On-Campus Resources and CUIMC-Managed Services
CUIMC offers personalized services and facilities to support for all phases of research, many of which offer integrated remote access and online scheduling and management tools.
Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
The Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is home to Columbia University’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program hub, and is one of over 50 medical research institutions across the nation that work together to speed the translation of research discovery into improved patient care. The CTSA hubs help to identify and overcome scientific and organizational barriers that slow the movement of discoveries from the lab bench to the patient bedside. Their investigators, staff, and community partners offer helpful resources such as funding mechanisms, training, research cores, and scientific tools.
Plan Your Research with the Irving Institute
CUIMC Research Cores and Shared Facilities
Shared research facilities maintain critical, high-end instrumentation and research infrastructure for investigator laboratories across CUIMC. These include:
- 21 Institutional Cores that provide scientific services to all Columbia researchers and external partners.
- 38 Departmental Resources that provide more technically specialized or limited-access services.
- iLAB, which is the Core Facilities management system that allows researchers to reserve time on equipment or submit service requests to the core, along with centralized billing for core services.
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Catalogs, Journals, and CUIMC-Managed Databases
The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library maintains a broad collection of online journals, print and electronic books, databases, and tools to meet the information needs of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) research community.
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
Facilities Management
CUIMC Facilities Management provides a range of supportive services for your research environment, including:
Acid Waste Systems
Air Conditioning and Heating
Autoclaves
Cage Washers
Ceilings
Compressed Air Lines
Electrical Power
Emergency Showers and Eyewash Stations
Environmental Rooms
Fume Hoods
Moving Services
Neutralizing Tanks
Regulated Medical Waste
Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) Water Systems
Sewer Lines
Vacuum Systems
Water Lines
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Freezer Monitoring
Remote freezer monitoring systems alert laboratory personnel if freezers require immediate attention due to failure or loss of power. A preferred remote, wireless freezer monitoring solution has been identified with discounted pricing and CUIMC IT approval. The VP&S Office for Research works with CUIMC IT to ensure the security and overall reliability of the preferred monitoring system.
High-Performance Computing (HPC)
The Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (C2B2) manages a large Research Computing and Data Storage (RCD) computing infrastructure that includes a modern Data Center with a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, managed by systems engineers from CUIMC IT. The HPC cluster was dramatically upgraded in q3 2024 to stay current with modern RCD standards.
InfoEd
CUIT’s Research Services team manages and administers several modules of the InfoEd Grant Management application, a service that assists Sponsored Project Administrators (SPA) to move efficiently through each part of the grant and contract process from proposal to post award management.
Printing Services
The Pharos system manages printers, copiers, and scanners located in many common areas of the CUIMC campus, and is primarily used by students.
RASCAL
RASCAL is web-based application developed to simplify the University's research compliance and research administration processes. It is designed to help researchers and administrators manage ongoing research projects and related compliance activities here at Columbia.