Shared Resources Consortium

Former Vice Chancellor Economou created the shared resources consortium (SRC) in 2011, in partnership with the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), the Clinical & Translational Research Institute (CTSI), the Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC). The mission of the SRC was to distribute funds on a competitive basis to support instrumentation for existing and proposed Shared Resources (SRs) located on the UCLA campus.

The research enterprise at UCLA is highly dependent on the services offered by SRs. At the time of the formation of the SRC, an analysis had revealed that the campus had approximately 135 shared resources at UCLA in support of research-related activities. A number of observations were made including that:

There was an absence of a campus wide system to track these resources
Several shared resources were operating with significant deficits
There were opportunities for standardization
There were limited resources or processes to evaluate requests for support or capital input for new goods, services and equipment

It was recognized that the future competitiveness of our investigators, and the international reputation enjoyed by UCLA, is enhanced by this important infrastructure. The partners determined that the campus and faculty members would benefit from timely access, at the lowest possible cost, to the services and instrumentation provided by SRs. At the time of the formation of the SRC, SRs were being supported by recharges, grants and significant amounts of institutional funds. However, this model was increasingly under pressure because of the unreliability of the latter two revenue sources. The partners collaborated to establish a three year fund for investing in shared resources that met specific criteria and were selected through a competitive process.

Initiation Date

The SRC was formed in FY11 with the first funding cycle occurring in FY12.

Status

The SRC is no longer active. The final funding cycle occurred in FY14.

Funding award recipients:

There were three funding cycles. Please refer to the tables below for information about the programs and resources selected for funding.

Spring 2014 Awardees

The SRC received 28 applications requesting $3,124,375 in funding. A total of $1,098,886 was allocated to the following 11 applicants from DGSOM, HSSEAS, Life Sciences Division and Physical Sciences Division:

Recipient	UCLA Department (School or Division)	Shared Resource
Freimer, Nelson	Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences (DGSOM)	Neuroscience Genomics Core
Gimzewski, James	Chemistry and Biochemistry (Physical Sciences)	Nano and Pico Characterization Lab
Jacobsen, Steve	Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology (Life Sciences)	BSCRC Sequencing Core
Jamieson, Beth	Medicine \| Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (DGSOM)	Flow Cytometry Core
Kakoulli, Ioanna	Materials Science and Engineering (HSSEAS)	Molecular and Nano Archaeology Lab
Pajonk, Frank	Radiation Oncology (DGSOM)	Experimental Radiation Therapy Service
Pridhodko, Sergey	Materials Science and Engineering (HSSEAS)	Molecular and Nano Archaeology Lab
Reed, Elaine	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (DGSOM)	Immune Assessment Core
Rosenzwieg, James	Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)	P&A Mechanical Shop
Weiss, Shimon	Chemistry and Biochemistry (Physical Sciences)	Advanced Light Microscopy/Spec Center
Zhou, Hong	Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (Life Sciences)	Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines
Total Awarded:		$1,098,866

Spring 2013 Awardees

During the 2012-2013 year, the SRC reviewed 26 applications requesting $2,620,051 in funding. Of these, 11 received funding and a total of $1,537,508 was distributed. Figure 2 provides information about the distribution of SRC funding.

Recipient	UCLA Department	Shared Resource
Bradley, Kenneth, PhD	Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics	Molecular Screening
Papp, Jeanette, PhD	Department of Human Genetics	UCLA DNA Genotyping and Sequencing Core
Zhou, Hong, PhD	Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics	Electron Imaging Center for NanoMachines
Jamieson, Beth, PhD	Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology	Flow Cytometry
Tripati, Aradhna, PhD	Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Earth and Space Sciences Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics	Paleooceonography Lab
Candler, Robert, PhD	Department of Electrical Engineering	Nanoelectrics Research Facility
Feigon, Juli, PhD	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry	UCLA-DOE/Biosciences NMR Core
Weiss, Shimon, Sc.D.	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry	Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy Lab
Bookheimer, Susan, PhD	Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences	Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Strouse, Jane, PhD (1)	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry	Crystallography Lab
Chatziioannou, Arion, PhD	Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology	Small Animal Imaging

Spring 2012 Awardees

In the inaugural spring 2012 cycle, there were 31 applications representing 17 departments across the campus. Below, please find a list of the recipients that were selected for funding.

Recipient	UCLA Department	Summary of Project
Baldwin, Gayle	Department of Medicine	Request for funding for multiple equipment upgrades, including liquid nitrogen (N2) storage system, autoMACs Pro Separator liquid nitrogen, and guava easyCyte 6/2L Flow Cytometer.
Candler, Robert	Department of Electrical Engineering	Funding to purchase the Cambridge's Fiji F200 Atomic Layer Deposition system (ALD).
Fanselow, Michael	Department of Psychology	Acquisition of a computer-automated behavioral testing method system, the Bussey-Saksida Touch Screen Chambers for Rats.
Faull, Kym	Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Upgrade the recently acquired Agilent 6550 QTOF instrument; the Agilent 1260 Infinity Chip Cube MS interface includes the Chip Cube, MS installation kit, nanospray ion source with camera and monitor, and two HPLC-Chips.
Freimer, Nelson	Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Request for support to upgrade two existing Illumina HiSeq 2000 next generation sequencers and salary support for a dedicated senior staff.
Goorsky, Mark	Department of Materials Science and Engineering	Purchase a high brightness x-ray source and a high temperature environmental stage enhancement, the Anton-Paar Domed Hot Stage for Four-Circle Goniometers: DHS 900.
Graeber, Thomas	Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology	Acquisition of a newly developed hybrid accurate mass, high resolution quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometer (MS), the Q-Exactive. Equipment also includes a Dionex Ultimate 2-dimension liquid chromatography (LC) system.
Harrison, Mark	Department of Earth and Space Sciences	UCLA Ion Microprobe Facility request for funding of the TESCAN Vega 3 XMU scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Haykinson, Michael	Department of Biological Chemistry	Request for funds to purchase the linear ion trap LTQ mass spectrometer (MS) from Thermo Scientific. Equipment will be connected to existing nanoLC-2D liquid chromatography system from Eksigent to create a powerful LC-MS instrument for protein identification.
Jamieson, Beth	Department of Medicine	Funding for accommodation of important safety features and aerosol containment upgrades for existing AriaIII FACSVantage sorter.
Li, Xinmin	Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Funding support for upgrade of the Illumina HiSeq2000 to HiSeq2500, and purchase of 20 TB data storage space from Hoffman2.
Prikhodko, Sergey	Department of Materials Science and Engineering	Acquisition of a multi-wavelength Raman spectrometer (RS) to be coupled with an existing state-of-the-art field emission gun variable pressure scanning electron microscope (FEGVPSEM) equipped with secondary (SE) and backscattered electron (BSE) detectors and an energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer (EDS).
Roos, Kenneth	Department of Physiology	Replacement and upgrade of currently obsolete Data Sciences International (DSI) telemetry system with new state of the art hardware and software, including Data Sciences Telemetry System, Siemens Acuson C256 Ultrasound Machine and Mouse RotaRod Treadmill.