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The high throughput screening capabilities are built around two Janus Automated Workstations (Varipsan and MDT) capable of supporting 96-well or 384-well platforms. The system supports multiple in vitro and cellular assay paradigms for the study of enzymes, receptors, ion channels and transporter proteins. The Envision 2104 Multilabelreader provides capabilities to detect diverse platforms including absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence, Alpha Screen® and fluorescence polarization. High throughput radiolabel binding and uptake assays are supported with a Perkin Elmer Topcount NXT-HTS Microplate scintillation counter. In addition, label free methods using LC/MS/MS are routinely utilized for in vitro drug metabolism studies. High throughput screening is supported by a 40,000 member small molecule diversity-based screening library which includes linear and cyclic peptides as well as the Prestwick 1,200 member library of FDA approved drugs. The center recently licensed and implemented the Dotmatics Informatics Platform (Dotmatics, Ltd) to support the chemical database, high throughput screening data management, structure activity relationship (SAR) analysis, and data visualization. The facility has three tissue culture suites to support development of cell based assay and maintenance of cultured cells.
In vivo:
Micro dissection
Behavioral assessment
Conditioned place preference
Analgesia and tolerance
Ex vivo:
Radio ligand
Homogenate binding
Autoradiography
Rubidium efflux
Neurotransmitter release
Receptor profiling
Drug affinities
Functional responses
Subunit composition
Quantification and distribution
Protein and neuron characterization
Western blotting
Immunohistochemistry
HPLC
Synaptosomal preparations
Other Specialized Capabilities:
Pharmacogenomic Analysis of SNP’s
Copy Number Variations
Cell-based assays
cytotoxicity
apoptosis
caspase activation
cell viability
In-vitro metabolism
Pre-clinical PK
For additional information contact:
Marlene A. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Director, Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research
215-707-1951
marlene.jacobson@temple.edu
John C. Gordon, Ph.D.
Manager, Screening Center
Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research
215-707-4654
john.gordon0001@temple.edu