Centers, Core Facilities & Research Resources

Core Facilities

Supported by Research

• Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS)
  • CCTS Biospecimens Core
• Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR)
• Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Core Facility
• Imaging Facility
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center (MRISC)
• Mass Spectrometry Facility
• Microarray Core Facility
• Proteomics Core Facility
• Rodent Behavior Core (RBC)
• Transgenic Mouse Facility

Other facilities that provide research services for a fee

• Advanced Genetic Technologies Center
• Animal Genetic Testing & Research Laboratory
• Biochemistry COBRE Core facilities (protein analytical, organic synthesis, viral production)
• Bone Diagnostic and Research Laboratory
• Electron Microscopy Center
• Environmental Research Training Laboratories (ERTL)
• Insect Identification Laboratories
• Markey Biospecimen Core Program
• Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratories
• X-Ray Diffraction Facility

Other Research Support Resources

• Aging Brain and Cognition Laboratory
• Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center
• Biodynamics Laboratory
• Center for Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease (COCVD) COBRE Cores
• Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT)
• College of Agriculture Regulatory Services
• Computing Services
• Distance Learning Programs
• Ecological Research Facility
• Equipment (eBARS) Search University Inventory
• International Center
• Investigational Drug Services
• Kentucky AIDS Education Training Center
• Kentucky Statewide EPSCoR
  • Kentucky NSF EPSCoR Program
  • Kentucky DOE EPSCoR Program
• Kentucky Cancer Registry
• Kentucky TeleCare Network
• Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology (LHBP)
• Libraries
• NASA Kentucky: Space Grant Consortium and EPSCoR Programs
• Residential Research Facility
• Writing Center

National Research Resources

• Bridging Interventional Development Gaps (BrIDGs) Program
• NIH Molecular Libraries Program
• NCRR Division of Comparative Medicine Animal Models
• Searchable National Core Facilities Database
• Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

Research Centers

Administered by Research

• Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)
• Center for Computational Sciences
• Center for Research on Violence Against Women
• Center for Structural Biology
• Center of Membrane Sciences
• Human Development Institute (HDI)
• Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS)
• Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI)
• Survey Research Center
• Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (ISE)

Other Research Centers

• Agricultural Experiment Station
• Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center (ASTeCC)
• African American and Africana Studies (AAAS)
• Appalachian Center & Appalachian Studies
• Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
• Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center
• Center for Advanced Training & Simulation (minimally invasive surgery)
• Center for Aluminum Technology (CAT)
• Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER)
• Center for Clinical Translational Science (CCTS)
• Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation (CDART)
• Center for Muscle Biology
• Center for Microelectrode Technology (CenMeT)
• Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CeNSE)
• Center for Oral Health Research
• Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR)
• Center for Rural Development
• Center of Excellence in Rural Health
• Center for Sports Marketing
• Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC)
• Center for Traumatic Stress Research
• Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments (CVVE)
• Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Women's Health
• Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Research and Policy (COEWRP)
• Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR)
• Executive Education Center
• Gill Heart Institute
• Gluck Equine Research Center
• Graduate Center for Biomedical Engineering
• Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
• Graduate Center for Toxicology
• Institute for Educational Research
• Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
• Institute for Workplace Innovation (iWin)
• Institute of Research for Technology Development (IR4TD) & Painting Technology Consortium
• John Jacob Niles Center for American Music
• Kentucky Center for School Safety
• Kentucky Initiative for Knowledge Management (KIKM)
• Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC)
• Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI)
• Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center (KTRDC)
• Kentucky Tobacco Policy Research Program
• Kentucky Transportation Center
• LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis
• Markey Cancer Center
• Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
• Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence
• Nanobiotechnology Center
• National Assistive Technology Research Institute (NATRI)
• Outreach Center for Science and Health Career Opportunities
• Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
• Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
• Southeast Center for Agricultural Health & Injury Prevention
• Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center
• Sustainable Manufacturing Research Program
• Training Resource Center (Social Work)
• University of Kentucky Prevention Research Center
• Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL)
• Vibro-Acoustics Consortium