The phrase "a core facility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a central or essential facility that provides key services or resources, often in a research or organizational context.
Example: "The university has invested in a core facility that offers advanced imaging technology for all research departments."
Alternatives: "a central resource" or "an essential center".
A big piece of what I spend my days doing is helping other scientists get their applications in shape, and even more importantly, helping to run a core facility to help them get their experiments done.
"Flow cytometry is the type of technology that requires a core facility," says Whelan.
My postdoc involved building out a core facility that utilized a bunch of new technology.
Increasing our knowledge base is essential to our survival as a core facility and as a resource for our users.
A core facility that uses cutting edge technology is a desirable place to work for many reasons.
Flow cytometry and animal experiments were made possible by the MRI-RIO imaging platform (GIS-IBISA, Languedoc-Roussillon) and T&TA core facilities, respectively.
We are indebted to the MRI-RIO imaging platform (GIS-IBISA, Languedoc-Roussillon) for flow cytometry experiments and the T&TA core facilities for animal experiments.
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products were purified and subject to bidirectional DNA sequencing reactions using the BigDye3.1 terminator in an ABI3730 sequencer (ABI Prism) at a genomic core facility (Macrogen Inc.; Seoul, Korea).
Your research time includes the time when you a) mentor graduate students on research projects; b) prepare for and teach an advanced course related to your research field; c) review manuscripts or grants in your field; d) discuss science with a seminar speaker; e) work out the design of a new core facility that you will use for your research program; and so on.
Part of running a successful core facility, of course, is customer service, and in this case our "customers" are scientists, and the coin they use to pay for services is funds from research grants.
