Shared Resources
The UNM Cancer Center includes a number of state-of-the-art shared facilities that support our scientists and their research goals, and stimulate interactions among the Cancer Center’s research programs. Shared resources exist to promote the research efforts of member laboratories and to speed the adoption of innovative methods and technologies that advance cancer research at UNM.
Scott Ness, PhD, UNM Cancer Center Associate Director | 505-272-5564
Abel Tarango-Prieto, Program Coordinator | 505-925-0490 | Email
Animal Models & Imaging Shared Resource
Helen Hathaway, PhD, Co-Director – Animal Models
Jeffrey Norenberg, PharmD, Co-Director – Animal Imaging – KUSAIR
Location: BMSB 155, NRPH B52
Phone: 505-272-1469, 505-272-8242
Provides support for design, planning, and execution of in vivo assays through xenograft and genetically modified cancer models. The Keck-UNM Small-Animal Imaging Resource (KUSAIR) specializes in quanitative, in vivo molecular imaging using radiolabeled biomarkers and probes.
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Shared Resource
Edward Bedrick, PhD, Director
Susan Atlas, PhD, Co-Director
Christine Stidley, PhD, Co-Director
Location: Principal offices in Research Incubator Building (RIB)
Phone: 505-272-2520
Provides biostatistical support for experiment design and data analysis, as well as the ability to store and analyze diverse types of large-scale data sets, including access to state-of-the-art computing systems at UNM.
Clinical Protocol, Data Management & Informatics Shared Resource
Teresa Stewart, Director – Clinical Trials Office
David Garcia, MD
Melanie Royce, MD, PhD
Location: UNM Cancer Center, Administration Bldg., 2nd floor
Phone: 505-272-5490
Administers all aspects of the clinical trials process from implementation of new trials to data safety monitoring and quality assurance.
Flow Cytometry & High Throughput Screening Shared Resource
Bruce Edwards, PhD, Director
Tudor Oprea, MD, PhD, Co-Director for Cheminformatics
Location: CRF 217, RIB S-te 170
Phone: 505-272-6206, 505-272-8223
Provides instrumentation and expertise for fluorescent cell and particle analysis and sorting plus access to high throughput drug screening, including a wide-range of screening and drug informatics approaches focused on systems chemical biology, pathway analyses, patent analytics and chemoinformatics.
Fluorescence Microscopy & Cell Imaging Shared Resource
Angela Wandinger-Ness, PhD, Director
Location: CRF 212, 216, 218
Phone: 505-272-5876
Provides instrumentation and expertise for analysis of cellular and subcellular structures using conventional, confocal and two-photon fluorescence microscopy approaches.
Human Tissue Repository & Tissue Analysis Shared Resource
Therese Bocklage, MD, Medical Director
I-Ming Chen, DVM, Resource Scientific Director
Kelly Higgins, PhD, HTR Senior Operations Manager
Cathleen Martinez, HTL, PA, HTR Technical Manager
Location: BMSB 306 C
Phone: 505-272-1127
Collects, maintains, prepares and distributes patient samples (e.g., blood, sputum) and normal and tumor tissue and provides advanced histology services for research use.
Keck-UNM Genomics Resource (KUGR)
Scott Ness, PhD, Director
Jeremy Edwards, PhD, Co-Director
Location: CRF 118
Phone: 505-272-5564
Provides expertise and instrumentation for generating and analyzing the data from all types of gene expression and genomic analysis including Affymetrix microarrays, real-time PCR and next-generation sequencing including epigenetics assays and targeted or whole genome sequencing approaches.