The Hope Center Viral Vectors Core provides services to Washington University investigators in the preparation of viral vectors. The Core currently provides lentiviral vectors and adeno-associated viral vectors. The Core operates as a recharge center on a fee-for-service basis. Services for Hope Center members and Washington University neuroscience investigators are subsidized by the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and the P30 NIH Neuroscience Blueprint Interdisciplinary Center Core Grant awarded to Washington University. The Core also supervises shared molecular and cell culture equipment in the Hope Center. One of the goals of the Viral Vectors Core is to provide a repository for viral resources and expertise available at Washington University.  

Support

The Viral Vectors Core facility is supported by a Neuroscience Blueprint Core grant (P30 NS057105) from NIH to Washington University and by NIH Program Project Grant, NS032636, "Cell-Cell Interaction and Hypoxic Brain Injury."