Shared Resources

To ensure cancer investigators have access to specialized technology and research services, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center supports shared resources that are efficient, cost-effective, and provide the latest industry standards for enhanced scientific productivity.

Supported by NCI's Cancer Center Support Grant

Biorepository & Tissue

The Biorepository & Tissue Analysis Shared Resource provides meticulously collected and annotated human specimens.

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Biostatistics

The Biostatistics Shared Resource provides statistical support to scientists, clinical investigators, and epidemiologists involved in cancer research.

Cell & Molecular Imaging

The Cell & Molecular Imaging Shared Resource provides users with state-of-the-art optical microscopy and image analysis tools.

Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting

The Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Shared Resource provides flow cytometric analysis and cell sorting instruments for HCC members.

Lipidomics

The Lipidomics Shared Resource provides intellectual and physical resources, including state-of-the-art mass spectrometry analysis of sphingolipids.

Publication Acknowledgement

If you publish a manuscript including research supported by a Hollings Cancer Center Shared Resource, the following text is to be placed in the acknowledgement section: "Supported in part by the [Name] Shared Resource, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina (P30 CA138313)."

Supported by Hollings Cancer Center

Social Determinants of Health

The Social Determinants of Health Shared Resource (SHARE) provides SDOH-focused data services to promote health equity translational research.

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Translational Science Lab

This lab facilitates the exchange of information between research and clinical settings to support translational discoveries to improve cancer care.

Cell Evaluation & Therapy

The Cell Evaluation & Therapy Shared Resource includes the Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Unit and the Center for Cellular Therapy.

shRNA

The shRNA Shared Resource provides access to genome-wide human and mouse libraries that encode a total of almost 160,000 shRNA clones against over 41,000 genes.

Other Resources

Genomics

The Genomics Shared Resource offers next generation sequencing including DNA-Seq, RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, Methyl-Seq, and Ion Torrent instrumentation.

Small Animal Imaging

Researchers have access to state-of-the-art instrumentation enabling noninvasive anatomical, metabolic, and functional imaging.

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MUSC Cores

Research cores, shared resources, facilities, and centers are available to MUSC researchers, faculty, and students.