News and Updates

Biospecimen Processing Facility (BSP)

Read the spring 2019 BSP Newsletter for updates on the core and services

RNAi High Throughput Screening Facility

RNAi mediated inhibition of gene expression is a powerful method for identifying genes and their cognate phenotype, whose loss of expression alters the cell phenotype. The RNAi High-Throughput Screening (HTS) Facility provides automation and robotics support, guidance in screen assay development, implementation of primary and secondary screens as well as a human genomic siRNA library … Continued

New Director of the Biobehavioral Lab (BBL)

Associate professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar Patricia Silveyra, PhD, MSc, was appointed director of the UNC School of Nursing (SON) Biobehavioral Laboratory (BBL) on September 1, 2018.

X-Ray Crystallography at the Cutting Edge

The Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Core has added several new technologies to speed the crystallization of proteins—including membrane proteins—for structure determination.

New Publication from the Microscopy Services Lab

Pablo Ariel, PhD, Director of the Microscopy Services Lab (MSL) has just published a user guide for the LaVision BioTec UltraMicroscope II light sheet system

New Assays, New Staff!

Are you doing translational pre-clinical science?
The Animal Histopathology and Laboratory Medicine Core (AHLMC) provides high quality, affordable, comprehensive pathology support to investigators utilizing animal models.

Update on the Hooker Imaging Core (HIC)

The Hooker Imaging Core (HIC) is an open core providing a broad range of light microscopy techniques, analyses and consultation for UNC researchers. The core is located in Taylor Hall near Lineberger and the MBRB and includes several confocal and widefield microscopes in addition to systems for high content screening and long-term live cell imaging. … Continued