GCRC Core Resources

Laboratory Resources

Located on the GCRC unit, the core laboratory facility comprises a 570-square-foot area for specimen processing and analytical work and a 65-square-foot walk-in cold room for assay incubation. Three full-time technologists staff the laboratory.

Accredited with CLIA, JCAHO and CAP, the GCRC's laboratory is authorized and equipped for the use of radioactive materials. The facility offers services for specimen processing, specimen storage and shipment, and clinical and research assays. Research assays initiated and certified in the core laboratory must also be approved by the Scientific Advisory Committee and are intended to support a research need for at least three GCRC investigators.

Specimen Processing

The core laboratory can perform minimal to complex specimen processing.

Core Laboratory Assays

The GCRC core laboratory can provide stat or routine assays for clinical and research purposes.

For more information about the GCRC's laboratory resources, contact

Peter A. Kopp, MD
Associate Program Director, Core Laboratory
The Feinberg School of Medicine, Tarry 15-710

Telephone 312/503-1394
Fax 312/908-9032
p-kopp@northwestern.edu

Mariquita Sumague, C (ASCP)
Core Laboratory Head Research Technologist, GCRC
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg 10-754

Telephone 312/926-3194
Fax 312/926-8450
msumague@northwestern.edu