Author Archives: Kara Clissold

The voucher program is intended for UNC researchers with a primary or joint appointment to the UNC School of Medicine and their trainees 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 projects that ALSO meets one of...

 If you are are a core director or core staff scientist interested in presenting a talk during this opportunity to showcase new core technologies, methods, and services please complete the following application to present on or before August 1, 2025: https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_es9Vev3tVm05NVs As a reminder, these talks should present original data...

Welcome to the new Director of the UNC Macromolecular Interactions Facility (Mac-In-Fac), Dr. Chris Travis.

S10 Instrument Contributed to the Development of Patented Silent MRI Technique for Functional Neuroimaging at the UNC Biomedical Research Imaging Center’s Center for Animal MRI

Dr. Ash Tripathy will step down as Core Director from the Macromolecular Interactions Facility (Mac-In-Fac) on July 1, 2025, as he will be retiring from the university.  

The UNC Core Facilities Staff Recognition Award program recognized three recipients for the Spring 2025 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...

Building upon the success of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network, planning has begun between UNC-CH, NCSU, Duke, and the University of Kansas to create a community formed around soft-matter infrastructure across our region and beyond. On June 10th, we will be hosting a virtual kick-off from 12pm – 2:10pm and we’d be delighted if you and...

In April 2025, the Respiratory TRACTS Core (Marsico Lung Institute) was awarded an NCBC Innovation Impact Grant to purchase the Olink Signature 100 equipment, which will facilitate the core offering Olink NGS-based proteomics services to UNC Chapel Hill as a core service. Additionally, the core received institutional support funds from...

The Office of Research Technologies is excited to announce the Core Facility Staff Recognition Program is open for nominations. These awards recognize the value and importance of the staff in our biomedical research core facilities.  This program will offer up to three awards acknowledging the efforts and contributions of SHRA...

Hosted in Las Vegas, NV from March 23 – March 26, 2025, the Association for Biomedical Resource Facilities (ABRF) annual meeting brought together more than 900 core directors, staff, administrators, scientists, and vendor partners from around the United States (and beyond!) to provide a critical opportunity for education, connection, and...