Core Facilities, Collections, and Other Research Resources

Eagle-i Database of Core Facilities

Michigan State University is affiliated with the eagle-i network, a national database that can help scientists find such research resources as core laboratory services, reagents, animals, specimens, and more available at MSU and throughout the network. 

Selected MSU Core Facilities and Research Services

Please send updates and additions for this list to research@msu.edu.

• Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection
• Automotive Research Experiment Station (ARES)
• Biochemistry Research Store
• Biomacromolecular Crystallography Facility
• Campus Animal Resources
• Center for Advanced Microscopy (CAM)
  • Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM)
  • Laser Capture Microscopy (LCM)
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) – Biological Sciences
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) – Physical Sciences
• Center for Crystallographic Research 
• Center for Statistical Training and Consulting (C-STAT)
• Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)
  • Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC)
  • eagle-i (database of biomedical and other university research resources)
• Cognitive Imaging Research Center (CIRC)
• Composite Materials and Structures Center
• Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health (DCPAH)
• Drug Discovery Cores
  • Assay Development and Drug Repurposing Core (ADDRC)
  • In Vivo Facility
  • Medicinal Chemistry Core (MCC)
• Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)
• Geological Sciences Facilities
  • Hydrogeology Facilities
  • ICP-HEX-MS Laboratory (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer Laboratory)
  • X-ray Fluorescence Laboratory
• iCER - Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (High Performance Computing Center)
• Imaging Facilities (Department of Radiology)
• W.M. Keck Microfabrication Facility
• W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
  • Experimental Pond Laboratory
  • Farming Systems Center 
  • Long-Term Ecological Research Program
  • Pasture-Based Dairy Research and Education Facility
• Macromolecular Computing Facility
• Max T. Rogers NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Facility
• MSU Archives
  • Historical Collections
  • Photographic Collections
• MSU Herbarium
• MSU Libraries 
  • Africana Collection
  • Cesar E. Chavez Collection
  • Digital/Multimedia Collections
  • Government Documents
  • Map Library
  • Special Collections
  • Turfgrass Information Center
  • G. Robert Vincent Voice Library
• MSU Museum 
  • Cultural & Historical Collections
  • Natural Science Collections
• National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL)
• Office of Survey Research
• Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratories Facilities
  • Biochemistry Laboratory
  • Biomaterials Testing
  • Biomechanics Electronics Workshop
  • Biomechanics Mechanical Workshop
  • Footwear Evaluation Laboratory
  • Gait Analysis Laboratory
  • Histopathology and Cytology Laboratory
  • Materials Testing Laboratory
  • Tissue and Cell Culture Laboratory
  • Trauma Biomechanics Laboratory
• Pharmacology and Toxicology Core Facilities
  • Autoclave Core
  • Core Cold Rooms 
  • Dark Room Core 
  • Flow Cytometry Core
  • Large Equipment Core (freezer and centrifuges)
  • Microscopy Core 
  • Molecular & Biochemistry Core 
  • Survival Surgery Core 
  • Tissue Culture Core 
  • Large-Format Print Core
  • Physics and Astronomy Electronics Design and Service Center
• Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS&GIS)
• Research Technology Support Facility (RTSF)
  • Bioinformatics
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Genomics
  • Imaging-IVIS
  • Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core
  • Proteomics
• Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility
• Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory