News and Updates
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Get to Know Justin Fousek (LCCC Bioinformatics)
In December 2024, Justin Fousek, a Research Systems Administrator II at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Bioinformatics Core, was awarded a Core Facility Staff Recognition Award in the area of Technical Achievement. His multiple nominators highlighted Justin’s ability to find creative, compliant, and effective solutions to a myriad of technical, logistical, and com problems experienced … Read more
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UNC Core Facilities to Honor Internal Pricing to All UNC System Institutions
Press Release from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research: In alignment with the goals of Carolina’s Strategic Research Roadmap, effective January 1, 2025, UNC core facilities will charge internal breakeven rates to all UNC System institutions. Carolina’s Strategic Research Roadmap, a comprehensive plan launched earlier this year, established goals to enhance UNC’s research assets and maximize the impact and value … Read more
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PPMH Offering $3,000 Pilot Awards for GENYSIS Core Facility Services
The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) is offering $3,000 pilot awards for services with the Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core Facility. GENYSIS is a research service that collaborates with the BioSpecimen Processing (BSP) facility, the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSF), and the McLendon Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL), enabling researchers to offer validated reporting of clinically … Read more
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Respiratory TRACTS Core Director Mandy Bush Also Named Director of Research Operations in the Adams School of Dentistry
Congratulations to Mandy Bush, Director of the Respiratory TRACTS Core in the Marsico Lung Institute, on her new additional role as the Director of Research Operations at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry where she previously served as the Research Program Manager since 2022. In her new role she will work closely with the Associate … Read more
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Congratulations to Core Staff Recognition Award Winners Aurora Cabrera, Justin Fousek, and Jade Hollars
The UNC Core Facilities Staff Recognition Award program recognized three recipients for the Fall 2024 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 during this award cycle. … Read more
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Microscopy Services Laboratory Contributes to Winning Images
The UNC SOM Microscopy Services Laboratory (Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) houses the light sheet microscope responsible for two of the three winning images in the 2024 UNC SOM Art in Science competition which took place during Research Week 2024. Congrats to all of the scientists involved in the work behind these images! … Read more
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UNC Core Showcase October 22, 2024
UNC Core Facility Showcase Event Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024 Event Location: Koury Oral Health Sciences lobbies Event Time: 10 am – 12 pm Event Website: https://www.med.unc.edu/corefacilities/core-showcase/ Over 50 UNC Chapel Hill core facilities will be presenting posters on their services and capabilities during the UNC Core Showcase, held October 22nd as a UNC Research Week … Read more
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Biomarker Mass Spectrometry Facility director Dr. Zhenfa Zhang awarded NSF MRI for a High-Resolution Ion Mobility Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer
Congratulations to Dr. Zhenfa Zhang and the Biomarker Mass Spectrometry Facility in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in the Gillings School of Global Public Health who was awarded an NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant in August! From the NSF website: This Major Research Instrumentation Project (MRI) supports the acquisition of a Waters … Read more
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Core Facilities: The Bedrock of UNC Research
Check out a video highlighting the core facilities at UNC Chapel Hill!