Category: Spotlight

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.

The Nutrition Research Institute conducts quantitative targeted analysis of biospecimens (e.g., plasma, serum, urine, stool, breast milk, and seminal plasma) to determine levels of choline and choline-related metabolites (e.g., methionine, trimethyl amino oxide, betaine, phosphorylcholine, phosphatidylcholine, glycerophosphocholine, homocysteine, S-adenosylmethionine, S-adenosylhomocysteine, creatinine) that are associated with disease, dysfunction, or dietary intake....

The UNC PEP-MX core has a Refeyn One Mass Photometry instrument that’s now available for use.

Michelle Itano, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core and assistant professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, is featured in this edition of the Talking Techniques podcast about gender equality in STEM.

We are excited to introduce you to Gaby De la Cruz, the new AHC Facility Director as of January 11th.

The Nature Accelerated Article Preview “SARS-CoV-2 infection is effectively treated and prevented by EIDD-2801” was published online 09 FEB 2021.

The UNC Microbiome Core has served the research community providing extensive experience and technologies for microbiome analysis for over 10 years.

The service offers custom analytical reports that provide a strategic view of the competitive landscape, current and projected market conditions, as well as opportunities for grants and funding to complete research and launch new products, services and businesses.

The past few months have shown how difficult—and how important—it is to be able to understand how a disease really works.

The Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core offers technical support and expertise for measuring traits related to metabolism in mouse models of nutrition and disease. The core provides access to state-of-the-art methods and equipment to support high quality phenotyping of energy balance in mice.