Cores
Department and University Collaboration
The Marsico Lung Institute is home to numerous specialized resources for academic and clinical research, each offering the very best in scientific expertise, sophisticated equipment, and the latest in techniques and technology. There are eight cores, each serving the Marsico Lung Institute investigators with their research while collaborating and serving other departments at UNC, and many other Universities and research facilities worldwide.
The Molecular Biology Core
Director: Wanda K O’Neal, PhD, Research Associate Professor
The Michael Hooker Microscopy Core Facility
The Mouse Models Core
Director: Wanda K. O’Neal, PhD; Co-Director: Alessandra Livraghi-Butrico, PhD
The MLI Tissue Procurement and Cell Culture Core
Director: Scott H. Randell, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology and Research Associate Professor in Medicine
The CFTR Functional Analysis Core
Director: Martina Gentzsch, PhD
The Pre-Clinical Core
Director: Martina Gentzsch, PhD; Co-Director: Wanda O’Neal, PhD
The Mucus/Mucin Biochemistry and Biophysics Core
Director: Brian Button, PhD; Co-Investigators: Camille Ehre, PhD, David B. Hill, PhD, and Mehmet Kesimer, PhD
CF Clinical Translational Core
Director: Scott H. Donaldson, MD
The Mucin Characterization and Production Core
Director: Camille Ehre, PhD; Co-Directors: Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, and Durai Subramini, PhD