Core Facilities & Consulting Services

Marian University scholars are supported by the following core facilities and consulting services at no charge. Scholars external to Marian University may access these facilities and/or services for a fee. Please contact Assistant Provost Jonathan Lowery, PhD, at jlowery@marian.edu for more information.

Nancy Johnston, DVM

This consultation service provides support for investigators considering the use of vertebrate animals in teaching and/or research.

This core facility and consultation service provides consultation for investigators performing bioinformatics analyses of DNA, RNA, and protein studies.

Jonathan Lowery, PhD 

This core facility and consultation service provides analyses for cell signaling events using candidate-driven immunoblots, ELISAs, dot blots, and high-throughput arrays.

Kevin Gries, PhD 

This core facility and consultation service provides analyses for gene expression by realtime PCR and manages the process for sequencing DNA.

Christina Pepin, PhD 

This consultation service provides support for investigators considering the use of human subjects in research.

Patrick McVey, PhD 

This core facility and service provides mass spectrometry analyses using ICPMS and LTQXL linear ion trap setups.

Jonathan Lowery, PhD 

This core facility and consultation service provides mechanical testing analyses using a FlexCell compression system.

Elizabeth Delery, PhD 

This core facility and consultation service provides microscopic analyses using brightfield, phase contrast, and fluorescence-based work.

Chris Nicholson, PhD 

This core facility and consultation service provides NMR analyses.

Center for Teaching & Learning 

This core facility and consultation service supports design and printing of posters for meetings, conferences, etc.

This core facility and consultation service supports protein and peptide production and purification.

David Rusbasan, PhD 

This consultation service provides support for investigators considering qualitative research studies such as interviews, focus groups, etc.

This consultation service provides support for investigators considering studies involving the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Guang Xu, PhD 

This consultation service provides support for statistical analyses.

Tony Ribera, PhD 

This consultation services provides support for survey design and distribution.

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