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Institutional core facilities: prerequisite for breakthroughs in the life sciences
Author(s) -
Meder Doris,
Morales Mònica,
Pepperkok Rainer,
Schlapbach Ralph,
Tiran Andreas,
Van Minnebruggen Geert
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642857
Subject(s) - core (optical fiber) , business , political science , computer science , telecommunications
Core facilities have become an important resource in biomedical research, providing scientists with access to sophisticated instrumentation and expertise. To enable scientists to perform ever more complex and difficult experiments, core facilities not only need to constantly upgrade technology and expertise, but also cooperate and pool their assets.