Marshfield Core Laboratories

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The mission of the Marshfield Core Laboratories (MCOR) is to provide high quality research design and laboratory service support to Marshfield Clinic and ICTR members. ICTR members are able to obtain research and clinical laboratory services at the same cost as Marshfield Clinic investigators.

Core laboratory services are provided through the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation Core (MCRFC) and Marshfield Clinic Laboratories Core (MCLC).

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation Core (MCRFC)
The MCRFC is housed in the Lawton Center and the Laird Center for Medical Research. Core laboratory staff maintain proficiencies in microbiology, virology, cell culture, molecular biology, DNA sequencing, genotyping (Affymetrix and Sequenom platforms), and can assist with new assay development for specific research applications. High containment (BSL3) facilities are housed within the MCRFC. MCRFC also provides biological specimen banking services for the 20,000 individual Personalized Medicine Research Project cohort (Marshfield Clinic). Additional information about the MCRFC is available here.

Marshfield Clinic Laboratories Core (MCLC)
Marshfield Clinic Laboratories offers over 1000 clinical and anatomic test procedures to physicians, hospitals, clinics and research facilities. Clients and collaborators may also access the convenient courier specimen pickup system for cost-effective and reliable delivery of research samples. Information on the full complement of services available through the MCLC can be found here .

Information on the full complement of services available through the MCLC and MCRFC can be access by becoming an ICTR member. For application materials please see: Membership Application.

If you are unsure about your ICTR membership status, please email and someone will contact you promptly with that information.