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About

The metabolic phenotyping component of the Genomics and Energy Metabolism (GEM) Core offers offers technical support and expertise for measuring traits related to metabolism in mouse models of obesity and nutritionally relevant disease. With locations at both the Chapel Hill and Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) campuses, GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping provides access to state-of-the-art methods, equipment, and populations to support high quality and high throughput phenotyping of energy balance components in mice. The Core also provides advanced methods for the study of energy balance of live cells using Seahorse technology and O2K.

GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping also facilitates collaborations with the Animal Models Core and the Animal Studies Core at UNC.

Services

GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping offers a variety of services. To learn more about a specific service and/or to submit a service request, visit us on iLab.

  • Experimental Design and Data Interpretation
  • Animal Care, Handling, Sample Processing and Oversight
  • Calorimetry
  • Calorimetry with Voluntary Running Wheel
  • Metabolic Cages for Collection of Urine and Feces
  • MRI (Analysis of Body Composition)
  • Seahorse (Metabolic Phenotyping of Live Cells)
  • Oroboros O2K Services
  • Treadmill
  • Voluntary Running Wheel
  • Study Design and Data Interpretation

Contact

Raz Shaikh, PhD

Professor, Nutrition

2203 McGavran-Greenberg
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

919-843-4348
shaikhsa@email.unc.edu

Director, GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping (Chapel Hill)

Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez

Assistant Professor, Nutrition

500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081

704-250-5041
isis_trujillo@unc.edu

Co-Director, GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping (NRI)

Meagan D. Bridges, M.S

Lab Manager, Shaikh Lab

2204 Michael Hooker Research Center
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(919) 843-5145
bridgesmd@unc.edu

Core Manager, GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping (CH)

Erika Rezeli

Lab Manager, Hursting Lab (CH)

Core Manager, GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping, Seahorse and Oroboros O2k Services (CH)

GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping Services

Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core Services
ServiceChapel Hill (Internal)Chapel Hill (External)NRI (Internal)NRI (External)
Study Design and Data Interpretation$96.00
Hour
$149.00
Hour
$175.00
Hour
$273.00
Hour
MRI (Analysis of Body Composition)$17.00
Sample
$35.00
Sample
$14.00
Sample
$23.00
Sample
Calorimetry (Analysis of Energy Expenditure/Food & Drink Consumption)$34.00
Sample
$58.00
Sample
N/AN/A
Calorimetry (Analysis of Energy Expenditure/Food & Drink Consumption) with cage activityN/AN/A$18.00
Sample
$32.00
Sample
Calorimetry (Analysis of Energy Expenditure/Food & Drink Consumption) with voluntary running wheelN/AN/A$18.00
Sample
$32.00
Sample
Voluntary Running Wheel (Analysis of Voluntary Exercise)$51.00
Sample
$83.00
Sample
N/AN/A
Metabolic Cages for Collection of Urine and Feces$12.00
Sample
$27.00
Sample
$15.00
Sample
$27.00
Sample
Treadmill (Analysis of Mouse Exercise Performance Measurement) $39.00
Sample
$79.00
Sample
N/AN/A
Constant Climate ChamberN/AN/A$11.00
Day
$18.00
Day
Animal Care, Handling, Sample Processing and Oversight$30.00
Hour
$91.00
Hour
$36.00
Hour
$56.00
Hour
Seahorse XF Cell Mito Stress Test$426.50$599.00N/AN/A
Seahorse XF Glycolysis Stress Test$440.50$613.00N/AN/A
Seahorse XF Glycolytic Rate Assay$374.00$514.50N/AN/A
Seahorse XF Cell Energy Phenotype Test$382.00$535.00N/AN/A
Seahorse XF Real-Time ATP Rate Assay$367.00 $507.50N/AN/A