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The Core Research Facilities are the Institute of Molecular Biophysics' centralized shared resources: state-of-the-art laboratories plus experts who provide experience and training. According to the institute, access is open to all members of the Institute of Molecular Biophysics and the broader Florida State University scientific community. The site does not list individual instruments, rates, or booking procedures, so the practical next step is to review the facilities page linked from the institute's homepage.
Who can use the facilities
The institute describes the cores as centralized resources available to two groups:
- IMB members — faculty, researchers, and students affiliated with the Institute of Molecular Biophysics.
- The FSU scientific community — researchers across Florida State University who need specialized equipment or expertise outside their own lab.
This shared-access model is the point of the program: instead of each lab maintaining every instrument, the institute concentrates specialized labs and trained staff in one place.
What "experts offering training" means in practice
The site's wording is specific: the facilities include laboratories and experts who offer experience and training. For a researcher, that usually changes the first visit from "figure out the instrument alone" to "get trained by someone who runs it regularly." The site does not detail which techniques each core covers, so confirm the relevant facility before planning an experiment around it.
How to see the core facilities
The institute's homepage includes a "Centralized Resources" section with a See Core Facilities link. That page is the authoritative source for the current list of facilities. The site does not publish instrument inventories, access fees, or scheduling systems in the material available, so treat any specific capability or cost as something to verify directly with the facility.
Where the cores fit in the institute
The Core Research Facilities sit alongside the institute's other main activities, which helps explain why shared resources are central to its mission:
| Institute activity | What it involves |
|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary training | The Molecular Biophysics Doctoral Program (MOB) applies physics, biochemistry, mathematics, physical chemistry, and molecular and cellular biology to biological questions |
| Centralized resources | Core Research Facilities: specialized labs and expert-led training for IMB and FSU researchers |
| Notable events | Two annual lectures, a symposium, and a seminar series bringing scientists to FSU |
The institute frames its overall purpose as applying physical and chemical principles to the investigation of biological phenomena — the cores are the shared infrastructure that makes that interdisciplinary work possible across labs.
Practical next steps
- Open the institute site and follow See Core Facilities from the Centralized Resources section.
- Identify the facility matching your technique or instrument need.
- Contact the facility directly to confirm availability, training requirements, and any access conditions — the site does not state these.
If your question is about graduate training rather than equipment, the MOB doctoral program is the relevant page instead.