Facility supporting analytical needs for materials. Provides advanced facilities and equipment for materials characterization, surface, optical and structural analysis, elemental composition, and high-resolution electron microscopy. The center supports materials analysis across a broad range of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, life sciences, earth and space sciences, environmental sciences, and engineering. Offers electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, ICP-MS, spectroscopy, and related techniques.

The Biodesign Imaging Core (BIC) facility includes a Nikon C2 4-color laser, scanning confocal, a Nikon SIM E, super resolution, Structured Illumination Microscope, a wide-field fluorescence microscope, and an EVOS extended time-lapse live cell imaging system. The core specializes in live-cell imaging applications and includes cell culture capability. The core also has a 10-color, Gallios flow cytometry analyzer, and a 15 color FACS Aria IIU sorter.