Research Week Core Tours

The Office of Research Technologies and Office of Sponsored Programs are coordinating core tours of some of our fantastic core facilities during UNC Research Week. Meet the core directors and staff, learn about new and upcoming events, view our instrumentation, and imagine how collaboration with our cores can expand your science! No registration necessary.

Schedule of Events

Monday October 23, 2023

Morning Session (10 am – 12 pm)

Core Name

Location

High-Throughput Sequencing Facility	Genome Sciences Building 1153
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)

 

Directions to the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility

 

Afternoon Session (2 pm – 4 pm)

Core Name	Location
Advanced Analytics	MBRB 4331
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)

 

Tuesday October 24, 2023

Morning Session (10 am – 12 pm)

Core Name	Location
Respiratory TRACTS Core	Koury Oral Health Sciences 4405
BioSpecimen Processing Facility	Michael Hooker Research Center 3213
NORC: Metabolic Phenotyping Core	Michael Hooker Research Center
Biomarker Mass Spectrometry Facility	Rosenau Hall 153

 

 

Afternoon Session 1 (2 pm – 4 pm)

Core Name	Location
Biomolecular NMR Core*	Marsico Hall Rm 2004*
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 (5118-A)
Neuroscience Microscopy Core	Mary Ellen Jones 5114
LCCC Tissue Culture Facility	Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 31-318

• Cores marked with an asterisk (*) have their physical location behind keycard access restricted spaces. Please meet in Marsico Hall Rm 2004 to meet core personnel who will organize tours to the basements and sub-basements from this location

 

Afternoon Session 2 (3 pm – 5 pm)

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

Wednesday October 25, 2023

Morning Session (10 am – 12 pm)

Core Name	Location
Microscopy Services Laboratory	Brinkhous-Bullitt Basement (B05)
Animal Clinical Laboratory Services	Brinkhous-Bullitt 9th Floor (902)
Pathology Services Core	Brinkhous-Bullitt 9th Floor

 

Afternoon Session (2 pm – 4 pm)

Core Name	Location
CRISPR Screening Facility	Genetic Medicine Building 2074
CFAR Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core Core staff will be present to discuss the core throughout the event. Core walk throughs will happen at 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
High-Throughput Peptide Synthesis and Array Core Facility	Genetic Medicine Building 3057
R.L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics Core	Genetic Medicine Building 3079
Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core	Genetic Medicine Building 1017
Abacus Evaluation*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Rapid Case Ascertainment*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Rodent Transgenic Colony Management Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Metabolomics and Exposome Laboratory Service Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
IDDRC Clinical Translational Core* and Brain Measurement Lab*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Peptide Expression and Purification Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Macromolecular X-Ray Crystallography Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
NORC: Clinical Research Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
NORC: Precision Nutrition Core*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
Advanced Testing in ‘Omics Using Mass Spectroscopy Core (Dept of Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Core)*	Genetic Medicine Building – Atrium*
National Gnotobiotic Rodent Resource Center*	Genetic Medicine Buiidling – Atrium*
Research Data Management Core	Genetic Medicine Buiidling – Atrium*

Cores marked with an asterisk (*) will be hosting a poster session in the Atrium (main lobby) of the Genetic Medicine Building