Category: Spotlight
Congratulations to the Winners of the Spring 2022 Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program
The inaugural Core Facility Staff Recognition Awards (April 2022), sponsored by the UNC School of Medicine Office of Research Technologies, received a thoroughly impressive list of nominations. Thank you to all who took time to nominate a core facility employee–all nominees should be proud of their contributions to research here at UNC. “Our core staff … Continued
UNC CH Researchers Hot Rod an Electron Microscope!
Dr. Jonathan Fay, in collaboration with Jared Peck and Dr. Joshua Strauss of the UNC CH CryoEM Core, published a method paper in ICUrJ (International Union of Crystallography Journal) outlining their success in optimizing the function of a microscope for cryogenic electron microscopy (CryoEM). CryoEM is an imaging technique that yields 3D structures of large … Continued
Welcome to New Core Directors Zhenfa Zhang and Wendy Salmon
We want to extend a warm welcome to two new core directors this fall!
Cryo-EM core contributes to research revealing structure of itch receptors
The UNC Cryo-Em core contributed to the work published in Nature and led by researchers in Bryan Roth’s lab at UNC. Congrats to all involved!
Core Facility Showcase Video
The Core Facility Showcase video premiered during UNC Research Week 2021! Check out the amazing research facilitated by our biomedical research cores.
Core Facility Showcase during UNC Research Week
UNC Research Week is highlighting some of our fantastic core facilities! The School of Medicine Core Facilities are a critical of UNC’s research infrastructure, and are an invaluable resource to researchers across-campus. Join us for a virtual Core Facility Showcase that will feature six of our cores: The Pathology Services Core, Histology Research Core Facility, … Continued
Macromolecular Interactions Core Facility Virtual Tour
Check out the Macromolecular Interactions Core Facility Virtual Tour. View full video here.
Itano Named Editor-in-Chief of BioTechniques
Future Science Group named Michelle Itano, PhD, as the new Editor-in-Chief for BioTechniques, the International Journal of Life Science Methods.
MBP and HPCC Cores Contribute to Paper Published in Nature Genetics
Damaris Lorenzo, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, led the discovery of a new neurodevelopmental syndrome, its underlying genetic basis and molecular mechanisms, both important milestones on the road to create therapeutic strategies.