Our teams collaborate with Janelia labs and team projects, providing knowledge and expertise in biological, imaging, computational, and engineering applications, access to shared instrumentation, and responsible, effective support for the use of laboratory animals in research.
We continuously upgrade and improve our capabilities through implementing best-in-class commercially available technologies and by internally developing new tools and processes as needs arise. We welcome challenges and thrive on providing creative solutions.
Our teams extend what is possible for individual research labs and team projects. By sharing resources, we can scale operations. Our goal is to enable Janelians to approach research differently, get more done, and accelerate discovery.
Janelia's Support Teams
- Anatomy and Histology slices tissue and whole organs into sections that are suitable for microscope examination or physiological experiments.
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy offes services to cover the entire cryoEM workflow.
- Electron Microscopy Shared Resource (EMSR) enables biological research at micro- and nano-scales using high-resolution imaging.
- Flow Cytometry provides a range of instrumentation and expertise for cell sorting and analysis.
- Gene Targeting & Transgenics makes sophisticated gene targeting a turnkey service at a low cost.
- Immortalized Cell Line Culture offers support for various tasks such as plating, passaging, cryopreserving, transfection, and preparing cells for imaging and other applications.
- Integrative Imaging (I2) coordinates their resources and expertise into a seamless workflow that works for your project.
- Invertebrate Shared Resource provides a range of services including stock maintenance, fly pushing, microinjection, shipping and receiving, quarantine, and other custom services.
- Janelia Experimental Technology (jET) designs, builds and tests commercially unavailable instruments, tools, and software.
- Mass Spectrometry is equipped with state-of-the-art LC-MS/MS systems which enables the development and the applications of highly sensitive and advanced mass spectrometry-based methods.
- Media Facility provides high-quality custom media for labs.
- Molecular Genomics offers services and expert advice on routine and specialized molecular biology techniques.
- Primary & iPS Cell Culture provides expertise in the creation of primary cells and the maintenance and differentiation of iPSCs.
- Project Pipeline Support works with project teams and labs to support project operations and application of project workflows to lab investigations.
- Project Technical Resources (PTR) provides technical support for project teams and labs.
- Quantitative Genomics provides expert services for cell isolation, transcriptome and epigenetic profiling, and de novo genome assembly using next-generation sequencing platforms from Illumina & PacBio.
- Scientific Computing Software (SciCompSoft) helps with research and engineering tasks, providing everything from help with a quick software question to full software life cycle support.
- Scientific Computing Systems (SciCompSys) operates and maintains all of Janelia’s storage and associated backup infrastructure, high performance compute cluster, and all Linux systems.
- Viral Tools specializes in custom production with high titer, high standards, and fast turnaround and aims to fulfill the viral tool needs for Janelia as well as the broader HHMI community.
- Vivarium is a leader in animal-centric care, services, and knowledge and enables in vivo research, with a focus on mice, rats, and zebrafish.
Tactical Support for Science
Janelia’s support teams and shared resources make it possible for small lab groups to make big progress.