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Resources and Facilities

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In addition to the resources provided by affiliated programs, departments, and research centers/institutes and the well equipped laboratories of the program faculty, potential trainees will be interested in knowing about the following:

The Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB) offers generous support in the form of two core facilities and is directed by Program Faculty member Troy Smith. The CISAB main office building is available for use 24 h/day and houses the William J. Rowland Reading Room, student office space, a kitchen, and two seminar room equipped with a digital projection system where students and faculty meet and interact regularly via seminars, classes, workshops, and journal clubs. The administrative assistant, Linda Summers, coordinates the seminar series, the Animal Behavior Minor, and the annual Animal Behavior Conference and is available to assist students with procuring research supplies, general resource questions, and any practical problems that might arise. The newly renovated CISAB Animal Behavior Lab has equipment and supplies needed for molecular genetic, neuroendocrine, biochemical, and immune assays, including a microplate spectrophotometer with low-volume DNA/RNA/protein quantification, thermocyclers, Vertical and Horizontal gel electrophoresis rigs, a Microplate absorbance plate reader and washer. The facility is coordinated by full-time manager, Dr. Rose Stewart, who is available to train students and faculty in a wide range of techniques including gene sequencing, steroid and peptide hormone measurement, electrophoresis, genotyping and sequencing, microarray, PCR/RT-PCR, and other gene expression assays.

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (KI) was founded in 1947 and holds an extensive internationally renowned collection of library, archival, art, photographic, and artifact items related to sexuality and sex research. It also houses research laboratories for studying human sexual response and maintains rich databases to support research. Program and affiliated faculty associated with KI include Garcia, Janssen, Heiman, Ketterson, Sanders, and Vitzthum.

The Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB) is a multidisciplinary support center in genomics and bioinformatics. CBG collaborates and assists in projects developed by faculty, and promotes interdepartmental and interdisciplinary interactions. CGB provides facilities and technical expertise to enable researchers to carry out the kinds of large-scale experiments that have become critically important in the life sciences. Program Faculty member Peter Cherbas is past Director of CBG and numerous CTRD program and affiliated faculty are benefitting from the Center, including Ketterson, Lively, Moczek, Rosvall, and Wade.

The Indiana Metabolomics and Cytomics Initiative provides access and training for research in state-of-the-art biochemical analysis to include high resolution chromatography, multi-dimensional mass spectrometry, and NMR, as well as other tools for elucidating molecular structure.

Institute for Pheromone Research is managed by Program faculty member Dr. Milos Novotny. Dr. Novotny is a world-renowned bioanalytical chemist who collaborates with Dr. Helena Soini to promote interdisciplinary studies of volatile compounds that are important in chemical ecology and chemical communication. Program and affiliated faculty studying with the institute include Demas, Ketterson, MArtins, Moczek, and Wade.

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Imaging Research Facility: Indiana's Light Microscopy Imaging Center is housed in Myers Hall in Biology. A state-of-the-art fMRI scanning facility is housed in Psychological and Brain Sciences. More information here.

The IU Research and Teaching Preserve (RTP) consists of seven sites totaling nearly 1600 acres of natural areas located only minutes from the heart of IU's Bloomington Campus. The sites are: Bayles Road, Bradford Woods, Kent Farm, Griffy Woods, Lilly-Dickey Woods, MMSF Ameriflux Tower, and Moores Creek.

IU RTP Map

Indiana University is fortunate in its relatively rural setting and its land holdings for field research. Kent Farm is a 90+ acre preserve that lies adjacent to property belonging to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and consists of a caretaker’s house, animal quarters, storage buildings, and a combination of old fields and forest to support research. Program and affiliated faculty Goodson, Ketterson, and Suthers all conduct research at Kent Farm.