We maintain that scientific endeavors should not be insular.  In the spirit of sharing, we offer interested investigators access to our cutting-edge technology and resources as well as providing opportunities for education, training, and a forum for scientific interchange.  The pages connected to this Resource Page describe the educational and training programming available, detail the protocols and reagents used by our investigators, provide information regarding monoclonal antibody production, and offers access to our qPCR Trancriptome Fingerprinting Core.

Resources Education:  CIVIA offers three educational programs:  a Symposium, a Seminar Series, and a Training Program.  These programs serve to inform Center members, other Cooperative Centers for Translational Research, and the greater scientific community of our work, advancements in the field of human immunology, and expand the application of our technologies.  Protocols:  Interested investigators may access the protocols developed by CIVIA’s Technology Development Component.  Available are the protocols for purification of cell populations from human blood and the qPCR protocols for dendritic cell maturation and T cell activation, including primers used for each reaction. The procedures for growth of differentiated human respiratory epithelial cells as well as detailed procedures for generation of chimeric NDV viruses are also included.  Reagents:   Reagents available through CIVIA include chimeric NDV and vaccinia viruses, expression plasmids, and virus specific monoclonal antibodies.   Antibodies:  The Hybridoma Center, a shared resource facility operated through the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Microbiology, provides a complete hybridoma development program designed to produce hybridoma cell lines that secrete monoclonal antibodies specific to your antigen. qPCR Transcriptome Fingerprinting:  This core facility provides free assays for up to 30 target transcripts in triplicate (100 total samples) to Centers funded under the NIAD program: “Cooperative Centers for Translational Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense.”  Additional assays are offered to these Centers at cost.