About Us
The Tissue Culture Core
Facility (TCCF) was established in 1997. TCCF has developed an
infrastructure of core services essential for investigators affiliated with
clinical and basic science departments and centers at UTMB.
The
investigators served by
the TCCF have research programs that include patho- and immune-biology of
BSL-2, -3 and -4 level infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, parasites), as
well as a wide range of diseases linked to chronic inflammatory processes, drug
abuse, behavioral disorders, and aging and age-associated diseases.
Tissue Culture Core Facility Personnel
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Istvan Boldogh, DM&B, PhD
Professor and Director
Phone: (409) 772-9414
Email: sboldogh@utmb.edu
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Yixiao Sun
Research Associate
Phone: 409-772-4903
Email: yisum@utmb.edu
Mission
The Tissue Culture Core Facility
provides a variety of services and technical support to enhance the
ability of UTMB investigators to conduct high-quality collaborative
research that is dependent on a variety of cell culture systems and cell
biology methods to address biomedical questions at the cellular and
molecular levels with an emphasis on human systems. This mission is
accomplished by providing appropriate technical and intellectual
assistance to UTMB investigators in a functional, cost-efficient, and
multi-user environment that will enhance productivity in both their
individual and collaborative research programs. Another important aspect
of the core’s mission is training investigators (students, new
investigators).