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New Director of the Biobehavioral Lab (BBL)

December 7, 2018
Associate professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar Patricia Silveyra, PhD, MSc, was appointed director of the UNC School of Nursing (SON) Biobehavioral Laboratory (BBL) on September 1, 2018.

Human Pluripotent Cell Core (HPSSC)

December 3, 2018
The HPSSC expertise is available to facilitate the development of joint proposals, provide technical support and consultation for researchers working with stem cells.

X-Ray Crystallography at the Cutting Edge

October 29, 2018
The Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Core has added several new technologies to speed the crystallization of proteins—including membrane proteins—for structure determination.

Advanced Analytics Core

October 1, 2018
The AA Core is excited to announce single-cell Western blot service using the Protein Simple Milo! The Milo platform measures expression of multiple proteins across 1,000+ single cells in just 4-6 hours.

New Publication from the Microscopy Services Lab

September 24, 2018
Pablo Ariel, PhD, Director of the Microscopy Services Lab (MSL) has just published a user guide for the LaVision BioTec UltraMicroscope II light sheet system

New Mass Cytometry Core Facility

September 10, 2018
UNC's new mass cytometry core facility opening in Marsico Hall

Update on the Hooker Imaging Core (HIC)

April 17, 2018
The Hooker Imaging Core (HIC) is an open core providing a broad range of light microscopy techniques, analyses and consultation for UNC researchers. The core is located in Taylor Hall near Lineberger and the MBRB and includes several confocal and widefield microscopes in addition to systems for high content screening...

Report: “Maximizing Shared Research Resources”

October 12, 2017
A new report from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) identifies challenges faced by shared resources providers and users, and makes recommendations for improvement.

Vironomics Core successfully develops an improved ZIKV viral load assay

August 31, 2016
The UNC Vironomics (viral genomics) Core aims to facilitate ZIKV research projects at UNC, from translational research, to animal studies, to high-throughput screening.

Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC) adds radiochemistry lab and cyclotron

July 2, 2015
UNC core facility churns out radioactive agents to investigate the subcellular activity that drives disease