Applications for Fall/Winter Travel Awards Open
2024-07-01
he UNC Core Facility Director and Staff Travel Awards are designed to encourage attendance of core facility directors and staff at regional, national, or international conferences..There will be two award cycles per year, and within each award cycle up to 5 awards of up to $1,000 will be awarded.
Awards are intended to enable core directors and staff to participate in continuing education within their field and to stay abreast of ongoing technological and service advancements that will benefit their core and the UNC research enterprise.
Awards will be decided by the School of Medicine Office of Research Technologies and the Core Facility Advocacy Committee.

The applications will be scored based on the following criteria:

Will conference attendance Impact applicant’s professional development
Will conference attendance result in new method development within the core:
Will conference attendance Result in new technological capabilities within the core:
Will conference attendance Improve core operations and management (training customers or staff, business management, marketing, etc.):

For more details and to access the application: https://www.med.unc.edu/corefacilities/travel-awards/

ABRF Peer Mentoring Session
2024-06-18 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-21 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-21 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join your ABRF colleagues to discuss shared questions, common challenges, or issues that you’re facing in your career or professional journey. The monthly ABRF Peer Mentoring conversations are scheduled for:
Third Tuesdays of the Month
2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
Register here.
Held monthly, these peer-to-peer mentoring discussions will be an opportunity to learn from one another and to identify new ideas or approaches to situations you may face within your roles.
Similar to an informal mentoring program, these small-group conversations are an opportunity to leverage the diverse experiences and abilities within the ABRF Community.
Possible topics for peer conversations include:
– Professional development options
– Core facility career paths
– Balancing cost recovery with the need to be cutting edge
– Authorship and tracking publications
– Training
The specific number and topics discussed during the Peer Mentoring Conversations will be determined by the participants. Everyone will have the opportunity to move among topics based on their interests and the value they receive from the discussions.
Register today and include any suggested topics you’d like to discuss with your ABRF peers. Capacity for this pilot Peer Mentoring Conversation session will be limited, so sign up today to save your seat.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions. We look forward to seeing you.

ABRF Town Hall: Introduction to AI for Image Acquisition
2024-06-18 12:00 - 17:00
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Office hour: June 25, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
REGISTER HERE
In response to the significant interest in the recent AI in Imaging Cores Town Hall, ABRF is excited to announce a new series: AI & Bioimaging Community Discussions.
These new online meetings will cover the ABCs of AI in bioimaging, starting with an introduction to AI, to image acquisition and analysis, to software and developing your own models.
The new meetings will be held monthly (except August) on a Tuesday from 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET. The following Tuesday, there will be a one hour “office hour” for follow up questions/discussions. If you cannot attend, most of the sessions will be summarized and made available on the ABRF website.
The June discussion will address AI in Image Acquisition.
AI is being incorporated into acquisition settings into commercial software. Some users tend to click buttons not understanding what that button does. This session will address these topics:

What is AI for image acquisition?
What does it do?
When is appropriate?
Educating users about AI in image acquisition.
Is it worth it?
Further discussion about concerns regarding AI in image acquisition and what we can do about it.

Presenters:
Constandina Arvanitis, Northwestern University
Richard Cole, New York State Department of Health
Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vd-6hrTMrGdIm3WJSnxv4Hw0VCCunHqTG

UNC Chapel Hill Core Director Meeting
2024-05-30 12:15 - 14:00 | BioInformatics Building Room 1131
Where: Bioinformatics 1131 (zoom link available for those who cannot attend in person)
When: Thursday May 30th Lunch will be open at 12:15 and the meeting will run from 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Who: Core directors, business managers, and senior staff

Agenda:

Lunch starting at 12:15

Starting at 12:30:

New procedure for acquiring CFAC and LCCC matching funds or institutional support funds for core facilities
iLab Reporting: What kinds of data can you get and how can you use it? (Guest speaker: Michael Akridge)
Updates from the Office of Research Technologies and OVCR Research Core Development Team
Upcoming events and more!

In-person attendance is strongly encouraged!

Nominations Close for Spring 2024 Staff Recognition Program Awards
2024-04-30 08:00 - 17:00
Nominations close for the UNC Spring 2024 Core Facility Staff Recognition Program. Get your nominations in! Core staff can be nominated for an award in one of three areas:

Technical Achievement
Customer Service
Performance Excellence

UNC Biotech Day
2024-04-02 08:00 - 17:00
UNC Office of Research Technologies and the OVCR Research Core Development Team, as well as representatives of several cores at UNC Biotech Day hosted by the UNC Computational Medicine Program and Bits in Bio RTP.

Microscopy Cafe: Theory Thursdays
2024-03-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-02-29 10:30 - 11:30 | Marsico 6004

Advanced Analytics: Single Cell Seminar:
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Bondurant G-100
Join the UNC Advanced Analytics Core and 10X Genomics to learn about how 10X Genomics’ Chromium Single-Cell solutions (a technology available in the Advanced Analytics Core) can help your research!

TOPICS COVERED
● An overview of the Chromium portfolio, including our Gene Expression Flex assay, which enables single cell transcriptomics using, fresh, PFA-fixed, or FFPE tissues.
● The benefits of performing single cell multiomic analysis to more deeply characterize complex cell populations and capture cellular heterogeneity.
● Chromium innovation, including our advanced GEM-X technology which provides cost-effective single cell profiling with unmatched sensitivity and robustness.

REGISTER HERE
https://forms.gle/8gEJPo2a6yZaysL6A

Microscopy Cafe: Analysis Afternoons
2024-03-19 14:30 - 16:00

Microscopy Cafe: Analysis Afternoons
2024-03-05 14:30 - 16:00, 2024-02-20 14:30 - 16:00 | MEJ 3106

CHANL Soft Matter Core Facility Open House
2024-03-05 09:00 - 17:00 | Caudill Labs Room 012
Join the new Soft Matter Core within the Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory for an open house event! Open between !

Core Facility Staff Recognition Awards: Nominations Due
2023-11-30 08:00 - 17:00
Did you have a great experience with a core facility staff member and you would like to nominate them for an award?

Get your nominations in before November 30, 2023!

Core Staff Recognition Award Nominations Due
2023-11-09 08:00 - 17:00
Nominations are DUE today November 30, 2023, for the 2023 Fall Core Facility Staff Recognition Awards.

To nominate an individual, please follow instructions here.

Decisions will be made and announced in December

BD Keynote Speaker: Use of a high-parameter human NK and T cell spectral flow cytometry panel for an in-depth investigation of immune cell variability across healthy donors
2023-10-31 11:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room 00-002 Lineberger
Hosted by: UNC Flow Cytometry Core Facility

BD Keynote Speaker: Bob Balderas. Use of a high-parameter human NK and T cell spectral flow cytometry panel for an in-depth investigation of immune cell variability across healthy donors

Oct 31st , 11-1 pm, Pagano Conference.
More information to come

UNC Research Week Core Tours: Brinkhous-Bullitt
2023-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Brinkhous-Bullitt
Join us for our core tours taking place during UNC Research Week!

Full Schedule of Events: View our Website

Wednesday October 25, 2023
Morning Session (10 am – 12 pm)

Core Name
Location

Microscopy Services Laboratory
Brinkhous-Bullitt Basement (05)

Find on map

Animal Clinical Laboratory Services
Brinkhous-Bullitt 9th Floor (902)

Pathology Services Core
Brinkhous-Bullitt 9th Floor

UNC Research Week Core Tours: Cecil G. Sheps Center
2023-10-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Cecil G. Sheps Center, 725 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC
Join us for our core tours taking place during UNC Research Week!

Full Schedule of Events: View our Website

Tuesday October 24, 2023
Afternoon Session 2 (3 pm – 5 pm)

Core Name
Location

Cecil G. Sheps Center Data Analytics, Integrated Solutions, and Research Computing
Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
725 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Accessible via the NS and NU Chapel Hill Transit bus routes

UNC Research Week Core Tours: Marsico, Mary Ellen Jones, LCCC
2023-10-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Marsico, Mary Ellen Jones, LCCC
Join us for our core tours taking place during UNC Research Week!

Full Schedule of Events: View our Website

Tuesday October 24, 2023
Afternoon Session 1 (2 pm – 4 pm)

Core Name
Location

Biomolecular NMR Core*
Marsico Hall Rm 2004*

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UNC Flow Cytometry Core Facility*
Marsico Hall Rm 2004*

BRIC Small Animal Imaging Core*
Marsico Hall Rm 2004*

Translational Genomics Laboratory
Marsico Hall 5th Floor

Neuroscience Microscopy Core
Mary Ellen Jones 5114

LCCC Tissue Culture Facility
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 318

Cores marked with an asterisk (*) have their physical location behind keycard access restricted spaces.

UNC Research Week Core Tours: Taylor Hall, Glaxo, MBRB
2023-10-24 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for our core tours taking place during UNC Research Week!

Full Schedule of Events: View our Website

Monday October 23, 2023
Afternoon Session (2 pm – 4 pm)

Core Name
Location

Advanced Analytics
MBRB 4331

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Histology Research Core
Taylor Hall 2nd Floor 212

Hooker Imaging Core
Taylor Hall 2nd Floor (238)

Microbiome Core
Taylor Hall 3rd Floor (312)

Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Core
Taylor Hall 5th Floor (540)

CGIBD Histology Core
Taylor Hall 2nd Floor (201)

CFAR HIV/STD Laboratory
Taylor Hall 5th Floor (510)

Cryo-EM Core
Glaxo Research Building Basement (008)

Michael Hooker Proteomics Center
Glaxo Research Building 1st Floor (111)

UNC Research Week Core Tours: Koury, Hooker, and Rosenau
2023-10-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Koury Oral Health Sciences, Michael Hooker Research Building, Rosenau Hall
Join us for our core tours taking place during UNC Research Week!

Full Schedule of Events: View our Website

Tuesday October 24, 2023
Morning Session (10 am – 12 pm)

Core Name
Location

Respiratory TRACTS Core
Koury Oral Health Sciences 4405

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BioSpecimen Processing Facility
Michael Hooker Research Center 3213

NORC: Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Michael Hooker Research Center

Biomarker Mass Spectrometry Facility
Rosenau Hall 153

Research Week Core Tours: Caudill, Kenan, GSB
2023-10-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Caudill Labs, Kenan Laboratories, Genome Science Building
Join us for our core tours taking place during UNC Research Week!

Full Schedule of Events: View our Website

Monday October 23, 2023
Morning Session (10 am – 12 pm)

Core Name
Location

High-Throughput Sequencing Facility
Genome Sciences Building 1153

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Dept of Chemistry NMR Core
Caudill 051

Dept of Chemistry X-Ray Core
Caudill 042

Advanced Testing in ‘Omics Using Mass Spectroscopy Core (Dept of Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Core)*
Caudill 040

Engineering Innovations Lab
Kenan 2nd Floor (C249)

Instrumentation Grant Panel for Core Facilities
2023-10-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Carolina Union -2422
We will be holding a panel discussion on October 12, 2023 to discuss several of the extramural grants that can be used to replace or add instrumentation to cores. This panel will be led by subject matter experts: peer core directors who have successfully applied for grants or who have sat on study sections to evaluate these grants.

Our panelists will be:

Dr. Chun Hsing (Josh) Chen (Department of Chemistry X-Ray Core Facility) discussing the NSF MRI
Dr. Pablo Airel (Microscopy Services Laboratory) discussing the NIH S10 mechanism
Dr. Brandie Ehrmann (ATOMS Core – Previously the Department of Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Core)    discussing the DoD DURIP program and working with faculty members who want to place instrumentation in cores
Dr. Ashutosh (Ash) Tripathy (Macromolecular Interactions Facility) discussing the NCBC IIG grant
Dr. Paul Maddox (Associate Director, Department of Biology; William Burwell Harrison Scholar) discussing NIH study sections

If you are considering applying for an extramural instrumentation grant, we encourage you to attend. If you are aware of faculty who are interested in learning more about instrumentation grants and how to partner with a core facility to obtain an instrument, please feel free to forward. Lunch will be provided for attendees who RSVP before October 1, 2023.

PLEASE NOTE: This is planned to be an in-person meeting. We will make an effort to record the meeting but are not planning to have a live zoom feed at this time.

What: Instrumentation Grant Panel Discussion
Where: Carolina Union
When: October 12, 2023 12pm – 1:30 pm

TO RSVP: please e-mail Kara Clissold at kara_clissold@med.unc.edu with your name and any dietary restrictions. A calendar invite will be forwarded to you at that time.

OSP Symposium for Research Administrators
2023-09-27 08:00 - 2023-09-28 17:00
There will be several topics of interest to core directors, managers, and business administrators at this year’s Symposium for Research Administrators including presentations on purchasing, industry contracting, and rate reviews and other research core updates. We encourage anyone interested to attend.

Wednesday Sept. 27th will be virtual
Thursday Sept 28th will be in-person at the UNC Friday Center or virtual.

Registration here: https://symposium.web.unc.edu/current-symposium/

FCS Express 7 Data Analysis Software Training
2023-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 | 5004 Marsico Hall
Hosted by the UNC Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Sept 21, 2-4 pm, 5004 Marisco Hall
More information on our website: https://www.med.unc.edu/flowcytometry/event/fcs-express-data-analysis-training-session/

Space is limited! Register here if interested: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=AcxWnv44QEGryi9NmLa2ZNIf-3T6ANFKuwOuhx8-MyJUNzdIV1pGRTg4OENHREtPRzlKU0w1Tk9UVi4u

Core Voucher Program Applications Open
2023-09-18 08:00 - 17:00
Application information may be found here: https://www.med.unc.edu/corefacilities/core-voucher-program/

CFAC Fall RFA Submissions Due
2023-09-15 08:00 - 17:00
All general, method development, and equipment applications are due. Please contact corefacilities@med.unc.edu with questions

Core Director's Meeting
2023-09-14 11:30 - 13:30
Come for lunch and stay for the updates! Core directors and managers are invited to attend. The meeting will feature relevant topics and information for core administration and guest speakers discussing grant mechanisms and support at UNC and the UNC Kickstarter program.

The event will be held in MBRB 2204.
