The Children's Discovery Institute's commitment to interdisciplinary research is represented through large grants to establish cores of expertise and resources to speed discoveries. Services within these cores may be accessed by primary investigators with the Children's Discovery Institute and researchers across the Washington University campuses.

Cores established in 2007:

The Airway Epithelial Cell Core

Coresestablished in 2008:

Pediatric Brain Tumor Data Bank
Viral-vector-based RNAi Core
Affymetrix Workstation Core
Proteomics Core
Cilia Research Core

Cores established in 2009:

Sperm Cryopreservation and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Technogy Initiative
Next-generation DNA Sequencing Core
Electrocardiographic Imaging Core

Core established in 2010

Enabling Applied Genomic Technologies in Pediatrics

A Women and Infant's Health Specimen Consortium