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FY21-22 Winter/Spring CFAC RFA is Now Open

December 13, 2021

Are you a core director or administrator interested in bringing new equipment or methodology into your lab? Do you want to develop collaborative efforts with other core facilities? Is there cutting edge technology in your field and the only thing standing in your way of bringing it to UNC access to funds?  CFAC is here … Read more

Welcome Kara Clissold, Associate Director of ORT

November 12, 2021

ORT is excited to welcome Kara Clissold as the new Associate Director of ORT. Kara comes to us after six years in the Histology Research Core Facility in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and she received her B.S. from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and her M.A. from Wake Forest University. Her roles will include … Read more

Core Facility Showcase Video

November 12, 2021

The Core Facility Showcase video premiered during UNC Research Week 2021! Check out the amazing research facilitated by our biomedical research cores.  

Core Facility Showcase during UNC Research Week

November 10, 2021

UNC Research Week is highlighting some of our fantastic core facilities! The School of Medicine Core Facilities are a critical of UNC’s research infrastructure, and are an invaluable resource to researchers across-campus. Join us for a virtual Core Facility Showcase that will feature six of our cores: The Pathology Services Core, Histology Research Core Facility, … Read more

NORC Metabolism and Metabolomics Core Offers Choline and Related Metabolites Assays

May 28, 2021

The Nutrition Research Institute conducts quantitative targeted analysis of biospecimens (e.g., plasma, serum, urine, stool, breast milk, and seminal plasma) to determine levels of choline and choline-related metabolites (e.g., methionine, trimethyl amino oxide, betaine, phosphorylcholine, phosphatidylcholine, glycerophosphocholine, homocysteine, S-adenosylmethionine, S-adenosylhomocysteine, creatinine) that are associated with disease, dysfunction, or dietary intake. NORC MMC Flyer 2021  

Itano Featured in Podcast on Gender Equity in STEM

March 18, 2021

Michelle Itano, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core and assistant professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, is featured in this edition of the Talking Techniques podcast about gender equality in STEM.