{"id":2509,"date":"2026-06-04T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=2509"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:40:26","slug":"core-resources-and-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/centers-institutes-research-cores\/core-resources-and-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Core resources and services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-4340\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-4340<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:ovpr@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> ovpr&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Core resources and services<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our core resources and services connect researchers with shared facilities and services that support projects across a wide range of fields. Whether you are collecting data, analyzing samples, or developing new ideas, these resources make the most of available research infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core facilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/js\/accordion.js\"><\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-flush my-5\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-NAU-Research-Greenhouse-Complex1-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-NAU-Research-Greenhouse-Complex1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-NAU-Research-Greenhouse-Complex1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNAU Research Greenhouse Complex\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-NAU-Research-Greenhouse-Complex1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-NAU-Research-Greenhouse-Complex1-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAU Research Greenhouse Complex<\/a> includes eight 1,000-square-foot-greenhouse bays and more than 18,000 square feet of additional work space.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service centers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t<script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/js\/accordion.js\"><\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-flush my-5\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-Arizona-Climate-and-Ecosystems--ACE--Isotope-Lab1-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-Arizona-Climate-and-Ecosystems--ACE--Isotope-Lab1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-Arizona-Climate-and-Ecosystems--ACE--Isotope-Lab1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArizona Climate and Ecosystems (ACE) Isotope Lab\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-Arizona-Climate-and-Ecosystems--ACE--Isotope-Lab1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-Arizona-Climate-and-Ecosystems--ACE--Isotope-Lab1-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aceisotopelab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACE Isotope Lab<\/a> supports an interdisciplinary group of researchers in ecosystem science, climate science, and geochronology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-Amino-Acid-Geochronology-Laboratory--AAGL-2-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-Amino-Acid-Geochronology-Laboratory--AAGL-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-Amino-Acid-Geochronology-Laboratory--AAGL-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmino Acid Geochronology Laboratory (AAGL)\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-Amino-Acid-Geochronology-Laboratory--AAGL-2\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-Amino-Acid-Geochronology-Laboratory--AAGL-2-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/gcf\">AAGL<\/a>\u00a0specializes in analyzing amino acid enantiomers using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-NAU-Nano-Initiative3-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-NAU-Nano-Initiative3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-NAU-Nano-Initiative3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNAU Nano Initiative\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-NAU-Nano-Initiative3\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-NAU-Nano-Initiative3-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nano.nau.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAU NANO Initiative<\/a> advances microelectronics and nanotechnology research through shared facilities, industry partnerships, and workforce development opportunities. By connecting researchers, students, and partners with advanced technologies and hands on training, the initiative supports innovation and helps prepare the next generation of semiconductor and high tech professionals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-Program-Evaluation-Services4-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-Program-Evaluation-Services4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-Program-Evaluation-Services4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProgram Evaluation Services\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-Program-Evaluation-Services4\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-Program-Evaluation-Services4-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/evaluation-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">program evaluation group<\/a> works with project teams to inform and strengthen initiatives through evaluating the effectiveness of project activities and identifying areas for improvement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-Sedimentary-Records-of-Environmental-Change-Laboratory-5-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-Sedimentary-Records-of-Environmental-Change-Laboratory-5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-Sedimentary-Records-of-Environmental-Change-Laboratory-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSedimentary Records of Environmental Change Laboratory \t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-Sedimentary-Records-of-Environmental-Change-Laboratory-5\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-Sedimentary-Records-of-Environmental-Change-Laboratory-5-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sed-records-lab.nau.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sedimentary Records of Environmental Change Laboratory<\/a>\u00a0analyzes physical, biological, and isotopic properties of sediment from lakes and other depositional settings to interpret past environmental and climate changes, and to provide age control. 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