Core D: Integrative Biology Core Services

Lenard Lichtenberger, Ph.D., Director  713-500-6320

David W. Mercer, M.D., Co-Director  713-500-6362

Saul Karpen, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Director  832-824-3754

Eva Sevick-Muraca, Ph.D., Associate Director  713-798-3684

Robia Pautler, Ph.D., Collaborator  713-798-3892

Norman Weisbrodt, Ph.D., Co-Director 713-500-6324

Christopher Smith, D.V.M., Associate Director 713-500-4491

Major Core Services:

1. Animal surgery of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract
2. Physiological measurements of GI properties (secretion, digestion, absorption/transport and motility) utilizing both in vivo and in vitro systems
3. Help develop animal models of digestive diseases
4. Use of a computerized fluoroscopic imaging technique to monitor the contractile activity of the GI tract
5. Non-invasive in vivo animal  imaging
6. Supplies primary hepatocytes

Please credit the "NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, Center Grant P30 DK56338" in publications resulting from core usage or pilot funds.