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C-ShaRP

C-ShaRP is re-imagining shared facilities spanning science, engineering, medicine, and sustainability with new research platforms that are simultaneously accessible and advanced -- allowing for frontier research in collaborative, interconnected, state-of-the art facilities that bridge traditional Departmental and School boundaries and amplify the University mission of research, education, and translation. 

Let us connect you to state-of-the-art scientific research facilities, instrumentation, and experts across Stanford University.


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Advanced and accessible research facilities spanning science, engineering, medicine, and sustainability. View our curated lists of facilities filtered by discipline.

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Today’s and tomorrow’s biggest challenges -- ranging from plastics upcycling to personalized health, quantum computing, sustainability, and space exploration -- require outstanding, well-run facilities.  Stanford was an early leader in developing models for shared facilities, but the scale, interdisciplinarity, and team-based nature of research today demand yet greater coordination and planning. 

To enable the next big breakthrough, C-ShaRP coordinates ideas and investments to advance and democratize access to modern, state-of-the-art instrumentation and scientific/technical staff, allowing users to craft the most bold, innovative, rigorous experiments that advance human knowledge.  We imagine a new paradigm for fundamental and translational research platforms with cutting-edge, inter-connected, coordinated infrastructure for world-changing research. 


 

Beth Ponder, executive director of both Sarafan ChEM-H and the Stanford Innovative Medicines Accelerator, and Mary Tang, managing director of the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility, are honored with this year's Marsh O’Neill Award. | Aaron Kehoe

Sarafan ChEM-H celebrates the launch of the Nucleus

Shared Research Platforms

Led by a unique cadre of scientific directors, the collaborative labs at the Nucleus provide technical expertise, industry perspective, cutting-edge instruments and training to Stanford researchers.

How music supercharges brain stimulation

Science & Engineering

Harnessing the power of music to synchronize brain waves, neuroscientists at Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have enhanced the effectiveness of a promising approach to brain research and the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. This research is supported by Koret Human Neurosciences Community Laboratory. 

Nano-scale biosensor lets scientists monitor molecules in real time

Science & Engineering

Drawing inspiration from our gut protection mechanisms, Stanford researchers have engineered a new type of sensor to monitor substances over long stretches – measuring reactions for up to a week after being implanted in living rats. Part of this work was performed at the following Stanford shared facilities: Stanford Nano Shared Facilities (SNSF), Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF), Cell Sciences Imaging Core Facility (CSIF), Transgenic, Knockout, and Tumor Model Center (TKTC), and Shared FACS Facility (FACS).

Common crystal proves ideal for low-temperature light technology

Science & Engineering

Reported in a new paper published in Science, a team of engineers at Stanford spotlights a promising material – strontium titanate (STO). Its impressive performance at extremely low temperatures positions STO as a key material for advanced cryogenic devices in quantum computing and space exploration. Christine Jilly at Stanford Nano Shared Facilities co-authored this paper. 

‘Nanotechnology is everywhere’: Why very small tech matters

Science & Engineering

As nano@stanford prepares to open its doors to visitors, nanoscientist Debbie Senesky shares her take on what nanotech can do, on Earth and in space.

Prints and the Revolution

Science & Engineering

3D printing revolutionizes medical treatments with innovative microneedles, clot-removal robots, bone scaffolds, and bio-printed heart, featuring Joseph DeSimone, Renee Zhao, Yunzhi Peter Yang, and Mark Skylar-Scott.

Non-invasive brain stimulation opens new ways to study and treat the brain

Science & Engineering

A new generation of researchers at Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is developing non-invasive tools to modify brain activity for research and clinical applications, featuring the Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab at Wu Tsai Neuro. 

Stanford lab introduces students to cutting-edge biomedical research tools

Science & Engineering

At the Vincent Coates Foundation Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, students learn to operate the same instruments researchers use to carry out groundbreaking studies.

Shared Resources Lunch & Learn

Outreach Seminar

All are welcome to enjoy free lunch and hear about exciting research from grad students, postdocs, and faculty who have used shared resources in their work. Tuesday November 4, 2025, noon - 1:30 pm, @ Bass Biology Building, conference room 122. 

Neurosciences Community Labs: Lunch & Learn

Seminar/Presentation

We invite anybody interested in using our facilities and learning about the internal and external resources that the community labs have to offer. Discover scientific resources, meet the directors of the individual labs, enjoy lunch and network, and tour the community labs! Tuesday October 21, 2025, 12pm – 1pm, at Stanford Neurosciences Building, E241.

Strategy for Shared Instrumentation Grant-Seekers

Workshop

Join VPDoR’s Shared Research Platforms team and the Stanford Research Development Office for a session on instrumentation grant preparation on Thursday, October 3, 2024, 11 am - 12 pm. A networking lunch will follow.

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