Author Archives: Kara Clissold

UNC Core Facility Showcase Event Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024 Event Location: Koury Oral Health Sciences lobbies Event Time: 10 am – 12 pm Event Website: https://www.med.unc.edu/corefacilities/core-showcase/ Over 50 UNC Chapel Hill core facilities will be presenting posters on their services and capabilities during the UNC Core Showcase, held October 22nd...

Congratulations to Dr. Zhenfa Zhang and the Biomarker Mass Spectrometry Facility in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in the Gillings School of Global Public Health who was awarded an NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant in August!   From the NSF website: This Major Research Instrumentation Project (MRI) supports...

Check out a video highlighting the core facilities at UNC Chapel Hill!

In May 2024, Rossana Roberts, an Evaluation Research Specialist at Abacus Evaluation Services, was awarded a Core Facility Staff Recognition Award in the area of Customer Service. Rossana’s nomination highlighted her leadership skills and ability to seamlessly close the gap when senior personnel are on leave or when projects need restructuring....

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...