Core Facilities

The core facilities at Syracuse University use Facilities Billing System (FBS) to manage training, access, scheduling, invoicing, and billing. To view the cores in FBS, examine specific resources, and request access, please visit the University’s FBS portal. Each of the cores has separate access and usage procedures, so please consult individual FBS pages and their websites, linked below.

These core facilities are not an exhaustive list of equipment, shared facilities, and technical expertise at Syracuse University. For resources not in core facilities, please also see department and unit-level information.

The Blatt BioImaging Center is a light microscopy core facility that focuses on live cell and enhanced resolution imaging of diverse model organisms ranging from cells to organoids and whole organisms. Located on the 2nd and 3rd floors in Life Sciences Complex (Rooms 249, 259, 359 and 318) the imaging center houses state-of-the art confocal microscopes and high-resolution bright field imaging systems. Highlights include:

• Dragonfly-620 SR spinning disk confocal
• Zeiss LSM 980 with Airyscan 2 confocal microscope
• Biovision spinning disk confocal microscope
• Leica DMi8 Confocal and Digital Lightsheet
• Leica THUNDER- Upright Fluorescent Microscope
• Leica Fluorescent Stereoscope
• Imaris - Microscopy Image Analysis Software

Materials Research Core Facility is located in Bowne Hall (4th Floor) and Link Hall (basement). It is a cornerstone of the research capabilities of biomedical engineering, chemistry, and the physical sciences. The facility is an enabling resource for researchers engaged in a wide spectrum of problems, ranging from fundamental studies of the biochemical and physical processes controlling cell functions to the development of new technologies for biomedical applications. Highlights include:

• Zeiss Sigma 360 field-emission scanning electron microscope with variable pressure module.
• Optical microscopy (Leica DMI4000B inverted, Hirox digital microscope)
• Thermal Analysis (TA Discovery DSC 250, TA Discovery TGA 550)
• Mechanical properties and morphological characterization (Rame-Hart 250-F1 contact goniometer, Test Resources tensile-compression tester, TA DHR3 rheometer, TA Q800 dynamic mechanical analyzer, MTS model 204 load frames)
• Molecular/Solution Characterization (Thermo iS5 FTIR with ATR, Malvern Zetasizer Ultra, BD Accuri flow cytometer, Biotek Synergy 2 plate reader)
• Materials Fabrication (Fluidnatek LE-50 electrospinner, carver digital press)
• Histology suite with Epredia tissue processor, embedder, and microtome

The Syracuse University Microanalytical Laboratory is a user facility located in Heroy Geology Laboratory, home of Earth & Environmental Science.  The facility houses such instrumentation as an electron microprobe and Raman microscope that can be used to study solid materials such as glasses, minerals, bone, ceramics, metals, etc.—essentially any material that will not evaporate can be imaged and analyzed. Highlights include:

• Cameca SXFive electron microprobe 
• Renishaw inVia confocal Raman microscope
• JEOL JCM-6000Plus benchtop SEM
• Bruker Vertex 70v Fourier transform infrared spectrometer

LAR is responsible for providing high quality animal care, veterinary care, and support for the research and teaching at Syracuse University. The highly dedicated and experienced LAR staff is committed to the health and well-being of laboratory animals as well as student and investigator training.  LAR currently accommodates mice and zebrafish.