{"id":3305,"date":"2022-08-18T23:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T23:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbre.hpcf.upr.edu\/?page_id=3305"},"modified":"2025-07-18T20:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:37:17","slug":"cri-core","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inbre.hpcf.upr.edu\/index.php\/cri-core\/","title":{"rendered":"CRI Core"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Centralized Research Instrumentation Core<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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The CRI<\/strong> Core integrate and empower faculty investigators, students and postdoctoral associates from the Lead, Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs), and Outreach Institutions to work in interdisciplinary areas of research by providing them with scientific consulting for experimental design, technical support, data analysis, and collaborative support. <\/span><\/p>\n

The PR-INBRE CRI<\/strong> incorporate core facilities supported by PR-INBRE and other collaborating facilities supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) infrastructure programs such as the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) RCMI program, or with institutional funds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CRI Services<\/h3>\n

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The ChEMTox<\/strong> Biotesting Facility at Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) affiliated to the School of Environmental Affairs provides services for the toxicity testing of novel and natural substances on human or animal cell cultures. It supports scientist in drug development interested in characterizing the mechanism of action of natural products, novel materials or environmental contaminants<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The laboratory is also a CORE facility for researchers from the PR-INBRE program (UPR-NIH funded). Local scientists as well as scientists from the National Cancer Institute in the US have used our in-vitro testing services.<\/p>\n

Our Services:<\/h4>\n

Toxicological assays for novel drugs\/materials, natural products or environmental substances include:<\/p>\n