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Waisman Research and Technical Services (RTS) are self-supporting resources within the Waisman Center that support research, training, service and outreach activities of the Center. The main components of the of the RTS are computing, data management and statistics; brain imaging (PET and MRI);
clinical biomanufacturing; poster production;
cellular & molecular neurosciences; and research participation.
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Who can access the services and how does the billing work?
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Services provided by RTS are available to anyone, although first priority is always given to Waisman activities. Other UW-Madison projects are given second priority,
and off-campus activities are served only in special cases and if time and resources
permit.
To obtain service from any of the RTS component units, one must first establish an RTS
account. Toby Schellhase in the buisness office, room 202, coordinates the RTS accounts. For further information, contact
Toby in person or via phone or e-mail: 263-9761 or schellhase@waisman.wisc.edu.
An RTS account has an "account owner," who
is normally a principal investigator or project director, and a list of "account users," who are
those individuals authorized to charge to the account. Each account must be associated
with a single source of funds (identified by UDDS and fund-account numbers in the case of
UW projects). Charges made to that account are transferred electronically once a month
from the funding source to the RTS. No "bill" for services is sent, but account owners are
notified of the charges made to the account and of the fund transfers.
Whenever an account user requests a service, the service provider enters the user's name
into the system in order to verify the user's association with a valid RTS account. If a user is
associated with more than one RTS account, it is the user's responsibility to inform the
service provider which account should be charged for the requested service. In general,
services are provided only to those individuals associated with a currently-funded RTS
account.
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The rates for RTS services are comparable to or lower than those charged by outside
vendors. Two factors keep the rates low. First, while each component of the RTS is
required to recover (through its rates) all the costs associated with its operation, the costs of
space and most utilities are not included in the total operational costs. In addition, some of
the major pieces of equipment used by the RTS were obtained through Federal indirect
cost-recovery mechanisms, and as a result cannot be depreciated through RTS rates.
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The Waisman Center uses some of its own resources to lower the net cost of the RTS to
individual users. It does this by paying a portion of the RTS charges incurred by certain
projects. The criteria for applying these subsidies vary from year to year depending on
availability of funds. Currently there are two criteria: whether or not the funds that pay the
charges of a particular account are administered by the Waisman Center, and whether or
not the project described in the grant is also named in the Waisman Center's NICHD Core
Grant.
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Where is there more information about specific services and costs?
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Information about many of the major components of the RTS can be found by
following the links below. This information includes the services that are offered,
RTS staff involved in each service, and service rates. For information beyond what
is given here, feel free to contact any RTS staff person.
- Waisman Computing Services
Contact: Carl Karcher—karcher@waisman.wisc.edu
Network services, file servers, backup, desktop and remote computers, programming, database & web design.
- Brain Imaging Core
Coordinator: Richard Davidson—rjdavids@facstaff.wisc.edu
Structural and functional MRI imaging, animal and human PET imaging, image analysis and interpretation.
- Waisman Clinical BioManufacturing Facility
Technical Director: Derek J. Hei—hei@waisman.wisc.edu
Cleanroom manufacturing and process/assay development services for clinical
biotherapeutics including plasmid DNA, cell therapeutics, viral vectors,
antibodies, and peptides/proteins.
- Poster Production for Scientific and Professional Meetings
Contact: Eric Schafer—schafer@waisman.wisc.edu
Large format poster design and production.
- Cellular & Molecular Neurosciences Core
Coordinator: James Malter—jsmalter@facstaff.wisc.edu
Comprehensive pathological examination, frozen sectioning, staining, microdissection, stereology.
- Research Participation Core
Coordinator: Len Abbeduto—abbeduto@waisman.wisc.edu
Co-coordinator: Seth Pollak—childemotion@waisman.wisc.edu
Staff: Susan Vial—vial@waisman.wisc.edu
Contact with special populations, including those with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and psychological and behavioral assessments.
- Waisman Early Childhood Research Laboratories
Coordinator: Len Abbeduto—abbeduto@waisman.wisc.edu
Five sound-proof rooms and two additional testing rooms located near the WECP designed for research related to early childhood. Reservations required prior to the start of the semester of use.
- SALT:
Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts
Coordinator: Jon F. Miller—miller@waisman.wisc.edu
Co-coordinator: Robin S. Chapman—chapman@waisman.wisc.edu
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