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Core Laboratories and Bridges

Jump to: Administration | Bioinformatics and Data Coordination | Macrophage Biology and Functional Genomics | Glycerolipids | Lipid Synthesis: Lipid Standards | Lipid Synthesis: Synthesis Design | Lipid Synthesis: Biophysical Characterization | Fatty Acyls | Glycerophospholipids | Sphingolipids / Glycosphingolipids | Sterol Lipids | Prenols and Other Lipids | LIPID MAPS Networks | Transcriptional Regulation | Lipid Imaging | Oxidized Lipids in Macrophages | Subcellular Localization

Administration (Core A)

University of California, San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Basic Science Building
9500 Gilman Drive m/c 0601
La Jolla, CA 92093-0601

(For deliveries, please include delivery code -- e.g. "BSB 4080")

Lab Phone: (858) 822-5853
Lab Fax: (858) 534-7390
Lab URL: http://cobra.ucsd.edu

Position Name E-mail address Phone Delivery Code
Director Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D. edennis@ucsd.edu (858) 534-3055 BSB 4076
Project Coordinator Richard Harkewicz, Ph.D. rharkewicz@ucsd.edu (858) 822-5854 BSB 4086
Scientific Coordinator Oswald Quehenberger, Ph.D. oquehenberger@ucsd.edu (858) 534-8902 BSB 4079
Administative Coordinator / Videoconferencing Masada Disenhouse mdisenhouse@ucsd.edu (858) 822-5853 BSB 4076

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Bioinformatics and Data Coordination (Core B/C)

University of California, San Diego
433 Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall (PFBH)
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0412
La Jolla, CA 92093-0412

Lab Phone: (858) 822-3228
Lab Fax:(858) 534-8380
Lab URL:http://genome.ucsd.edu

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D. shankar@sdsc.edu (858) 822-0986
Administrative Assistant Jan Lenington adminss@sdsc.edu (858) 822-3228
Project Coordinator Eoin Fahy, Ph.D. fahye@sdsc.edu (858) 534-5076
Research Programmer Robert Byrnes rbyrnes@sdsc.edu (858) 822-5424
Senior Computational Scientist,
Webmaster
Dawn Cotter, M.S. dcotter@sdsc.edu (858) 822-3619
Research Programmer Shakti Gupta shakti@sdsc.edu (858) 534-5116
Research Programmer Xiang Li seanli@sdsc.edu (858) 534-5116
Research Programmer Mano Maurya mano@sdsc.edu (858) 822-5403
Cheminformatics Research Scientist Manish Sud manish@sdsc.edu (858) 822-3697
Research Programmer Yihua Zhao yihua@sdsc.edu (858) 534-8318

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Macrophage Biology and Functional Genomics (Core D)

University of California, San Diego
George Palade Laboratories for Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Room 217
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0651

Lab Phone: (858) 822-5664
Lab Fax: (858) 822-2127
Lab URL: http://cmm.ucsd.edu/Lab_Pages/glass/glasslab/index.html

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Christopher K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D. ckg@ucsd.edu (858) 534-6011
Donna Reichart dreichart@ucsd.edu (858) 822-5664

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Glycerolipids (Core E)

Department of Pharmacology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Mail Stop 8303
P.O. Box 6511
Aurora, CO 80045-0511

Lab Phone: (303) 724-3380
Lab Fax: (303) 724-3357
Lab URL: http://www2.uchsc.edu/pharm/faculty/murphy.asp

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Robert C. Murphy, Ph.D. robert.murphy@uchsc.edu (303) 724-3380
Administrative Assistant Deborah Beckworth deborah.beckworth@uchsc.edu
Robert M. Barkley, Ph.D. robert.barkley@uchsc.edu (303) 724-3354
Jessica Krank jessica.krank@uchsc.edu (303) 724-3381

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Lipid Synthesis: Lipid Standards (Core F(a))

Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc.
700 Industrial Park Drive
Alabaster, AL 35007

Lab Phone:(800) 227-0651
Lab Fax:(800) 229-1004
Lab URL:http://www.avantilipids.com

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Walter A. Shaw, Ph.D. waltshaw@avantilipids.com (800) 227-0651
Administrative Contact Renee S. Underwood renee@avantilipids.com (800) 227-0651

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Lipid Synthesis: Synthesis Design (Core F(b))

Indiana University
Department of Chemistry
800 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47401

Lab Phone:(812) 856-7545
Lab Fax: (812) 856-0184
Lab URLhttp://vannieuwenhze.chem.indiana.edu/

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Michael S. VanNieuwenhze, Ph.D. mvannieu@indiana.edu (812) 856-7545
Jesse More, Ph.D. (858) 534-5660

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Lipid Synthesis: Biophysical Characterization (Core F(c))

University of California at Irvine
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics
Medical Sciences I -- D346
Irvine, CA 92697-4560

Lab Phone:(949) 824-6993
Lab Fax: (949) 824-8540
Lab URLhttp://blanco.biomol.uci.edu

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Stephen H. White, Ph.D. blanco@helium.biomol.uci.edu (949) 824-7122
Administrative Contact Hirotaka Sasaki hsasaki@helium.biomol.uci.edu (949) 824-6993

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Fatty Acyls (Core G)

University of California, San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Basic Science Building
9500 Gilman Drive m/c 0601
La Jolla, CA 92093-0601

(For deliveries, please include delivery code -- e.g. "BSB 4080")

Lab Phone: (858) 822-8902
Lab Fax: (858) 534-7390
Lab URL: http://cobra.ucsd.edu

Position Name E-mail address Phone Delivery Code
Director Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D. edennis@ucsd.edu (858) 534-3055 BSB 4076
Project Coordinator Richard Harkewicz, Ph.D. rharkewicz@ucsd.edu (858) 822-5854 BSB 4086
Scientific Coordinator Oswald Quehenberger, Ph.D. oquehenberger@ucsd.edu (858) 534-8902 BSB 4079
Research Assistant Matt Buczynski matthewb@chem.ucsd.edu (858) 822-5621 BSB 4080
Postdoctoral Researcher Naomi Cotton, Ph.D. ncotton@chem.ucsd.edu 858) 534-8903 BSB 4080

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Glycerophospholipids (Core H)

Vanderbilt Univ School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology
442 Preston Research Building
23rd Ave South & Pierce
Nashville, TN 37232-6600

Delivery Address for samples:
406 Preston Research Building

Lab Phone: (615) 936-2189
Lab Fax: (615) 936-6833
Lab URL: http://www.alexbrownlab.org/

Name Position E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator H. Alex Brown, Ph.D. alex.brown@vanderbilt.edu (615) 936-3888
Administrative Assistant Donna Ingram donna.ingram@vanderbilt.Edu (615) 936-2189
Project Coordinator Steve Milne stephen.milne@vanderbilt.Edu (615) 936-3874
Biostatistician David Myers david.s.myers@Vanderbilt.Edu (615) 936-3874

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Sphingolipids / Glycosphingolipids (Core I)

School of Biology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0230

Lab Phone: (404) 385-2918
Lab Fax: (404) 385-2917
Lab URL: http://www.biology.gatech.edu/faculty/al-merrill/

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Alfred H. Merrill, Jr., Ph.D al.merrill@biology.gatech.edu (404) 385-2842
LIMS Coordinator Samuel Kelly samuel.kelly@biology.gatech.edu (404)-385-2918
Chris Haynes gtg983j@mail.gatech.edu (404) 385-2918
Cameron Sullards cameron.sullards@chemistry.gatech.edu (404) 385-4249
Elaine Wang elaine.wang@biology.gatech.edu (404) 385-2974

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Sterol Lipids (Core J)

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
L5.272
Dallas, TX, 75390

Lab Phone: (214) 648-4817
(214) 648-7137
Lab Fax: (214) 648-6899
Lab URL: http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/research/0,2357,16296,00.html

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator David W. Russell, Ph.D. david.russell@utsouthwestern.edu (214) 648-2007
Research Technician Holly Lincoln holly.lincoln@utsouthwestern.edu (214)-648-7137
Jeff McDonald Jeffrey.McDonald@UTSouthwestern.edu (214)-648-7137
Research Technician Bonne Thompson Bonne.Thompson@UTSouthwestern.edu (214)-648-7137

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Prenols and Other Lipids (Core K)

243 Nanaline Duke Building
Research Drive
Durham, NC 27710
919-684-5178
919-668-2667

Lab Phone: (919) 684-5178
(919) 668-2667
Lab Fax: (919) 684-8885
Lab URL: http://www.biochem.duke.edu/Raetz/raetznew.html

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Christian R. H. Raetz M.D., Ph.D. raetz@biochem.duke.edu (919) 684-5326
Project Coordinator Teresa A. Garrett, Ph.D. tag4@duke.edu (919) 668-3701
LIMS Coordinator Mike Reynolds mikereyn@biochem.duke.edu (919) 668-3701
Ziaqiang Guan, Ph.D. zquan@biochem.duke.edu (919) 684-3005


TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


LIPID MAPS Networks (Bridge A)

University of California, San Diego
433 Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall (PFBH)
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0412
La Jolla, CA 92093-0412

Lab Phone: (858) 822-3228
Lab Fax:(858) 534-8380
Lab URL:http://genome.ucsd.edu

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Shankar Subramaniam, Ph.D. shankar@sdsc.edu (858) 822-0986
Administrative Assistant Jan Lenington adminss@sdsc.edu (858) 822-3228
Project Coordinator Eoin Fahy, Ph.D. fahye@sdsc.edu (858) 534-5076
Research Programmer Robert Byrnes rbyrnes@sdsc.edu (858) 822-5424
Senior Computational Scientist,
Webmaster
Dawn Cotter, M.S. dcotter@sdsc.edu (858) 822-3619
Research Programmer Shakti Gupta shakti@sdsc.edu (858) 534-5116
Research Programmer Xiang Li seanli@sdsc.edu (858) 534-5116
Research Programmer Mano Maurya mano@sdsc.edu (858) 822-5403
Cheminformatics Research Scientist Manish Sud manish@sdsc.edu (858) 822-3697
Research Programmer Yihua Zhao yihua@sdsc.edu (858) 534-8318

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Transcriptional Regulation (Bridge B)

University of California, San Diego
George Palade Laboratories for Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Room 217
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0651

Lab Phone: (858) 822-5664
Lab Fax: (858) 822-2127
Lab URL: http://cmm.ucsd.edu/Lab_Pages/glass/glasslab/index.html

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Christopher K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D. ckg@ucsd.edu (858) 534-6011
Donna Reichart dreichart@ucsd.edu (858) 822-5664

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Lipid Imaging (Bridge C)

Department of Pharmacology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Mail Stop 8303
P.O. Box 6511
Aurora, CO 80045-0511

Lab Phone: (303) 724-3380
Lab Fax: (303) 724-3357
Lab URL: http://www2.uchsc.edu/pharm/faculty/murphy.asp

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Robert C. Murphy, Ph.D. robert.murphy@uchsc.edu (303) 724-3380
Administrative Assistant Deborah Beckworth deborah.beckworth@uchsc.edu
Robert M. Barkley, Ph.D. robert.barkley@uchsc.edu (303) 724-3354
Andrew McAnoy, Ph.D. andrew.mcanoy@uchsc.edu (303) 724-3380

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Oxidized Lipids in Macrophages (Bridge D)

University of California, San Diego
Dept of Medicine-0682
La Jolla, CA 92093

Delivery Address for samples:
Joseph L. Witztum, MD
Univ of Calif, San Diego
Basic Science Building-Room 1080
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

Lab Phone: (858) 534-4347
Lab Fax: (858) 534-2005

Position Name E-mail address Phone
Participating Investigator Joseph Witztum, M.D. jwitztum@ucsd.edu (858) 534-4347
Researcher Yury Miller yumiller@ucsd.edu (858) 858-5771

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E


Subcellular Localization (Bridge E)

University of California, San Diego
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Basic Science Building
9500 Gilman Drive m/c 0601
La Jolla, CA 92093-0601

(For deliveries, please include delivery code -- e.g. "BSB 4080")

Lab Phone: (858) 822-8902
Lab Fax: (858) 534-7390
Lab URL: http://cobra.ucsd.edu

Position Name E-mail address Phone Delivery Code
Director Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D. edennis@ucsd.edu (858) 534-3055 BSB 4076
Project Coordinator Alexander Andreyev, Ph.D. andreyev@chem.ucsd.edu (858) 822-5850 BSB 4080

TOP || Core: A | B/C | D | E | F(a) | F(b) | F(c) | G | H | I | J | K | Bridge: A | B | C | D | E