Core Facility at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Linköping University is a research infrastructure and consists of several platforms that provide a cost-effective access to advanced instrumentation, training, consulting and qualified specialized services withing following areas: Mass Spectrometry; Flow Cytometry and CyTOF Mass Cytometry; Molecular biology; Microscopy; and Bioinformatics. Core Facility is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Region Östergötland. Our specialized laboratories are equipped with unique, usually state-of-the-art, instruments and services, and managed by scientists with the technical expertise and research experience to help another researcher. Core Facility is open to all internal and external research groups.
Vesa Loitto | Head of Core Facility |vesa.loitto@liu.se
Ana Maria Carrasco Del Amor | Mass Spectrometry | ana.carrasco@liu.se
Mouna Tababi | Molecular Biology | mouna.tababi@liu.se
Åsa Schippert | Molecular Biology | asa.schippert@liu.se
Vesa Loitto | Microscopy and Image Processing | vesa.loitto@liu.se
Maria Ntzouni | Electron Microscopy and Histology | maria.ntzouni@liu.se
Mikael Pihl | Flow Cytometry and CyTOF | mikael.pihl@liu.se
Jörgen Adolfsson | Flow Cytometry and CyTOF | jorgen.adolfsson@liu.se
Jyotirmoy Das | Bioinformatics | jyotirmoy.das@liu.se
Massimiliano Volpe | Bioinformatics | massimiliano.volpe@liu.se
Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Campus US Core Facility, LiU
Prior to booking and using the facility resources, new and prospective users must consult with the Core Facility staff concerning operating policies, training, access to our laboratories and discuss the specifics of the experiments. We are available to advise users regarding proper sample preparation for various applications and can provide relevant experimental protocols. Established users sign up for instrument time via booking calendar. Core Facility personnel can assist with acquisition setup and provide troubleshooting assistance. Development of new applications is encouraged, and research collaboration is feasible. After your experiment has been completed, the Core Facility personnel may assist you with the analysis of the results and manuscript preparations if requested. Training sessions are available for large-scale projects.
All users must acknowledge the Core Facility in publications that include data generated at the Core Facility.
What to always include:
“We acknowledge the Core Facility at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University for providing assistance in [technology...].”
Significant help from a specific researcher at the Core Facility and acknowledgement by name:
“The authors thank Dr [name] at the Core Facility at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University for [support and guidance in…].”
Substantial contributions that merit co-authorship of papers
If scientists from the Core Facility contribute more than routine techniques and when they make a substantial intellectual and/or experimental contribution to a research study, they should be co-authors of papers that use these data. These applies to: (1) Intellectual contribution, concept, design of project, critical input, and original ideas: (2) Data analysis and interpretation, preparation of figures and tables for publications; (3) Write a portion of the paper, draft the article, or revise it critically for intellectual content. Authorship is preferably established at the beginning of the project so that both the user e.g. the PI and the Core Facility researcher are aware of each other’s criteria.
Charging for services does not preclude acknowledgement for support or co-authorship
Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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Vesa Loitto |
Director of the Core Facility
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013-28 25 98
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vesa.loitto@liu.se
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Building 462, entrance 54/71, floor 10, Campus US
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Service list |
► Bioinformatics (10) | |||
Name | Description | Price | |
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Metabolomics data analysis |
1. Quality control |
Internal
kr 1,500.00
Sample
External kr 3,000.00 Sample Corporate kr 2,000.00 Sample |
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Other Bioinformatics services |
We offer some basic and advance bioinformatics solution on a per hour charge. Please Note: Bioinformatics services introduce a fee of 20 SEK/hour for long computational data processing effective from 2024-01-01. |
Inquire | |
Microarray Analysis |
1. Quality control |
Inquire | |
RNA-seq Gene Expression Analysis |
1. Quality control |
Inquire | |
Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis |
1. Pre-processing |
Inquire | |
DNA Methylation Array Analysis (Illumina) |
1. Quality control |
Inquire | |
DNA Methylation Sequencing Analysis (Illumina) |
1. Quality control |
Inquire | |
DNA Methylation Sequencing Analysis (Nanopore) |
1. Quality control |
Inquire | |
Gene Expression Data Enrichment Analysis (Performed by User) |
Gene Expression Data Enrichment Analysis (GO/Pathways/Networks) is performed by the User himself using iPathwayGuide. |
Inquire | |
Gene Expression Data Enrichment Analysis (Performed by Core Facility) |
Gene Expression Data Enrichment Analysis (GO/Pathways/Networks) is performed by Core Facility using iPathwayGuide.
IMPORTANT we ask you to be included as co-author(s) of papers that use these results since this analysis requires a substantial intellectual contribution. |
Inquire | |
► Electron microscopy (1) | |||
Name | Description | Price | |
Microscope Set Up Fee | Inquire |