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.
You can browse the entire list or use the search function to sort the entire listing either by broad categories, specific keywords, contact name, or equipment.

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
- Semi-supervised segmentation of lesion from breast ultrasound images with attentional generative adversarial network.
  Related Articles Semi-supervised segmentation of lesion from breast ultrasound images with attentional generative adversarial network. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2019 Dec 12;189:105275 Authors: Han L, Huang Y, Dou H, Wang S, Ahamad S, Luo H, Liu Q, Fan J, Zhang J Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Automatic segmentation of breast lesion from ultrasound images is a […]
- Disentangling the effects of early caregiving experience and heritable factors on brain white matter development in rhesus monkeys.
  Related Articles Disentangling the effects of early caregiving experience and heritable factors on brain white matter development in rhesus monkeys. Neuroimage. 2019 08 15;197:625-642 Authors: Howell BR, Ahn M, Shi Y, Godfrey JR, Hu X, Zhu H, Styner M, Sanchez MM Abstract Early social experiences, particularly maternal care, shape behavioral and physiological development in primates. […]
- Sliding window correlation analysis: Modulating window shape for dynamic brain connectivity in resting state.
  Related Articles Sliding window correlation analysis: Modulating window shape for dynamic brain connectivity in resting state. Neuroimage. 2019 04 01;189:655-666 Authors: Mokhtari F, Akhlaghi MI, Simpson SL, Wu G, Laurienti PJ Abstract The sliding window correlation (SWC) analysis is a straightforward and common approach for evaluating dynamic functional connectivity. Despite the fact that sliding window […]
- Brain functional development separates into three distinct time periods in the first two years of life.
  Related Articles Brain functional development separates into three distinct time periods in the first two years of life. Neuroimage. 2019 04 01;189:715-726 Authors: Yin W, Chen MH, Hung SC, Baluyot KR, Li T, Lin W Abstract Recently, resting functional MRI has provided invaluable insight into the brain developmental processes of early infancy and childhood. A […]