News and Updates
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Congrats to the NRI’s Precision Nutrition Core on CLIA Certification!
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – September 1, 2022 – The UNC Nutrition Research Institute is pleased to announce that its laboratory directed by Saroja Voruganti, PhD, has been granted a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certification, allowing its lab to conduct Human DNA genotyping as a service for other researchers, scientists, and professionals in private and public industries.The … Continued
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UNC Featured in New JBT Article about Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency in Shared Research Resources
Congratulations to our own Chris Gregory, Director in the Office of Research Technologies, who co-authored this publication. In 2017, the Association of Biomedical Research Facilities (ABRF) launched an initiative to specifically support rigor, reproducibility, and transparency (RR&T) in research within core facilities alongside NIH and NSF efforts more broadly. This new paper looks at … Continued
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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
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New UNC Core Facility Staff Recognition Program opens today for nominations!
The Office of Research Technologies is excited to announce the launch of our new Staff Recognition Program to recognize the value and importance of the staff in our biomedical research core facilities. This program will offer up to three awards each fall and spring acknowledging the efforts and contributions of SHRA and EHRA non-faculty staff members in … Continued
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Summer Session Maker Technologies for Everyone
Have you wished you (or your staff) had more experience in Maker-Space technologies like electronics, 3D-printing, and software programing? The Applied Physical Sciences department has developed a summer series to help you learn to put these technologies to use in your lab! Enhance your electronics and design skills AND support your research needs! Maker Technologies … Continued
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It’s Here! Core Facilities Digital and Downloadable Viewbook!
Use our digital magazine or download the PDF to browse the core facilities at UNC at your convenience. Unsure how core facilities operate or what is available at UNC to accelerate your research? Curious about the best practices for working with the core facilities on campus? Check out the magazine!
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Purchasing guidelines added to Resources for Cores
Purchasing equipment at UNC is necessary administrative process. However, some purchases require the completion of additional forms, including sole source or brand-specific justification or data protection checklists through ITS. Incorrect completion of these forms can result in significant delays during the purchasing workflow. Specific advice and information provided by UNC’s Purchasing Team has been added … Continued
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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
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Welcome to New Core Directors Zhenfa Zhang and Wendy Salmon
We want to extend a warm welcome to two new core directors this fall!