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In addition to the resources provided by affiliated programs, departments, and research centers/institutes, and well equipped laboratories of the program faculty, potential trainees will be interested in knowing about the following.

Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB)
CISAB offers generous support in the form three core facilities.  First is access to the Center itself which includes a multimedia-equipped conference room, offices for students and post-docs, and the services of two highly trained personnel.  CISAB also supports an Animal Behavior (wet) Laboratory housed in the Biology Department, whose purpose is to assist members wishing to incorporate genetic, neuro-endocrine, and immunological techniques in their research. Full-time Lab Director, Rose Stewart, Ph.D. in reproductive and conservation biology, supervises the laboratory, provides training, and conducts analyses.

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (KI)
The Kinsey Institute, founded in 1947 and directed by Program Faculty member Julia Heiman, holds an extensive internationally renowned collection of library, archival, art, photographic, and artifact items related to sexuality and sex research.  It also houses research laboratories for studying human sexual response and maintains rich databases to support research.

Two new science buildings at IUB
One new multidisciplinary science building, Simon Hall, recently opened its doors.  A second Multidisciplinary Science Building (MSB II) is currently under construction.

Future faculty growth in areas relevant to the Training Program is ongoing. 
The Department of Biology recently added strength in neuroendocrinology (CTRD faculty member Goodson), and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences just completed new additions in the area of molecular neuroscience of reproduction and human sexuality. The Comprehensive Program in Human Biology, funded through the Commitment to Excellence Program has recently hired (or is in the process of hiring) new faculty who bring expertise in vertebrate systems, microbiology and biochemistry, brain imaging, and molecular neuroscience.

METACyt Biochemical Analysis Center
The mission of this center is to provide access and training for research in state-of-the-art biochemical analysis to include high resolution chromatography, multi-dimensional mass spectrometry, and NMR, as well as other tools for molecular structure elucidation. The Center is managed by Program faculty member Dr. Milos Novotny, who is a world-renowned bioanalytical chemist eager to promote the interdisciplinary studies the training grant is designed to encourage and has ongoing collaborations with program faculty (e.g., Demas, Ketterson, and Martins).

Imaging Research Facility
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences maintains a state-of-the art fMRI scanning facility here on the Bloomington campus.   CTRD postdoctoral student Heather Rupp has made extensive use of the opportunity in collaboration with CTRD faculty Heiman, Ketterson, and Sengelaub.

Sites for field research
Indiana University is fortunate in its relatively rural setting and its land holdings for research.  Kent Farm serves as an example.  It is a 90+ acre preserve that lies adjacent to property belonging to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and consists of a caretaker’s house, animal quarters, storage buildings, and a combination of old fields and forest to support research. Program faculty Goodson, Ketterson, and Suthers all conduct research at Kent Farm. The IU Research and Teaching Preserve oversees other sites, including ones with mature forest and aquatic environments.


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