Midwestern University Core Facility - Downers Grove

The Midwestern University Core Facility houses state-of-the-art instrumentation that is available to any MWU faculty, staff, or student researcher. This shared equipment laboratory space is located in Science Hall on the Downers Grove campus.  It is actively funded by Midwestern University to support research, foster collaborative projects, drive scientific innovation and engage our community by hosting STEM educational programs. 

The Midwestern University Core Facility has a wide range of equipment, with strengths in histology, imaging, and molecular and analytical biology. Our histological processing instrumentation includes an automated tissue processor, embedding station, and microtome.  Users have access to  a high-speed, fully automated inverted fluorescence microscope, a laser scanning confocal microscope, and a scanning electron microscope.  Our comprehensive suite of flow cytometry instrumentation includes a sensitive, high-throughput analytical flow cytometer, a cell sorter and an imaging flow cytometer.  In addition, we have a liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, a hand-held 3D scanner, and a high-throughput multiplex plate reader.  The Core Facility is supervised with faculty oversight and managed by a dedicated technician.  Midwestern University has demonstrated its strong dedication to research by continuously adding to the Core Facility to strategically complement our existing instrumentation and adapt to the changing needs of our research community.