Innovation and Collaboration With Mount Sinai:
Research Cores, Data, and Technology Mount Sinai’s culture of innovation and collaboration has made it one of the country’s most prestigious research institutions. As one of New York City’s largest academic medical systems, with more than 9,000 physicians working across seven hospitals and more than 350 research labs, the Mount Sinai Health System provides an interdisciplinary environment for some of the world’s most talented researchers to do their work. These experts are aided and supported by an outstanding complement of research cores—including the Dean’s Centers of Research Excellence (CoREs)—patient data resources, clinical trial capabilities, and advanced technologies. The following is a list of the resources available to our external collaborators, which offer powerful tools for discovering and testing new drugs, large, diverse patient data and biobanks, robust clinical trials and advanced labs and imaging capabilities, and more. All share a single mission—to help solve the most complex problems in research and clinical care.
Analytical Services
Biobanking and Repositories
Zhang Bioinformatics Laboratory Provides integrated analytical services, including genome and proteome level analysis, clinical data integration, and training in computational tools to support research.
BioMe BioBank Enables large-scale studies through an electronic medical record-linked biobank
Biomarkers in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Program Develops biomarker-based tools for risk stratification and therapeutic monitoring in kidney disease for clinical research using electronic medical record data, biospecimens, and pathway analysis. Flow Cytometry CoRE Provides instrumentation, expertise, and education required to incorporate flow cytometry and cell sorting into research. Human Immune Monitoring Center Integrates scientific expertise with leading-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive and longitudinal immune monitoring of patients during exposure to therapies. OCCAM-Immune Spin-off of the Human Immune Monitoring Center dedicated to industry collaborations to identify biomarkers of response and resistance to novel drug targets. Metabolomics CoRE Offers advanced mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics assays. Neurometabolomics and Neuroinformatics Core Provides mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and bioinformatics services, supporting projects from sample preparation to data interpretation across pathways, including carbon, lipid, short-chain fatty acids, and hormone metabolism. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility/Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) Facility Provides advanced instrumentation and user training for molecular analysis, supporting diverse research needs from small molecules to biomacromolecules and intact proteins.
Biorepository and Pathology CoRE Supports tissue and body fluid procurement, storage, and tracking. Mount Sinai Million Health Discoveries Program Program aiming to sequence the genomes of one million diverse patients to advance precision medicine and integrate genetics into everyday care. Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE Offers comprehensive neuropathological services, including advanced histology, tissue processing, and access to a wellcurated brain tissue collection.
Clinical Trial and Data Services Institute for Transformative Clinical Trials (ITCT) Offers expertise to design, conduct, and analyze innovative clinical trials. International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR) Serves as an interdisciplinary clinical and data coordinating center. Translational Transplant Research Center (TTRC) Supports translational and clinical transplantation studies with expertise in transplant immunobiology and offers preclinical services, including heart, trachea, liver, and kidney transplantation models.