yourself after intensive supervised training. Occasional trouble-shooting help is provided.

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