Staff

For questions about our services and requests for acquisition and sorting, contact the core at uncflowcyto@med.unc.edu

Ramiro Diz, Ph.D.   Director  Core Administration (919) 966-7812   Dr. Diz has a great deal of experience in flow cytometry. He completed his Ph.D. and Postdoctoral training at UNC before another post doc at Texas A&M. Most recently he worked as a flow cytometry specialist for ThermoFisher Scientific serving as a senior consultant for new product development. Ramiro will be overseeing operations in the core as well as new equipment evaluation and implementation.

Janet Dow, M.S., SCYM(ASCP)^CM*, Research Specialist    Janet oversees BSL2 cell sorting on the FACSAria II.  She operates the LSR II/LSRFortessa, iQue Screener PLUS, Attune NxT, ImageStreamX,  and Aria III . She trains clients in the usage of the LSRII/LSRFortessa, iQue Screener PLUS, Attune NxT, ImageStreamX and Aria III. Primary contact for billing questions.
(919) 966-1530

Ayrianna Woody Research Specialist  Ayrianna joined the core in October 2019. She is available for cell sorting on the Aria III/II as well as analysis on the Attune NxT and LSRII/Fortessa. She trains clients in the usage of the Attune NxT and LSRII.  (919) 966-1950

Roman Bandy   Research Specialist  Roman joined the core in May of 2022 and comes to UNC from Stanford University Flow Cytometry Core.  He is available to sort on the Aria II/III as well as analysis on the Attune NxT and the LSRII/Fortessa.  He trains clients in the usage of the Attune Nxt and LSRII.  (919)966-1530

Marie Iannone, M.S., Senior Research Scientist  Director, LCCC Mass Cytometry Facility, Oversees Helios CyTOF operation.
(919) 445-2745