Shared Facilities Depot

The following facilities and services are available to researchers at UC Irvine. Please contact the facility manager or service provider from the associated Web page for more information. If you manage a facility or provide a service that you would like to see listed on this Website, please contact Greg Ruth.

Computation, Modeling & IT Support
- Bio Cluster
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  Bio Cluster
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The School of Biological Sciences owns a High Performance Computing Cluster that includes a 700-core Opteron cluster with 400 Tb of disk space for use of the Biological Sciences faculty and students to supplement the computational pipelines of the Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, which handles primary read mapping. Faculty with additional needs can contribute new core nodes and storage space, which can be connected to the computer cluster via an infiniBand switch. The additional storage space is then dedicated specifically to the lab contributing and the queuing system gives first priority to access on the cores nodes you contributed with access to the additional hundreds of cores when idle.
  
  If you have questions and/or need help using the BioCluster, please send an email to the RCS Group, Joseph Farran at jfarran@uci.edu, or to Harry Mangalam at hmangala@uci.edu
- Green Planet
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  Green Planet
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Also at UCI, this cluster is owned and operated by the School of Physical Sciences and is used mostly for parallel computing. Faculty groups outside Physical Science are asked to contact Physical Sciences Computing Group for more information on the system including how to become a faculty partner. There is no access for the general UCI user to the system.
  
  Location: Engineering Gateway Data Center - Accessed Remotely
  Email: hpcops@ps.uci.edu
  Phone: (949) 824-2755
- High Performance Computing Cluster
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  High Performance Computing Cluster
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  High Performance Computing (HPC) resources are available to UCI researchers. HPC resources include facilities at UCI ("HPC" and "Green Planet"), within UC ("ShaRCS Clusters"), and through national super-computing services such the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UCSD, and at other affiliated universities.
  
  HPC Support
  Email: hpc-support@uci.edu
- Molecular Modeling Facility
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  Molecular Modeling Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Molecular Modeling Facility maintains Silicon Graphics workstations and many software packages for visualization, molecular modeling, and the calculation of properties of complex molecules. Training is offered to researchers in the selection and use of proper computational techniques for their research projects. Synthetic and biological chemists find computational modeling an important research tool for understanding experimental results and predicting reactivity and selectivity.
  
  Director: Nathan Crawford
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4508
  
  Email: nathan.crawford@uci.edu
  model@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 2101 Natural Sciences II
  University of California, Irvine
  Chemistry
  Irvine, CA 92697-2025
Electron Microscopy, Micro Nano Fabrication, and Materials Characterization
- Bio-Organic Nanofabrication facility (BiON)
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  Bio-Organic Nanofabrication facility (BiON)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  BiON is a 4,000-square-foot, Class 1000 clean room dedicated to research and development of micro-nano devices using biological and organic materials. The facility contains tools uniquely capable of performing micro- and nanofabrication on materials such as polymers, hydrogels, collagens, proteins and even living tissue. These materials traditionally have been difficult or impossible to micro-machine since they require special care or unusual process conditions. Many of the manufacturing techniques used in BiON have been developed as experimental processes by researchers in smaller laboratories at UCI and elsewhere; these will now be available to the BiON community at large. This facility allows researchers at UCI and throughout Southern California to develop new technologies and products for environmental, life science and medical applications. The facility supports ongoing work in the areas of bio/nanotechnology, advanced materials, BioMEMS, environmental sensors, medical devices and biological research.
  
  Email: info@inrf.uci.edu or use our email contact form
  Phone: (949) 824.2819
  Fax: (949) 824.3732
  
  Mailing address:
  
  2220 Engineering Gateway
  Henry Samueli School of Engineering
  Univeristy of California, Irvine
  Irvine, CA 92697
- FABWorks
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  FABWorks
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  As part of UCl’s Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation (IDMI) in the Samueli School of Engineering, FABWorks offers space in the Calit2 Building where users can design and fabricate almost anything, providing access to a host of machines and technical staff ready to offer machine training and design help. Among FABWorks’ prosumer grade (above consumer grade) equipment are 3-D printers and scanners, networked computer-controlled milling machines, laser cutters, electronics development and diagnostics equipment, industrial sewing machines and more. The FABWorks space offers expanded opportunities for those interested in hands-on, advanced-manufacturing experience and creates a hub where creativity can propel next-generation technologies
  
  Director: Ben Dolan
  
  Assoicate Director: Veronica Swanson
  
  Phone: (949) 824-5667
  
  Email: ucifabworks@gmail.com
  
  Mailing Address:
  2302 Calit2 Building
  University of California, Irvine
  Henry Samueli School of Engineering
  Irvine, CA 92697
- Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF)
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  Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The INRF Clean Room Facility is a class 1,000/10,000 facility, with class 100 work areas and with all major semiconductor fabrication equipment. It is set up to be used in a multi-user mode. Training, maintenance, and common supplies for all equipment is provided by the INRF. In addition to the clean room, further processing and characterization facilities are available through the individual research labs of UCI faculty affiliated with the INRF. All equipment and instrumentation in the INRF are available to all users (UCI faculty, faculty from other universities, undergraduate and graduate students and off campus users) on a recharge basis. Because of the ease of access to the laboratory, the available and extensive training, and wide variety of equipment and instrumentation, the INRF attracts a diverse group of users.
  
  Email: info@inrf.uci.edu or use our email contact form
  Phone: (949) 824.2819
  Fax: (949) 824.3732
  
  Mailing address:
  
  2220 Engineering Gateway
  Henry Samueli School of Engineering
  Univeristy of California, Irvine
  Irvine, CA 92697
- Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI)
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  Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  IMRI operates a large number of open-access user facilities for the characterization of inorganic, organic, and biological materials and devices ranging from sub-Å to macroscopic length scales - available to all university, industry, and non-profit researchers. It offers advanced techniques and services including structural and chemical characterization in different length scales, 3D imaging, surface analysis, physical property measurements, and fabrication of materials and devices by a variety of techniques.
  
  For general questions about IMRI facilities and access to the facilities, please contact IMRI Director of Facilities Dr. Jian-Guo Zheng.
  
  For specific technical questions, you may directly contact appropriate IMRI technical staff.
  
  If you need help for the oparation of a specific instrument, you may contact the people in the contact list posted close to the instrument.
  
  If you have any feedback or issues which could not be solved by facility staff, you may contact IMRI Director of Facilities Dr. Jian-Guo Zheng or the Associate Director of IMRI, Dr. Matt Law
  
  For information regarding instrument capabilities and recharging rates, please read the User Facilities and Billing & Rates pages.
  
  For information regarding becoming a user or training, please follow the procedures outlined on the Becaome a User page.
- RapidTech
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  RapidTech
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  RapidTech is our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, in support of research, education and industry outreach. Located over more than 5,000 square feet in the Engineering Tower, RapidTech provides equipment and expertise in a variety of advanced manufacturing technologies, with a strong emphasis on additive manufacturing techniques.
  
  Director: Ben Dolan
  
  Assoicate Director: Veronica Swanson
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4105
  
  Email: idmi@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address:
  
  408 Engineering Tower
  University of California, Irvine
  Henry Samueli School of Engineering
  Irvine, CA 92697
- The Electron Microscope Suite, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
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  The Electron Microscope Suite, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Biological Electron Microscopy Facility provides technical support for planning and executing studies involving electron microscopy of biological material. The EM suite is equipped with a JEOL-JEM1400 electron microscope with digital camera and an ultra-microtome for specimen preparation. Technical services are available for specimen preparation, design of unbiased sampling procedures, operation of the electron microscope and interpretation of biological ultrastructure. The facility is overseen by Dr. Oswald Steward and is managed by Ms. Ilse Sears-Kraxberger.
  
  Director: Oswald Steward
  
  Phone: (949) 824-8908
  
  Email: osteward@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address:
  
  Room 1105, Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility
  837 Health Science Road
  University of California at Irvine School of Medicine
  Irvine, CA 92697-4292

Genomics, Tissue & Cell, and Animal Resources

BSL-3/ABSL-3 Laboratories
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BSL-3/ABSL-3 Laboratories
Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
BSL-3 laboratories are required for any research involving live Risk Group 3 infectious agents including SARS-CoV-2
Hewitt

The Hewitt BSL-3/ABSL-3 laboratory is an 1100 sq.ft. suite of 8 rooms and consists of:
- Anteroom/personnel gowning
- Lavatory/ shower
- Central processing preparation room
- Animal room 1
- General wet lab/tissue culture room 1
- Animal room 2
- General wet lab/tissue culture room 2
- Equipment storage/decontamination corridor
There are three class II biosafety cabinets and one class III glove box. The two animal rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art rodent rack caging systems that maintain primary biocontainment of all animals under negative pressure double HEPA-filtered air. Animal husbandry is performed with a Tecniplast IBS station class II biocontainment hood equipped with an automated dunk tank for cage decontamination. The Hewitt facility is also capable of supporting work with CDC/USDA Select Agents.

BioSci III

The BioSci III BSL-3/ABSL-3 laboratory is an 1800 sq. ft. suite of 6 rooms and consist of:
- Dedicated PPE donning and laboratory entrance
- Dedicated PPE doffing and laboratory exit
- General wet lab/tissue culture 1
- General wet lab/tissue culture/ABSL-3 room 2
- General storage
- Decontamination corridor
There are four class II biosafety cabinets and optional primary containment caging systems for housing rodents. High-speed and ultracentrifuges are located inside the laboratory.

Both BSL-3 suites have dedicated single pass HEPA-filtered exhaust under negative pressure & directional airflow with sophisticated emergency backup systems and alarms for continuous real-time monitoring of the individual laboratory room pressures. One-way pass-through autoclaves are used to sterilize all waste out of the facilities.
Questions about UCI BSL-3 Labs?
Gary Landucci
Director, National BSL-3 Training Program
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
g.landucci@uci.edu
https://som.uci.edu/bsl3-training
Genomics High Throughput Facility (GHTF)
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Genomics High Throughput Facility (GHTF)
Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
The mission of the UCI Genomics High-Throughput Facility (GHTF) is to provide genome-wide analysis for clients interested in gene expression, regulation of gene expression, and genome sequence and variation. The primary forms of genome-wide analysis are the Affymetrix GeneChip, Illumina HiSeq 2500 next generation sequencing and PacBio RS real-time single molecule sequencing . Through campus shared resources, services for other technologies include NanoString and Ion Torrent PGM. The GHTF (previously UCI DNA & Protein MicroArray Facility) was established in 1999 as a shared resource, affiliated with the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, with the goal of assisting UCI Campus and Medical Center investigators. The shared resource has expanded and currently provides services to numerous outside academic, non-profit institutions and commercial biotech entities.

Director: Suzanne Sandmeyer, Ph.D

Phone: 949-824-6023

Fax: 949-824-2688

Email: UCIGHTF@gmail.com

Website: http://ghtf.biochem.uci.edu/

Address: Genomics High-Throughput Facility (GHTF)
340 Sprague Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-4035
Pathology Research Services Core
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Pathology Research Services Core
Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
Pathology Research Services Core Facility provides UC Irvine Health researchers with dependable and economical assistance in obtaining and analyzing human tissue, blood and serum samples. The core facility leverages the existing professional expertise and technical resources available in the facility Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine's various clinical laboratories.

Director: Robert A. Edwards, MD, PhD

Phone: (949) 824-8576

Email: redwards@uci.edu

Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
Pathology
Irvine, CA 92697-4800

UC Irvine sample drop and collection:

Medical Sciences I D426D
Contact: Delia Tifrea
Phone: 714-872-1093
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Center Core

Transgenic Mouse Facility (TMF)
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Transgenic Mouse Facility (TMF)
Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
The Transgenic Mouse Facility (TMF) - Mouse Genome Engineering Facility is a core facility that provides services on a recharge basis for making, breeding, genotyping, importing, and preserving genetically-modified mice and embryonic stem cells.

Director: Jon Neumann

Phone: 949.824.7174 (office)

949.824.8579 (lab)

Fax: 949.824.4441

E-mail: jneumann@uci.edu

Address: University of California, Irvine
121 Bison Modular
Irvine, CA 92697-1310
UCI Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research
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UCI Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research
Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
The Institute provides bioanalytical salivary assay services to UCI and the larger academic community. IISBR provides assay services for salivary (and blood-based) biomarkers, expert consultation, and training programs in salivary analyte basics.

Hillary Piccerillo
Program Manager
hpicceri@uci.edu
(949) 824-1586
University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR)
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University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR)
Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) is committed to providing a top quality animal care program that promotes integrity and excellence in research and teaching in the biological and medical sciences.

Director: Claire Lindsell

Phone: (949) 824-0569

Fax: (949) 824-2003

Email: ULARTraining@uci.edu

Mailing Address: Campus mail: ULAR Department, Attn: ULAR Training, 115 BSA, Zot Code 1310
US mail: University of California, Irvine
Office of Res-ULAR
Irvine, CA 92697-1310

Library Services
- Digital Scholarship Services
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  Digital Scholarship Services
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  One-stop Destination for Help with Research and Beyond
  
  Request a 60-minute consultation: http://www.lib.uci.edu/dss/digital-scholarship-consultation-request-form.html
- NIH Public Access Policy
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  NIH Public Access Policy
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Instructions and resources to help the UCI research community comply with the NIH Public Access Policy.
  
  Contact for NIH Public Access Policy questions: nihgroup@uci.edu.
  
  Contact to request an NIH Policy Compliance workshop: Bethany Harris, harrisbr@uci.edu, or (949) 824-6957.
- NSF Data Management Plan Support
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  NSF Data Management Plan Support
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The UCI Libraries offers a DMPTool to help researchers meet NSF requirements for a data management plan, and stands ready to assist grantees in identifying the options for sharing research data in an institutional or discipline-specific repository.
  
  Subject Guide: Daniel C. Tsang
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4978
  
  Email: dtsang@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 468 Langson Library
  UC Irvine
  PO Box 19557
  Irvine, CA 92623
- Research Data Management
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  Research Data Management
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Managing research data: Tools & resources Research Data is data generated in the research process. This subject guide delineates discipline-based research data repositories to help researchers and faculty seeking more information about potential repositories where they may be able to deposit their research data.
  
  Subject Guide: Daniel C. Tsang
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4978
  
  Email: dtsang@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 468 Langson Library
  UC Irvine
  PO Box 19557
  Irvine, CA 92623
- Research Grant Resources
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  Research Grant Resources
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Resources for identifying and writing research grants
  
  Biology Librarian: John Sisson
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4980
  
  Email: jsisson@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 246 Science Library
  
  University of California, Irvine
  Library
  Irvine, CA 92697-8200
Light Imaging and Laser Spectroscopy
- Beckman Laser Institute
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  Beckman Laser Institute
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Beckman Laser Institute (BLI) is a 37,000 square foot multi-disciplinary center for research, teaching, clinical medicine, and technology transfer located on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. The BLI is a division in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine and an important unit in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering.
  
  Director: Matt Brenner
  
  Phone: (714) 456-6776
  
  Email: mbrenner@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address:
  1002 Health Sciences Road E
  University of California, Irvine
  Surgery, Beckman Laser Inst.
  Irvine, CA 92697-1475
- Facility for Imaging and Brain Research (FIBRE)
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  Facility for Imaging and Brain Research (FIBRE)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Facility for Imaging and Brain Research (FIBRE), located on the ground floor of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG: map) houses a 3T Siemens Prisma scanner, a mock scanner, and data analysis facilities.
  The Facility for Imaging and Brain Research (FIBRE), located on the ground floor of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG: map) houses a 3T Siemens Prisma scanner, a mock scanner, and data analysis facilities. This research-dedicated MRI scanning facility, operated by Dr. Craig Stark, is designed to suit a wide range of basic and translational research programs by researchers across the UCI campus and beyond.
  The Prisma scanner is the outcome of a tremendous effort by both Siemens and the National Institutes of Health to develop an MRI machine that would give researchers unprecedented speed, resolution, and detail needed for such ambitious projects as the Human Connectome Project.
  
  UCI has equipped the scanner with a host of advanced features including:
  - Both 32- and 64-channel head coils to suit needs of various neuroscience studies
  - Specialized packages for multi-band fMRI, DTI, etc.
  - Specialized packages for MR spectroscopy including non-proton MRS
  - Specialized packages for diffusion and ASL imaging
  - Specialized packages for cardiac and angio imaging as well as periphery coils
  - Complete, signed Master Research Agreement (MRA) for access to custom / experimental protocols
  In addition to these features of the scanner, the facility is setup for functional MRI imaging (fMRI) and is equipped with stimulus delivery and response collection systems from Cambridge Research Systems including:
  - BOLDScreen 32: LCD mounted at the end of the bore featuring 1920×1080 @ 120Hz, 5ms grey-to-grey, 1400:1 contrast ratio, and 10-bit color
  - Fiber-optic response box setup (fORP 32) with:
    
    8-button bi-manual
    
    Trackball
    
    Joystick
    
    5-button cylinder
  - MR Confon Mk II audio delivery system
  - LiveTrack AV eye-tracking
  - MR-safe prescription goggles
  - Stimulus delivery by a VR-ready experimental machine
  - MRI-compatible glasses
  Finally, the facility itself is setup with easy access for participant parking, space available for pre- and post-scan testing, consenting, etc., and a mock scanner that can be use for acclimating participants.
- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD)
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  Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) is a national research resource center for biomedical fluorescence spectroscopy, supported by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR, 5P41RR003155) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, 8P41GM103540) divisions of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The founder and Principal Investigator of the LFD is Enrico Gratton. The Co-Investigator is Michelle Digman.
  
  General inquiries and questions, as well as requests for appointments with the Principal Investigator or Director of the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD), should be directed to the front desk
  
  Phone: (949) 824-7085
  
  Fax: (949) 824-1727
  
  Email: lfd@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 3208 Natural Sciences II
  University of California, Irvine
  Biomedical Engineering
  Irvine, CA 92697-2715
- Laser Microbeam & Medical Program (LAMMP)
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  Laser Microbeam & Medical Program (LAMMP)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Laser Microbeam and Medical Program (LAMMP), is dedicated to the use of lasers and optics in Biology and Medicine. LAMMP is located within the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, an interdisciplinary biomedical research, teaching, and clinical facility at the University of California, Irvine. LAMMP activities span from basic science and technology development to clinical translational research. This is accomplished by combining state of the art Biophotonics technologies with specialized resource facilities for cell and tissue engineering, histopathology, pre-clinical animal models, and clinical care. LAMMP programs include biophotonics modeling and technology development, basic science studies, instrument prototyping, and device testing in humans and animal models. Because of our facilities, resources, and expertise, we are able to rapidly move new concepts and technologies from blackboard to benchtop to bedside.
  
  Address:
  
  Laser Microbeam and Medical Program
  Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
  1002 Health Sciences Road, East
  Irvine, CA 92612
  Phone: 949.824.5633
  
  LAMMP Administration
  
  LAMMP Faculty
- Laser Spectroscopy Labs
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  Laser Spectroscopy Labs
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  A modern laboratory dedicated to research and education in areas of linear and nonlinear spectroscopy, ultrafast phenomena and unequilibrated systems, material science and characterization.
  
  Director: Dmitry Fishman
  
  Phone: (949) 824-8016
  
  Email: dmitryf@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 324 Rowland Hall
  University of California, Irvine
  Chemistry
  Irvine, CA 92697-2025
  
  RH 315 - Linear Lab
  RH 316 - Microscopy Lab
  RH 307 - Ultrafast Lab
- Optical Biology Core Facility
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  Optical Biology Core Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Optical Biology Center is a Shared Resource Facility to provide researchers access to resources, including state of the art instrumentation and technical support, to conduct biomedical research.
  
  Director: Rahul Warrior, PhD.
  
  Manager: Adeela Syed, Ph.D.
  
  Phone: (949) 824-3856
  
  Email: adeelas@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 4444 McGaugh Hall
  University of California, Irvine
  Developmental & Cell Biology
  Irvine, CA 92697-2300
Media
- Arts Media Center
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  Arts Media Center
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Established in the summer of 1992, the Arts Media Center comprises the central music reference and technology resource in UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Come visit our brightly lit, air conditioned facility equipped with CD, phonograph, VHS, DVD, DAT, laserdisc, six-station mac lab, a Dance/AV Room and quiet study and listening areas.
  
  Director: Ross Whitney
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4027
  
  Email: rwhitney@uci.edu
  
  Facility Contact: (949) 824-8364
  
  Mailing Address: Arts Media Center
  University of California, Irvine
  Claire Trevor School of the Arts
  Arts Instruction Technology Resource Center, Room 290
  Irvine, CA 92697-2775
- Digital Facilities (Classrooms & Labs)
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  Digital Facilities (Classrooms & Labs)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Claire Trevor School of the Arts features a wide variety of computer labs and technical facilities for the creation of digital art and research. Each one has its own function, audience, and flavor. Some are computer classrooms, others are labs for doing homework, and others are for doing research. Some are open to all Claire Trevor School of the Arts students while others may be restricted by department and student status.
  
  Director: Jeffrey R Stube
  
  Phone: (949) 824-8765
  
  Email: tfweiner@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
  218 Mesa Arts Building
  Arts-Facilities Management
  Irvine, CA 92697-2775
- Gassman Electronic Music Studio
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  Gassman Electronic Music Studio
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Gassmann Electronic Music Studio is a facility for production and pedagogy of electronic, electroacoustic, and computer music, located in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. The studio was made possible by a generous bequest from composer Remi Gassmann, and by funds from the School of the Arts. The Gassmann Electronic Music Studio, located in 20 Mesa Arts Building, is a state-of-the-art Macintosh-based studio for digital recording and MIDI composition.
  
  Director: Christopher Dobrian
  
  Phone: (949) 824-7288
  
  Fax: (949) 824-4914
  
  Email: dobrian@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: Christopher Dobrian
  211 Music and Media Building
  University of California, Irvine
  Irvine, California 92697-2775
- Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (REALab)
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  Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (REALab)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The REALab (Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory), located in 216 Music and Media Building, is a laboratory for research and creative activity in the use of computers in live musical performance, including realtime audio processing, sound spatialization, networked performance, interactivity, and alternative computer-mediated instruments.
  
  Director: Christopher Dobrian
  
  Phone: (949) 824-7288
  
  Fax: (949) 824-4914
  
  Email: dobrian@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: Christopher Dobrian
  211 Music and Media Building
  University of California, Irvine
  Irvine, California 92697-2775
Natural Reserves and Environmental Facilities
- Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
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  Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Set in the Morongo Basin of the western Mojave Desert, the Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve is a dry, boulder-strewn landscape of shallow canyons and ridges of sculptured granite. Three floristic regions meet at the site: Transverse Range, Sonoran Desert, and Mojave Desert, creating a diverse mixture of flora and fauna characteristic of both deserts and mountains. Habitats intermingling at the reserve include piñon-juniper woodland with elements of Joshua tree woodland and montane chaparral, desert wash, and freshwater seep. At least 153 vertebrate species cross paths here, including desert and coast horned lizards, desert and dusky-footed woodrats, mountain and Gambel's quail, and three rare species: Townsend's western big-eared bat, California mastiff bat, and the federally and state-threatened desert tortoise. Research opportunities are enriched by other natural lands throughout the desert, such as the Joshua Tree National Park a few miles away. Two other NRS reserves for desert research are the Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, less than an hour's drive to the south, and the Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, two and one-half hours to the east.
  
  Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve is one of three UC Irvine Natural Reserve Facilities used frequently for both research and teaching. The Burns Reserve is located in San Bernardino County, 1.2 miles north of Yucca Valley. Field courses include desert ecology, field zoology methods, natural history, biology of deserts, field ecology, botany, environmental ethics, freshwater biology, and others.
  
  Preserve Manager: Megan Lulow
  
  Phone: (949) 500-8754
  
  Email: mlulow@uci.edu
- Crystal Cove State Park & Marine Research Facility
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  Crystal Cove State Park & Marine Research Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  UCI in partnership with the Crystal Cove Alliance supports the Crystal Cove research facility for use in small-scale and low-impact scientific research. Crystal Cove State Park is one of the most popular parks in the California State Park System and is located in the Newport Coast area less than 10 miles from the UCI campus. The park has over 3 miles of sandy beaches and rocky tide pools, an 1,100 acre underwater park and marine Conservation Area, 400 acres of coastal bluffs, 2,400 acres of hillside canyons, and some of the most spectacular land and scenery in Southern California. The park is designated as both a National Natural Landmark and a California Natural Landmark. The park also contains the Crystal Cove Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places site, with forty six seaside beach cottages that are being preserved and renovated for approved uses including public lodging rentals, educational visitor centers, beachfront dining, and park operational support. Cottages supporting education include a visitor center, cultural center, exhibit facility, outdoor commons area, house museum, and the Park and Marine Research Facility.
  
  Contact
  
  Megan Lulow, Director of Operations, UCI Nature
  mlulow@uci.edu
- Greenhouse
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  Greenhouse
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The UCI Greenhouse is a 9,000-square-foot growth facility that supports teaching and research needs for the School of Biological Sciences. The Greenhouse is divided into 15 growth areas that are individually programmable for temperature. Greenhouse Staff provides watering, pest management, and basic maintenance for plants used in research and teaching. Additional facilities include common-use lab space, a lath house adjacent to the Greenhouse for plants requiring ambient conditions, an autoclave for soil sterilization, and storage space for greenhouse supplies, which are provided by investigators. Limited environmental growth chamber space is also available.
  
  Director: Weigang Yang
  
  Phone: (949) 824-6049
  
  Email: weigangy@uci.edu
  
  Location: Ring Road between the Humanities Gateway and Qureshey Research Laboratory
- Natural Communities Coalition (NCC)
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  Natural Communities Coalition (NCC)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The main purpose of NCC is to coordinate the land management, monitoring and research with our partners across the nearly 38,000 acre Reserve System. Until 2014, the organization was known as Nature Reserve of Orange County. The Reserve System is a permanently protected open space which is managed for the benefit of plants and wildlife that define the character, uniqueness and natural diversity of Orange County. Uses that are consistent with habitat and wildlife conservation are allowed. Compatible public access is welcome on most lands within the Reserve.
  
  Director: James M. Sulentich
  
  Phone: (714) 973-6651
  
  Email: jsulentich@occonservation.org
  
  Mailing Address:
  
  Natural Communities Coalition
  13042 Old Myford Road, Irvine, CA 92602
- San Joaquin Marsh Reserve
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  San Joaquin Marsh Reserve
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The San Joaquin Marsh Reserve represents one of the last remnants of wetlands that once covered much of Orange County's flood plain. Located in an ancient river-cut channel at the head of Newport Bay, the reserve supports a variety of wetland habitats, including marshlands, shallow ponds, and channels confined by earthen dikes. Dry upland habitats with a remnant coastal sage scrub community rise on the margins of the reserve. The marsh is a critical stopping place for 100 migratory bird species using the Pacific Flyway. Altogether, more than 200 bird species (20 nesting) have been sighted in the reserve, including two resident endangered bird species: the light-footed clapper rail and the California least tern. The marsh is located within a ten-minute walk from UC Irvine, making it convenient for day use by faculty and numerous students.
  
  Preserve Manager: Megan Lulow
  
  Phone: (949) 500-8754
  
  Email: mlulow@uci.edu
  
  Location: Irvine, CA adjacent to UC Irvine’s main campus
- South Coast Research and Extension Center (SCREC)
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  South Coast Research and Extension Center (SCREC)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The South Coast Research and Extension Center (South Coast REC) was established by the University of California in 1956 as a representative site for agricultural and horticultural research in California's south coastal plain-temperate climatic zone. Located on 200 acres of deep, moderately sloped, alluvial fan soil, the Center and its mild winter climate are conducive to farming a wide range of crops including subtropicals as well as ornamentals for the urban landscape.
  
  Director: Darren L. Haver
  
  Phone: (949) 653-1810
  
  Fax: (949) 653-1800
  
  Email: dlhaver@ucanr.edu
  
  Mailing Address: South Coast Research & Extension Center
  7601 Irvine Boulevard
  Irvine, CA 92618
- Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
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  Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  At 615,000 acres, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in California and one of the largest desert protected areas in the west. Located in the eastern half of San Diego County, the park extends roughly 25 miles east to west and 50 miles north to south. The Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center, housed in a former country club, is located adjacent to the park in the town of Borrego Springs. An agreement with Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the Anza-Borrego Foundation makes the park available to reserve users.
  
  Reserve Manager: Jim Dice
  
  Phone: (760) 465-2656
  
  Email: dicej@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
  Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Ctr. P.O. Box 2098
  401 Tilting T. Drive
  Borrego Springs, CA 92004-2098
- UCI Arboretum and Herbarium
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  UCI Arboretum and Herbarium
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The UCI Arboretum is a 12.5-acre botanic garden and research facility administered by the School of Biological Sciences. The Arboretum hosts a diversity of research projects conducted by undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and faculty.
  
  Director: Peter Bowler
  
  Phone: (949) 824-5833 (Arboretum Office)
  (949) 824-0157 (Mr. Bowler's Phone)
  
  Email: pabowler@uci.edu
  
  Nursery Manager: Rebecca Crowe
  
  Email: rcrowe@uci.edu
- UCI Ecological Reserve
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  UCI Ecological Reserve
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The UCI Ecological Preserve is a 60 acre site on the southern edge of the campus located adjacent University Hills, the Irvine Research Park, and the San Joaquin Transportation Corridor. It is a part of the UCI main campus and is managed by the UCI Office of Natural Reserves for the School of Biological Sciences. The Preserve is enrolled in the Nature Reserve of Orange County.
  
  Publications and species lists are available at http://nrs.ucop.edu
  
  Preserve Manager:
  
  Megan Lulow
  
  Phone: (949) 500-8754
  
  Email: mlulow@uci.edu
  
  Faculty Advisors:
  
  Travis Huxman
  
  Phone: (949) 824-2594
  
  Email: thuxman@uci.edu
- UC Natural Reserve System
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  UC Natural Reserve System
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The UC Natural Reserve System is a network of protected natural areas throughout California. Its 38 sites include more than 750,000 acres, making it the largest university-administered reserve system in the world. Most major state ecosystems are represented, from coastal tidepools to inland deserts, and lush wetlands to Sierra Nevada forests. The reserves also serve as a gateway to more than a million acres of public lands. Founded in 1965 to provide undisturbed environments for research, education, and public service, the Natural Reserve System contributes to the understanding and wise stewardship of the earth.
  
  Director: Peggy L. Fiedler
  
  Phone: (510) 987-0143
  (510) 987-0159 (NRS Phone)
  
  Fax: (510) 763-2971
  
  Email: peggy.fiedler@ucop.udu
  
  Mailing Address: Natural Reserve System
  1111 Franklin Street, 6th Floor
  Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Other
- School of Medicine Shared Equipment
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  School of Medicine Shared Equipment
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  List of Shared Equipment and Services in the School of Medicine including location, fees and criteria for shared use
  
  Suzanne Sandmeyer, Ph.D.
  Senior Associate Dean for Research
  
  Email: sbsandme@uci.edu
  
  Address:
  
  UC Irvine School of Medicine Office of Research
  1001 Health Sciences Road
  256 Irvine Hall
  Irvine, CA 92697-3950
  Phone: 949.824.6119
X-ray Diffraction, NMR, and Mass Spectrometry
- BioMolecular Spectroscopy Facility
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  BioMolecular Spectroscopy Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Featuring an 800 MHz NMR, EPR and Biacore SPR The 800 MHz NMR spectrometer (1394 Natural Sciences I) can detect proton, carbon and nitrogen signals and is equipped with hardware optimized for biomolecular applications. The Biacore 300 instrument (1304 Natural Sciences I) can measure docking interactions and binding affinity between biomolecules.
  
  Contact for Biacore or NMR instruments: Melanie Cocco
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4487
  
  Email: mcocco@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California Irvine
  1218 Natural Sciences Building 1
  Irvine, CA 92697
- Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI)
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  Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  IMRI operates a large number of open-access user facilities for the characterization of inorganic, organic, and biological materials and devices ranging from sub-Å to macroscopic length scales - available to all university, industry, and non-profit researchers. It offers advanced techniques and services including structural and chemical characterization in different length scales, 3D imaging, surface analysis, physical property measurements, and fabrication of materials and devices by a variety of techniques.
  
  For general questions about IMRI facilities and access to the facilities, please contact IMRI Director of Facilities Dr. Jian-Guo Zheng.
  
  For specific technical questions, you may directly contact appropriate IMRI technical staff.
  
  If you need help for the oparation of a specific instrument, you may contact the people in the contact list posted close to the instrument.
  
  If you have any feedback or issues which could not be solved by facility staff, you may contact IMRI Director of Facilities Dr. Jian-Guo Zheng or the Associate Director of IMRI, Dr. Matt Law
  
  For information regarding instrument capabilities and recharging rates, please read the User Facilities and Billing & Rates pages.
  
  For information regarding becoming a user or training, please follow the procedures outlined on the Becaome a User page.
- Mass Spectrometry Facility
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  Mass Spectrometry Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Mass Spectrometry Facility of the Department of Chemistry provides analytical services on a wide variety of mass spec platforms. Open Access is granted to registered users for many of these instruments. MS Facility Staff provide additional support and guidance for more complex methologies, instrumentation and data analysis.
  
  Director: Felix Grun, Ph.D.
  1002B Reines Hall
  (949) 824-3453
  fgrun@uci.edu
  
  Protein Mass Spectrometrist: Benjamin Katz
  1002A Reines Hall
  (949) 824-3259
  bkatz1@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: Mass Spectrometry Facility
  Department of Chemistry
  1002 Reines Hall
  University of California Irvine
  Irvine CA 92697-2025
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facility (NMR)
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  Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facility (NMR)
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facility provides a non-destructive analytical technique to many research groups in the department and outside. NMR is primarily used for structural elucidation of organic and inorganic compounds. The facility is equipped with four Bruker Avance spectrometers: one 600 MHz, two 500 MHz, and one 400 MHz. One of the 500 MHz spectrometers is equipped with a highly sensitive cryoprobe. A separate 800 MHz NMR facility is available to all users for biomolecular NMR and other challenging problems. An electron spin resonance spectrometer is also available.
  
  Director: Philip R. Dennison, Ph.D.
  
  Phone: (949) 824-6010
  
  Email: dennison@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
  B106 Reines Hall
  Irvine, CA 92697-2025
- Nuclear Reactor
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  Nuclear Reactor
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The primary function of the reactor is to support the educational programs at UCI. Courses in Radioisotope Techniques, Nuclear and Radiochemistry, and Nuclear Reactor Fundamentals are offered in the chemistry department's elective curriculum. Some services of the reactor and radiochemistry analysis equipment are also available to other educational institutions for class use free of charge (supported by a Department of Energy grant) and for research or business use at fixed costs. Basic reactor charges are currently $150 per hour (1 hour minimum) and $50 per hour (1 hour minimum) for spectrometer use. Other costs for complete analytical determinations will be quoted upon request. UCI is a member of the Western Nuclear Science Alliance (WNSA) encompassing and providing students access to all western nuclear facilities. Please contact Dr. George E. Miller, Reactor Supervisor and Facility Director at (949) 824-6649, e-mail at gemiller@uci.edu
  
  Director: Dr. George E. Miller
  
  Phone: (949) 824-6649
  
  Email: gemiller@uci.edu
- Proteomic Analyses Service
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  Proteomic Analyses Service
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  Understanding the broad picture in gene expression requires proteomic analyses. The Q-TOF2 hybrid mass spectrometer and datasystem (MS/MS/DS) is of help in these analyses. The instrument is equipped with a database searching module for both proteins (BioLynx) and peptides (Proteinlynx) for manual and automatic searching of acquired mass spectometry data against sequence databases (DNA and Protein) in order to identify the unknown samples.
  
  For more information, contact:
  
  Olivier Civelli, PhD
  Department of Pharmacology
  School of Medicine
  University of California, Irvine
  Irvine, CA 92697
  Tel 949.824.2522
  Fax 949.824.4855
  ocivelli@uci.edu
- Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Facility
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  Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The CVR Recharge Unit A recharge is the assessment and collection of a charge by one University department/unit/activity/project for goods or services, furnished to another University department/unit/activity/project. A recharge transaction is appropriate when the furnishing department has incurred expense to make available a product or service which is sold to customer departments for an established price, or at a price based on an established standard pricing method.
  
  Director: Paul D. Gershon
  
  Phone: (949) 824-9606, 7954
  
  Fax: (949) 824-9437
  
  Email: pgershon@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
  2652 Biological Sciences III
  Irvine, CA 92697-3906
- Stable Isotope Radio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) Facility
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  Stable Isotope Radio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The UC Irvine IRMS Facility in the School of Physical Sciences and the School of Biological Sciences houses a variety of instrumentation to prepare and analyze gases, organic matter, inorganic samples, and water for stable isotope analysis. IRMS are used to measure the ratio of rare, heavy isotopes to common, light isotopes. There are five IRMS at UC Irvine to measure stable isotope ratios of the light elements: Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen. The facility is located in the Department of Earth System Science.
  
  Manager: Dachun Zhang
  
  Phone: (949) 824-6446
  
  Email: zhangd@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
  Department of Earth System Science
  3200 Croul Hall
  Irvine, CA 92697-3100
- W. M. Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
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  W. M. Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  In 2001, ESS/CGECR researchers Ellen Druffel, John Southon and Susan Trumbore were awarded $2 million by the W.M. Keck Foundation for the development of an accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility – the Keck-Carbon Cycle AMS facility - for radiocarbon measurements in support of carbon cycle research at University of California, Irvine.
  
  Director: John Southon
  
  Phone: (949) 824-2878, 3674
  
  Fax: (949) 824-3874
  
  Email: jsouthon@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: 3327 Croul Hall, B321 Croul Hall
  University of California, Irvine
  Earth System Science
  Irvine, CA 92697-3100
- X-Ray Crystallography Facility
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  X-Ray Crystallography Facility
  Brief Description of this facilitiy/service:
  The purpose of the X-Ray Crystallography Facility is to structurally characterize single-crystal samples of organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds using x-ray diffraction. The modern equipment provides researchers the ability to conduct rapid structural analysis. X-ray diffraction is often employed as the primary means of characterizing complex structures. Students, post-docs, and professors are encouraged to conduct their own experiments after a short training period.
  
  Director: Joseph Ziller, Ph.D.
  
  Phone: (949) 824-4091
  
  Email: jziller@uci.edu
  
  Mailing Address: University of California, Irvine
  576 Rowland Hall
  Irvine, CA 92697-2025