What are the Shared Resources?
OSUCCC Shared Resources are an essential component of the OSUCCC. These resources encompass a wide range of services and facilities that are made available to researchers, clinicians, and patients. They include cutting-edge technologies and expertise in various disciplines such as genomics, imaging, bioinformatics, and clinical trials coordination.
These shared resources foster collaboration and innovation by providing access to state-of-the-art equipment and specialized personnel, enabling researchers to conduct experiments and investigations that would be otherwise unfeasible.
Moreover, these resources play a crucial role in advancing personalized cancer care, as they facilitate the translation of research discoveries into clinical applications, ultimately improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer for patients and contributing to the overall fight against this complex disease.
Requests for most OSUCCC Shared Resource services run through our online ordering system, eRAMP. If you have any questions related to setting up an eRAMP account or using eRAMP, please contact erampadmins@osumc.edu
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Research reported in this publication was supported by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health under grant number P30 CA016058.
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Biomedical Informatics
The Biomedical Informatics Shared Resource (BISR) analyzes high-throughput, high-dimensional biological data and other biomedical data and information using state-of-the-art informatics tools and high-quality informatics analysis for OSUCCC – James investigators.
Biospecimen Services
The broad mission of the Biospecimen Services Shared Resource (BSSR) is to support cutting-edge translational research to advance the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Biostatistics
The Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR) enables OSUCCC – James researchers to collaborate on all aspects of experimental design; grant proposal development; data management and statistical analysis of clinical, epidemiological, public health and laboratory research data; and manuscript preparation.
Clinical Translational Science
The Clinical Translational Science Shared Resource (CTSSR) team works closely with clinical and translational scientists to develop a customizable portfolio of biomarker assays in order to provide innovative, correlative science studies associated with early-phase solid tumor oncology clinical trials.
Clinical Treatment Unit and the Clinical Trials Processing Laboratory
The Clinical Treatment Unit and the Clinical Trials Processing Laboratory Shared Resource (CTU/CTPLSR) enable OSUCCC – James investigators to conduct successful phase I and phase II clinical translational research in a methodologically sound, expedient and cost-effective manner.
Comparative and Translational Animal Models
The Comparative and Translational Animal Models (CTAMSR) designs and conducts clinical trials in companion animals with spontaneous diseases to evaluate novel diagnostics and therapeutics and collects biospecimens, such as tissue biopsies, serum, plasma and urine, in support of comparative cancer research.
Comparative Pathology and Digital Imaging
The Comparative Pathology and Digital Imaging Shared Resource (CPDISR) provides expert, affordable, experimental pathology support to OSUCCC – James researchers who use animal models to study human disease.
Drug Discovery
The Drug Discovery Shared Resource (DDSR) provides medicinal chemistry and high throughput screening to investigators at the OSUCCC – James and to other academic and commercial institutions. It integrates the expertise of multiple disciplines, including synthetic and process chemistry, instrumental analysis, and screening of libraries of small molecules against targets and phenotypes using automation and multiple detection modalities.
Flow Cytometry
The Flow Cytometry Shared Resource (FCSR) provides a quantitative analytical method that separates cells based on specific characteristics. It can also measure physical and chemical properties of cells and particles.
Gene Editing
The Gene Editing Shared Resource (GEdSR) is a centralized resource for OSUCCC and non-CCC members to develop, implement and use CRISPR-based approaches in a broad variety of primary and established cell lines, as well as other experimental models.
Genomics
The Genomics Shared Resource (GSR) provides a centralized, comprehensive resource of high-throughput genomics technologies to OSUCCC – James researchers and non-CCC members.
Hematology Tissue Bank
The Hematology Tissue Bank Shared Resource (HTBSR) helps scientists translate basic research to the clinical setting by providing central collection, processing and storage of tissue samples from patients with leukemia, myeloma or lymphoma enrolled on OSUCCC – James protocols.
Microscopy
Discover the resources available to OSUCCC – James cancer researchers through the Microscopy Shared Resource (MSR).
Pharmacoanalytic
The Pharmacoanalytic Shared Resource (PhASR) supports pre-clinical and clinical drug development at Ohio State by providing high quality and cost-effective bioanalytical method development, quantitative sample analysis, and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic experimental design, data analysis and modeling.
Preclinical Therapeutics Mouse Modeling
The Preclinical Therapeutics Mouse Modeling Shared Resource (PTMMSR) assists investigators in generating reliable proof-of-concept preclinical animal model data for grant applications, publications and IND applications for the FDA.
Proteomics
The Proteomics Shared Resource (PSR) provides OSUCCC investigators access to advanced mass spectrometry instrumentation and analysis for protein identification, characterization, and quantification.
Recruitment, Intervention and Survey
The Recruitment, Intervention and Survey Shared Resource (RISSR) provides services to support behavioral, epidemiological and non-therapeutic clinical research at the OSUCCC – James.
Small Animal Imaging
The Small Animal Imaging Shared Resource (SAISR) is a state-of-the-art, small-animal imaging facility available to OSUCCC – James investigators and other academic and commercial institutions.