Contact Information

Questions relating to the CSC should be directed to Sam Bettis, Technical Director as described below.

Cellular Screening Center (CSC)
The University of Chicago
Gordon Center for Integrative Science WSB03
929 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Phone: 773.256.9772
Fax: 773.256.9183
Email: sbettis@bsd.uchicago.edu
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The Institute's Cellular Screening Center (CSC) houses a state-of-the art high throughput cellular screening facility which opened in 2007. Support from the Chicago Biomedical Consortium and The University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division enabled the creation of the CSC.

The CSC facilitates drug discovery and development by defining the complex genetics underlying disease, isolating chemical compounds that affect specific cellular activities, and developing potential therapeutics to target disease pathways.

Automation is present for all aspects of the screening process. Without automation a 300 plate screen would take as long as 2 months. With the automation present in the CSC the same screen can be performed in as little as 2 days.

CSC facilities are available to a broad network of Chicago area investigators on a collaborative basis established through internal and external funding. The Center has attracted a significant number of collaborations with area scientists in fields as diverse as cancer biology, diabetes and ophthalmology.