Monoclonal Antibody

CORE OVERVIEW

The Monoclonal Antibody core develops new mouse monoclonal antibodies for investigators to use in basic and applied research. Major service categories include: immunization of mice, cell fusion, cell cloning, screening by ELISA and Western blot, monoclonal antibody production, purification and labeling, monoclonal antibody analyses such as antibody/antigen affinity measurements, epitope binning and identification of matched antibody pairs. Customer training on select self-service instruments is also offered.

CORE INSTRUMENTS

CORE PERSONNEL

Name	Telephone	E-mail	Room	Department
UF \| ICBR Administration				Administration
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Administration
Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Director, UF \| ICBR Administration	(352) 273-8029	alp@ufl.edu	160 CGRC	Administration
Dr. Steven Madore Associate Director for Science, UF \| ICBR Administration	(352) 273-8038	smadore@ufl.edu	156 CGRC	Administration
Nadia Brown Assistant Director of Operations, UF \| ICBR Administration	(352) 273-9461	nbahadori@ufl.edu	161 CGRC	Administration
				Administration
UF \| ICBR Business Services				Business Services
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Business Services
Nadia Brown Assistant Director of Operations Business Services	(352) 273-9461	nbahadori@ufl.edu	161 CGRC	Business Services
Connie Caudle Finance Manager Business Services	(352) 273-8027	ccaudle@ufl.edu	163 CGRC	Business Services
Michelle Francis Administrative Specialist I Business Services	(352) 273-8026	francismichelle@ufl.edu	157 CGRC	Business Services
Ariel Wilson Administrative Assistant III Business Services	(352) 273-8065	arielvwilson@ufl.edu	181 CGRC	Business Services
				Business Services
UF \| ICBR Human Resources				Human Resources
Lana Marshall Human Resources Generalist II Human Resources	(352) 273-8271	pvmarshall@ufl.edu	158 CGRC	Human Resources
				Human Resources
UF \| ICBR Cyberinfrastructure				Cyberinfrastructure
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Cyberinfrastructure
Clinton Collins Cyberinfrastructure Director Cyberinfrastructure	(352) 273-9274	clintc@ufl.edu	155 CGRC	Cyberinfrastructure
Ben Thebaut IT Analyst II Cyberinfrastructure	(352) 273-6814	ben.thebaut@ufl.edu	188 CGRC	Cyberinfrastructure
Michael Harrison End User Computing Specialist III Cyberinfrastructure	(352) 273-8170	mdharrison@ufl.edu	188 CGRC	Cyberinfrastructure
Tristan Whitehill Systems Admin/Programmer II Cyberinfrastructure	(352) 273-8054	tristanw@ufl.edu	188 CGRC	Cyberinfrastructure
Ganesh Chandra Systems Admin/Programmer II Cyberinfrastructure	(352) 273-8054	ganesh.chandra@ufl.edu	188 CGRC	Cyberinfrastructure
				Cyberinfrastructure
UF \| ICBR Bioinformatics			Email Core	Bioinformatics
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Bioinformatics
Dr. Anderson Silva Scientific Director Bioinformatics	(352) 294-5475	anderson.silva@ufl.edu	192 CGRC	Bioinformatics
Dr. Fahong Yu Scientist Bioinformatics	(352) 273-8064	fyu@ufl.edu	191 CGRC	Bioinformatics
Dr. Massimiliano Tagliamonte Assistant Scientist Bioinformatics	(352) 273-8049	mstagliamonte@ufl.edu	191 CGRC	Bioinformatics
Emil Furat BI Analyst I Bioinformatics	(352) 273-8058	furat.e@ufl.edu	191 CGRC	Bioinformatics
				Bioinformatics
UF \| ICBR Cytometry			Email Core	Cytometry
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Cytometry
Dr. Mariza Miranda Scientific Director Cytometry	(352) 273-8185	marizamiranda@ufl.edu	292 CGRC	Cytometry
Dr. Daniil Shabashvili Assistant Scientist Cytometry	(352) 273-8186	danshaba@ufl.edu	292 CGRC	Cytometry
Doug Smith Core Research Facility Technician III Cytometry	(352) 392-1745	dugsmith@ufl.edu	LG-164	Cytometry
Kimberly Backer-Kelley Core Research Facility Technician III Cytometry	(352) 273-6032	klbk@ufl.edu	292 CGRC	Cytometry
Brittany Rein Core Research Facility Specialist I Cytometry	(352) 273-6032	reinb@ufl.edu	292 CGRC	Cytometry
				Cytometry
UF \| ICBR Electron Microscopy			Email Core	Electron Microscopy
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Electron Microscopy
Paul R. Chipman Scientific Director Electron Microscopy	(352) 294-1790	pchipman@ufl.edu	184 CGRC	Electron Microscopy
Karen Kelley Scientific Research Manager Electron Microscopy	(352) 273-8547	vau@ufl.edu	185 CGRC	Electron Microscopy
Mary Gragg Core Research Facility Technician III Electron Microscopy	(352) 392-1184	mary.gragg@ufl.edu	184 CGRC	Electron Microscopy
Quinnton Cooper Core Research Facility Technician III Electron Microscopy	(352) 392-1184	qcooper@ufl.edu	184 CGRC	Electron Microscopy
Elizabeth Klaas Core Research Facility Specialist I Electron Microscopy	(352) 392-1184	klaase@ufl.edu	184 CGRC	Electron Microscopy
				Electron Microscopy
UF \| ICBR Gene Expression & Genotyping			Email Core	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Dr. Yanping Zhang Scientific Director Gene Expression & Genotyping	(352) 273-8043	yanp@ufl.edu	178F CGRC	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Mark Renshaw Core Research Facility Specialist II Gene Expression & Genotyping	(352) 273-8036	marenshaw@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Dr. Ru Dai Core Research Facility Specialist II Gene Expression & Genotyping	(352) 273-8036	rudai@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Brandon Wilson Core Research Facility Technician III Gene Expression & Genotyping	(352) 273-8036	brandonkwilson@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Kat Libby Core Research Facility Technician III Gene Expression & Genotyping	(352) 273-8036	k.libby@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	Gene Expression & Genotyping
Ashley Hoffman OPS Lab Technician Gene Expression & Genotyping	(352) 273-8036	a.hoffman@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	Gene Expression & Genotyping
				Gene Expression & Genotyping
UF \| ICBR Monoclonal Antibody			Email Core	Monoclonal Antibody
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Monoclonal Antibody
Dr. Angel Sampson Scientific Director Monoclonal Antibody	(352) 273-8039	angel.sampson@ufl.edu	175 CGRC	Monoclonal Antibody
Shadi Bootorabi Senior Biological Scientist Monoclonal Antibody	(352) 273-8041	shb@ufl.edu	171A CGRC	Monoclonal Antibody
Benjamin Eickwort Core Research Facility Technician III Monoclonal Antibody	(352) 273-8042	beickwort@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	Monoclonal Antibody
				Monoclonal Antibody
UF \| ICBR NextGen DNA Sequencing			Email Core	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Dr. Diansy Zincke Scientific Director NextGen DNA Sequencing	(352) 273-8053	dzincke@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Shanmugam Rajasekar Core Research Facility Specialist II NextGen DNA Sequencing	(352) 273-8068	srajasekar1@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Xiao Hui Zhou Core Research Facility Specialist I NextGen DNA Sequencing	(352) 273-8050	zxh@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Andrew Trujillo Core Research Facility Technician III NextGen DNA Sequencing	(352) 273-8050	andrewtruj1996@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Yvette Zerry Core Research Facility Technician III NextGen DNA Sequencing	(352) 273-8050	yvettezerry@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	NextGen DNA Sequencing
Maggie Repsold OPS Lab Technician NextGen DNA Sequencing	(352) 273-8050	andersonmargaret@ufl.edu	178 CGRC	NextGen DNA Sequencing
				NextGen DNA Sequencing
UF \| ICBR Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry			Email Core	Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Name/Title/Department	Phone	Email	Location	Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Dr. Jin Koh Scientific Director Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry	(352) 273-8059	jinkoh@ufl.edu	168A CGRC	Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Ran Zheng Core Research Facility Specialist II Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry	(352) 273-8061	ranzheng@ufl.edu	169 CGRC	Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Ning Zhu Core Research Facility Specialist II Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry	(352) 273-8067	nzhu@ufl.edu	169 CGRC	Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry
Miguel Descartin OPS Proteomics Lab Technician Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry	(352) 273-8067	miguel.descartin@ufl.edu	169 CGRC	Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry

CORE NEWS

ICBR Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday!

Wishing you and yours a joyous Thanksgiving. Best wishes from your friends at UF | ICBR! ICBR will be closed all day Thursday and Friday (November 27th and 28th); returning on Monday (December 1st). We here at ICBR are thankful for you, and hope you enjoy the holiday! And a special thank you the near thousand users that came through our doors this year, including 300+ PIs from over a hundred UF departments! We look forward to working with you 2025! Normal business hours will resume...

Covid-19 Vaccines Enhance the Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Fighting Cancer

Covid-19 Vaccines Enhance the Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Fighting Cancer Steven J. Madore, PhD (ICBR Associate Director for Science, UFHCI Associate Director for Shared Resources) Tumor cells fend off the attacks of immune system T-cells by expressing proteins like PD-L1 on their cell surface. The PD-L1 on the surface of the tumor cell binds to a T-cell surface receptor protein called PD-1 and silences the killing action of the T-cells. Blocking the binding of PD-L1 to PD...

ICBR Closed Tuesday (11/11) for Veterans Day

ICBR Closed Tuesday for Veterans Day ICBR will be closed Tuesday, November 11th in observation of Veterans Day We will not be accepting packages or samples on Tuesday. Our normal business hours will resume on Wednesday (11/12). Enjoy the the long weekend! Please refer to our staff directory for additional details. ...

ICBR Closed for Homecoming, Friday, October 17th

UF | ICBR will be closed on Friday, October 17th in observance of UF Homecoming. Please enjoy the long weekend! Normal business hours will resume on Monday, October 20th. ...

ICBR Closed Monday for Labor Day

ICBR Closed Monday for Labor Day ICBR will be closed this Monday (9/1) in observation of Labor Day We will not be accepting packages or samples on Monday. Our normal business hours will resume on Tuesday (9/2). Enjoy the the long weekend! Please refer to our staff directory for additional details. ...

UF plant biologist Anna-Lisa Paul receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award

UF plant biologist Anna-Lisa Paul receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award by Joe Kays University of Florida plant molecular biologist Anna-Lisa Paul has been named a recipient of the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s (SURA) 2025 Distinguished Scientist Award, recognizing her groundbreaking contributions to space biology and her leadership in advancing scientific exploration beyond Earth. Paul is the director of UF’s Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR),...

Environmental DNA – It’s All Up in the Air

Environmental DNA – It’s All Up in the Air Steven J. Madore, PhD (ICBR Associate Director for Science) (Note: this article has been summarized from UF News “Environmental DNA floating in the air tracks wildlife, viruses — even drugs” June 3, 2025 by Eric Hamilton) Scientists can now use the power of genetic information to identify biodiversity by sampling environmental DNA or eDNA. “The level of information that’s available in environmental DNA is such that we’re only starting to consider what t...

UF Investigators Identify Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

UF Investigators Identify Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Steven J Madore, PhD (ICBR Associate Director for Science) Summarized from J. Clin. Inv. 2025;135(6); e185149 Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite a combination of surgery and chemotherapy, survival rate remains low due to cancer cell metastasis and drug resistance. Mutations in the oncogene KRAS are frequently found in human cancers, including up to ...