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Welcome to UNC Research Core Facilities
UNC Research Core Facilities are shared resources which offer a wide range of services to the research community, including cutting edge technologies, high end instrumentation, technical support, and education. Our facilities are committed to enhancing and expanding the collaborative capabilities of research at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Searchable Core Database
This searchable database lists all the cores in alphabetical order.
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Core listings by Categories
These pages list our core facilities by general areas of focus: animal models, biochemistry, clinical and translational, genomics, imaging, and research support services. The pages include brief profiles of each core, giving an overview of each to assist the investigator identify the appropriate core to contact for their project. Cores by Categories
Core Facilities on PubMed- <sup>18</sup>F-PEG1-Vinyl Sulfone-Labeled Red Blood Cells as Positron Emission Tomography Agent to Image Intra-Abdominal Bleeding July 22, 2021^(18)F-Labeled blood pool agents (BPAs) have attracted great attention for identifying bleeding sites. However, many BPAs are not sufficiently evaluated partially due to the limitations of labeling methods. In our previous work, we noticed that ^(18)F-PEG1-vinyl sulfone (^(18)F-VS) could efficiently label red blood cells (RBCs) ex vivo and in situ. However, its application as BPA […]Xinyi Zhang
- Autonomic disorders in Parkinson disease: Disrupted hypothalamic connectivity as revealed from resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging July 16, 2021Converging evidence from diverse methodologies implicate the hypothalamus in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). Pathology in the hypothalamus and in hypothalamic pathways has been linked primarily to autonomic dysfunction, routinely experienced by individuals with PD throughout the course of the disease, sometimes predating onset of motor symptoms. Postmortem and molecular imaging studies have delineated […]Eran Dayan
- Molecular Imaging, How Close to Clinical Precision Medicine in Lung, Brain, Prostate and Breast Cancers July 16, 2021Precision medicine is playing a pivotal role in strategies of cancer therapy. Unlike conventional one-size-fits-all chemotherapy or radiotherapy modalities, precision medicine could customize an individual treatment plan for cancer patients to acquire superior efficacy, while minimizing side effects. Precision medicine in cancer therapy relies on precise and timely tumor biological information. Traditional tissue biopsies, however, […]Zhaoguo Han
- Comparing the Predictivity of Human Placental Gene, microRNA, and CpG Methylation Signatures in Relation to Perinatal Outcomes July 13, 2021Molecular signatures are being increasingly integrated into predictive biology applications. However, there are limited studies comparing the overall predictivity of transcriptomic vs. epigenomic signatures in relation to perinatal outcomes. This study set out to evaluate mRNA and microRNA (miRNA) expression and cytosine-guanine dinucleotide (CpG) methylation signatures in human placental tissues and relate these to perinatal […]Jeliyah Clark
- Increased integration between default mode and task-relevant networks in children with ADHD is associated with impaired response control July 12, 2021Default mode network (DMN) dysfunction is theorized to play a role in attention lapses and task errors in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In ADHD, the DMN is hyperconnected to task-relevant networks, and both increased functional connectivity and reduced activation are related to poor task performance. The current study extends existing literature by considering interactions […]Kelly A Duffy
- <sup>18</sup>F-PEG1-Vinyl Sulfone-Labeled Red Blood Cells as Positron Emission Tomography Agent to Image Intra-Abdominal Bleeding July 22, 2021