Author Archives: Kara Clissold

ORT and CFAC are excited to announce that we will once again hold a SOM Core Facility Voucher Program! The voucher program is intended for UNC researchers (from any school) to apply for up to $10,000 in funding to be spent at one or more SOM core facilities which invoice for services. This is specifically intended for NEW method development or PILOT DATA for currently unfunded...

Congratualations to Dr. Krzyzstof Krajewski of the High-Throughput Peptide Synthesis and Array Facility and Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih, director of the Center for Animal MRI (CAMRI) in the Biomedical Research Imaging Center’s Small Animal Imaging Facility! Both are co-PIs for projects funded as through the 2024 Creativty Hub Program. For...

In May 2024, Bentley Midkiff, an employee in the Pathology Services Core, was awarded a Core Facility Staff Recognition Award in the area of Technical Achievement. Bentley manages the slide scanning and image analysis aspect of the PSC, providing digital pathology support to PIs across campus. Bentley’s expertise has allowed...

 CFAC Core Travel Awards!  Supports conference attendance between August 2024 and January 2025 Applications will be due July 31 2024. Directors and staff of cores are eligible to apply for travel grants. We strongly encourage anyone interested in attending MAD SSci to apply for an award. For more information and application instructions please check the CFAC Travel Award Program website

In May 2024, Gabriela (Gaby) de la Cruz, director of the Pathology Services Core, was awarded a Core Facility Staff Recognition Award in the area of Performance Excellence. Gaby’s nominators spoke highly of the way she led her new team through the transitions involved with a core merger while ensuring...

The UNC Core Facilities Staff Recognition Award program recognized three recipients for the 2023 spring award cycle. Each award recipient will receive $1,000 and a feature on the Office of Research Technologies website. The program review committee congratulates all winners and thanks those who nominated core employees for these awards...