Core Facilities
Learn more about Liver Center core facilities
Other UCSF Core Facilities
Learn more about other UCSF core facilities.
The Liver Center Tool and Technology Grant Program
Learn more about the Liver Center Tool and Technology Grant Program.
The Liver Center operates three biomedical core facilities to expedite and enhance the research performed by Center members. The Cores are designed to provide liver-specific services that are unavailable elsewhere within or outside UCSF. Overall, the three Cores offer Center members several tangible benefits: preferred access to specialized equipment, expert advice and assistance, and cost-efficient products to make the most of existing research dollars. The Cores are intended to serve both clinical and basic science researchers.
In addition to operating its own core facilities, the Liver Center offers members the opportunity to obtain funds to use other core facilities at UCSF. Learn more about the Tool and Technology Grant Program on this website.
Liver Center core services for the clinical and translational investigator
- Liver histology/special stains
- Electron microscopy/advanced imaging
- Histology interpretation/scoring
- Flow cytometry and cell sorting
- HBV DNA quantitation
- HCV RNA quantitation
Liver Center core services for the basic science investigator
- Primary liver cell isolation and culture
- Training in animal models of liver disease
- Liver histology/special stains
- Electron microscopy/advanced imaging
- Histology interpretation/scoring
- Flow cytometry and cell sorting