The purpose of the Adipocyte Core is to provide euploid rodent and human undifferentiated and differentiated mass-cultured and cloned preadipocytes and freshly-isolated and cultured fat cells and products derived from these cells (RNA, DNA, protein, conditioned medium) cost-efficiently to BONRC investigators.
The Adipocyte Core offers the following services:
- methods for measuring the replication and differentiation
of preadipocytes;
- teaches methods for preparing preadipocytes, fat cells,
and their products;
- provides consultative advice about experimental designs
involving these preparations;
- The Core maintains a bank of human preadipocytes.
- The Core fosters collaborative links among investigators in adipose biology and provides assistance to investigators new to the field.
Paul F. Pilch, PhD
E-mail: ppilch@bu.edu
Caroline Apovian, MD
Email: caroline.apovian@bmc.org
Stephen Farmer, PhD
Email: farmer@biochem.bumc.bu.edu
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