DartLab

We are a Shared Resource that is used both by basic scientists and by clinicians carrying out mechanistic studies for clinical trials. Our services are also available to non-Dartmouth clients. The Flow Cytometry Laboratory was established as a service core in Dartmouth Medical School in 1981 and became a Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) core in 1998. The Immune Monitoring Laboratory was establis

hed by Dr Channon Smith 10 years ago with COBRE and Cancer Center funding specifically to carry out correlative immunological endpoint assays and mechanistic studies for clinical trials in addition to basic immunology research at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). In 2010 the two laboratories were amalgamated following the retirement of the Flow Cytometry Laboratory director, Alice Givan. The consolidated Shared Resource moves beyond the simple provisioning of technical services to making complex experiments possible by providing scientific and technological support for implementing advanced, high-complexity assays in a cost-effective way, and by providing a mechanism for the acquisition of new methodologies. This Shared Resource is unique, not only at Dartmouth, but also regionally.