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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We want to extend a warm welcome to two new core directors this fall!

The UNC Cryo-Em core contributed to the work published in Nature and led by researchers in Bryan Roth’s lab at UNC. Congrats to all involved!

Are you a core director or administrator interested in bringing new equipment or methodology into your lab? Do you want to develop collaborative efforts with other core facilities? Is there cutting edge technology in your field and the only thing standing in your way of bringing it to UNC access...

ORT is excited to welcome Kara Clissold as the new Associate Director of ORT. Kara comes to us after six years in the Histology Research Core Facility in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and she received her B.S. from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and her M.A. from Wake Forest...

The Core Facility Showcase video premiered during UNC Research Week 2021! Check out the amazing research facilitated by our biomedical research cores.