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About

Mouse Metabolism and Phenotyping Core

Overview of Services

 

 

The Mouse Metabolic and Phenotyping Core (MMPC) is a comprehensive fee-for-service rodent phenotyping core providing investigators with a wide variety of state of the art equipment and techniques. We work to standardize key methodologies, and to expedite comprehensive research analyses on diseases related to cancer, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic disorders, mouse models of human disease and drug studies.

 

MMPC services include:

  • Cellular Oxygen Consumption and Glycolysis Monitoring
  • Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemic Insulin Clamp
  • Glucose Metabolism
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Blood Chemistry
  • Contineous infusion for Invivo metabolomics studies
  • Ultrasound, CT, Xray, and Bioluminescence imaging
  • CLAMS and Indirect Calorimetry
  • Dexa and Echo MRI
  • Surgical services and surgery room rental
  

 

 

Getting Started

 

  • BCM Users:  Click the link in the upper right corner to login or register for an iLab account using valid BCM credentials.

 

  • Non-BCM Users:  Click the appropriate link in the upper right corner to login with your approved iLab credentials or to sign up for an iLab account.

 

 

 

Information for Acknowledgement of Cores in Publications

Core Name: Mouse Metabolic and Phenotyping Core (MMPC)

Personnel: Christopher S. Ward, Ph.D., Core Director

                    Pradip Saha, Ph.D., Co-Director

Grants supporting the Core: NIH UM1HG006348, NIH R01DK114356

 

Location and Contact Information

 

Location

 

Contact Information
One Baylor Plaza

Metabolic-ABBR (R630)

Phenotyping-Taub Building (T001) 

Houston, TX  77030

 

 

Metabolic work:  Pradip Saha, psaha@bcm.edu, 713-798-3704

Phenotyping work: Christopher S. Ward, christopher.ward@bcm.edu, 713-798-5040

 

 

Links and Resources

 

  1. www.bcm.edu/mmpc-atc
  2. www.impc.org (Knockout Mouse Phenotyping Program)

 

 

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Christopher S. Ward
Director
 
713-798-5040
 
christopher.ward@bcm.edu
 
T001
 
Pradip Saha
Co-Director
 
713-798-3704
 
psaha@bcm.edu
 
R-632
 
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