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About

The Nucleus at Sarafan ChEM-H

Overview of Services

The Nucleus (formerly Knowledge Centers) at Sarafan ChEM-H provide access to a combination of enabling technologies, services and equipment, expertise, and hands-on training by key senior researcher staff to help scientists engage in research at the interface of chemistry and human biology.

The Nucleus includes cores specializing in Medicinal Chemistry (synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry), Macromolecular Structure (protein production, purification, crystallization, structure determination, access to SLAC resources), Metabolomics (targeted or untargeted metabolomics analysis, lipidomic analysis and flux analysis using LC/MS or LC/MS/MS), High-Throughput Screening, cryogenic Electron Microscopy (cryoEM), Chemoproteomics, and Cell & Gene Therapies.

Macromolecular Structure, Metabolomics, and Chemoproteomics offer services through this iLab site.

High-Throughput Screening offers services through their own High-Throughput Screening @ The Nucleus iLab site. 

CryoEM services are offered in partnership with the School of Medicine CryoEM Facility (cEMc) iLab site.

Medicinal Chemistry services are available only for approved collaborative projects and users.

Leadership

Yuqin Dai

Daniel Fernandez

Mark Smith

Bruce Koch

Metabolomics

Macromolecular Structure

Medicinal Chemistry

High Throughput Screening

yuqindai@stanford.edu

danilo@stanford.edu

mxsmith@stanford.edu

bkoch@stanford.edu

 

Haoqing Wang

Dina Schuster

 Fabrizia Urbinati

Corey Liu

CryoEM

Chemoproteomics

 Cell & Gene Therapies

Nucleus Operations

hwangab@stanford.edu

dschust@stanford.edu

 urbinati@stanford.edu

liuc@stanford.edu

 

Location and hours of operation

Hours Location

Open 24/7 for approved users

Staffed Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm, except holidays

**Appointments recommended

Stanford ChEM-H Building

290 Jane Stanford Way, N135

Stanford, CA  94305

Minimum training courses required to access the facility:

  • EHS-1500   Biosafety
  • EHS-1900   Chemical Safety for Laboratories
  • EHS-2200   Compressed Gas Safety
  • EHS-3400   Ergonomics - Computer Workstation
  • EHS-4200   General Safety, Injury Prevention, and Emergency Preparedness

External Links and Resources

  1. Sarafan ChEM-H
  2. Macromolecular Structure information site

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Corey Liu
Nucleus Operations
 

 
liuc@stanford.edu
 

 
Catherine Meng
Financial Analyst
 

 
cymeng@stanford.edu
 

 

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