{"id":5998,"date":"2025-06-04T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/?p=5998"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:46:07","slug":"chanl-soft-matter-characterization-lab-co-hosting-a-free-virtual-soft-matter-characterization-infrastructure-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/chanl-soft-matter-characterization-lab-co-hosting-a-free-virtual-soft-matter-characterization-infrastructure-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"CHANL Soft Matter Characterization Lab Co-Hosting a Free, Virtual, Soft-Matter Characterization Infrastructure Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Building upon the success of the\u00a0<a id=\"OWAcbbf2fe0-d9b7-e227-9362-61c97602bd89\" title=\"https:\/\/rtnn.ncsu.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/rtnn.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"12\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network<\/a>, planning has begun between UNC-CH, NCSU, Duke, and the University of Kansas to create a\u00a0<a id=\"OWA30fdf4a5-13d1-514a-7ff5-f82ba205de69\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"13\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">community<\/a>\u00a0formed around soft-matter infrastructure across our region and beyond. On\u00a0<b>June 10<sup>th<\/sup><\/b>, we will be hosting a virtual kick-off from\u00a0<b>12pm \u2013 2:10pm<\/b>\u00a0and we\u2019d be delighted if you and interested members in your group can\u00a0<a id=\"OWA514b5bf0-69aa-40dc-e1cd-5887dce7c3e9\" title=\"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\" href=\"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"14\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">join us<\/a>. The agenda is attached and can also be found\u00a0<a id=\"OWA804861b0-9910-d0ec-0c19-c85137db74e7\" title=\"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/#agenda\" href=\"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/#agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"15\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>. There is no cost to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please distribute the attached flier to your networks who want to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Become part of a\u00a0<a id=\"OWAdb8a5fbf-2dd4-7523-1060-4a32a160c173\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"16\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">community<\/a>\u00a0of users and researchers who leverage soft-matter shared research infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Identify soft-matter fabrication and characterization capabilities across the US that should be developed locally<\/li>\n<li>Provide input on services and support that will be most helpful to their research in soft matter<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Discuss emerging technologies and vision for supporting the future of soft-matter research<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Register\u00a0<a id=\"OWAeb1cecfc-daaf-904d-129e-0e56e070ef9f\" title=\"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\" href=\"https:\/\/smcore.unc.edu\/smis\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"17\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>\u00a0and contact\u00a0<a id=\"OWA6eb62a35-5fd9-efd7-7e17-902d50e5b99c\" title=\"mailto:Corley,%20Cynthia%20%3cccorley@unc.edu%3e\" href=\"mailto:Corley,%20Cynthia%20%3cccorley@unc.edu%3e\" data-linkindex=\"18\">Cynthia Corley<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a id=\"OWAc5f2ea82-ac3c-6dda-8a55-d945557ff27f\" title=\"mailto:Geil,%20Bob%20%3cbob.geil@unc.edu%3e\" href=\"mailto:Geil,%20Bob%20%3cbob.geil@unc.edu%3e\" data-linkindex=\"19\">Bob Geil<\/a>\u00a0with any questions. Please also consider joining our LinkedIn group\u00a0<a id=\"OWAd8c32199-43c0-5492-d373-5545d4063034\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/13271053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"20\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>\u00a0to continue the conversation after the symposium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p>The Soft Matter Infrastructure Symposium Planning Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building upon the success of the\u00a0Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network, planning has begun between UNC-CH, NCSU, Duke, and the University of Kansas to create a\u00a0community\u00a0formed around soft-matter infrastructure across our region and beyond. On\u00a0June 10th, we will be hosting a virtual kick-off from\u00a012pm \u2013 2:10pm\u00a0and we\u2019d be delighted if you and interested members in your group &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/chanl-soft-matter-characterization-lab-co-hosting-a-free-virtual-soft-matter-characterization-infrastructure-symposium\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CHANL Soft Matter Characterization Lab Co-Hosting a Free, Virtual, Soft-Matter Characterization Infrastructure Symposium\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":5999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spotlight","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2025\/06\/landing_header.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2025\/06\/landing_header-300x149.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2025\/06\/landing_header-768x380.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2025\/06\/landing_header-1024x507.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2025\/06\/landing_header-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/news\/"},{"name":"Spotlight","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/spotlight\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6000,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5998\/revisions\/6000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}