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Welcome to the University of babyֱappBoulder'sShared Instrumentation Network, your resource for equipment, instrumentationand services to help you achieve your research goals.

The Shared Instrumentation Network is a resourcefor the entire CUBoulder campus that enables fundamental and applied research, and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration across our many departments, institutes and centers.

If you have core facilities or shared instrumentation and are interested in learning more about Core Facilities at CUBoulder, please contact Joe Dragavon, Director of Core Facilities & Shared Instrumentation at joseph.dragavon@colorado.edu.

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CU Cores in the Spotlight

COSINC adds new 3D Nano printer capability

A new 3D “nano” printer installed in thebabyֱapp Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC)cleanroom provides new research avenues in soft materials, optics and more.

Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging​ Core​ (MIMIC)

A new project at the CU Museum of Natural History will usea CTscanner in the MIMICfacilityto visualize what reptiles and amphibians look like on the inside.



Research and expertise across CUBoulder.

A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CUBoulder research.

Our 12research institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CUBoulder.

Nearly100 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.