Core Laboratory
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The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Core Laboratory was established in 1985 as an on-site facility devoted to the quantitative analysis of samples generated in clinical research protocols. The laboratory is designed to carry out multiple specific assays of research-oriented human samples. The earliest charge of the Core Laboratory was to assay blood samples for growth hormone and prolactin by radioimmunoassay. As protocols became more intensive and complex, the need for additional tests emerged. Now, the laboratory carries out multiple immunoradiometric determinations to increase assay sensitivity, range, specificity, and turnaround time. During the first seven years of operation, the GCRC Core Laboratory increased its productivity five-fold, and, in 1991, the laboratory performed over 150,000 determinations across twelve different assays. Most recently, the Core Laboratory has introduced immunofluorometric and chemiluminescent assays, thereby providing ultra-sensitive, non-radioactive methods to aid in clinical research. The laboratory is staffed by highly qualified technical personnel, who are devoted to the precise and accurate analysis of blood (and other) samples generated in GCRC-supported investigation of human health and disease.
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Daniel Haisenleder, Ph.D.
Pattie Hellmann
Our Core Laboratory Staff
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Sally Rittenhouse, David Smith. Pattie Hellmann