{"id":5995,"date":"2025-06-04T10:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5995"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:27:29","slug":"soft-matter-infrastructure-symposium","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/event\/soft-matter-infrastructure-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Matter 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\/event\/soft-matter-infrastructure-symposium\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Soft Matter Infrastructure Symposium\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-5995","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Soft Matter Infrastructure Symposium - Core Facilities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/event\/soft-matter-infrastructure-symposium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Soft Matter Infrastructure Symposium - Core Facilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. 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