{"id":500,"date":"2010-06-30T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/cfpulmcenter\/core-facilities\/tissueprocurmentandcellculturecore\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:06:06","slug":"airwaybiocore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/core-facilities\/airwaybiocore\/","title":{"rendered":"Airway BioCore @ UNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/directory\/scott-h-randell-phd-2\/\">Scott H. Randell, PhD<\/a>, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology and Professor in Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Co-Director:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cellbiophysio\/directory\/phillip-clapp-phd\/\">Phillip Clapp, PhD<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology<br \/>\n<strong>Core Program Manager:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/airwaybiocore\/directory\/leslie-fulcher\/\">Leslie Fulcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the most up-to-date and comprehensive information, <strong>please visit the Airway BioCore&#8217;s dedicated website<\/strong> at this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/airwaybiocore\">https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/airwaybiocore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For information on the <strong>Airway BioCore&#8217;s services<\/strong>, please visit the Services page at the Airway BioCore website, at this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/airwaybiocore\/services-2\/\">https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/airwaybiocore\/services-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"well well-sm  oscitas-bootstrap-container \"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/div><\/h4>\n<h1 data-path-to-node=\"5\">Accelerating Lung Research with Standardized Human Primary Cells<\/h1>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"6\">Precision starts here.<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Welcome to the <b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"15\">Airway BioCore @ UNC (ABC)<\/b>\u2014formerly known as the MLI Tissue Procurement and Cell Culture Core. While our name has changed, our mission remains the same: providing the high-fidelity biological materials essential for breakthrough research in Cystic Fibrosis, COPD, and asthma.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><b data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Why partner with ABC?<\/b> In respiratory research, your data is only as reliable as your samples. We eliminate the variables by providing:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Gold-Standard Models:<\/b> Well-differentiated human airway epithelial cultures that mimic <i data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"86\">in vivo<\/i> biology.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Total Consistency:<\/b> Standardized, de-identified primary cells from normal, CF, and disease-control donors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Reproducible Results:<\/b> A centralized source that ensures your experiments can be scaled and validated with confidence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Our Track Record:<\/b> The <strong>ABC<\/strong> has a proven history of high-volume production and quality assurance. Since 1982, we have processed over <b>8,600 human tissue specimens<\/b>. Our recent output highlights our capacity: between 2020 and 2023, we generated an average of over <b><span class=\"math-inline\"><span class=\"katex\"><span class=\"katex-html\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"base\"><span class=\"mord\">93<\/span><span class=\"mbin\">\u00d7<\/span><\/span><span class=\"base\"><span class=\"mord\">1<\/span><span class=\"mord\">0<sup><span class=\"msupsub\"><span class=\"vlist-t\"><span class=\"vlist-r\"><span class=\"vlist\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight\"><span class=\"mord mtight\">9<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> viable primary and passage one human airway epithelial cells<\/b> annually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announcement:<\/strong> ****Currently we are not offering human alveolar type II (AT2) epithelial cells. Our available cell types are featured in the tab \u201cServices.\u201d Please check back in the future.****<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Information<\/h2>\n<address style=\"text-align: left\">1119 Marsico Hall<br \/>\nCampus Box #7248<br \/>\nThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br \/>\nChapel Hill, NC 27599<br \/>\nLab Phone: (919) 445-6481<br \/>\nLab Manager: (919) 966-7055<br \/>\nFax:(919) 966-5178<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director: Scott H. 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