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Fall Core Staff Awards- Nominations CLOSE

The UNC Research Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program is designed to recognize extraordinary achievements by SHRA and EHRA NF permanent, full- and part-time employees of biomedical research cores (including full-service recharge, collaborative and limited access core labs) at UNC Chapel Hill. There will be two award cycles per year, and within each award cycle up to three … Read more

OSP-Sponsored Core Director’s Meeting

Ben Wright, Director of Research Core Development in OSP, will be presenting on:   Financial Reporting Rate reviews iLab New Research Core Development webpage External research core agreements portal Upcoming workshops and more! Zoom link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/97515014164

Event Series CFAC Meeting

CFAC Meeting

This is the monthly meeting of the Core Facilities Advocacy Committee. If you have a question, topic, or specific issue to bring to CFAC's attention prior to this meeting please contact your CFAC representative or ORT (corefacilities@med.unc.edu) by the Monday prior to the meeting date!

Event Series CFAC Meeting

CFAC Meeting

This is the monthly meeting of the Core Facilities Advocacy Committee. If you have a question, topic, or specific issue to bring to CFAC's attention prior to this meeting please contact your CFAC representative or ORT (corefacilities@med.unc.edu) by the Monday prior to the meeting date!

Cost-Share and Matching Fund Request Submission Deadline

If you are asking CFAC for cost-sharing towards an instrument purchase or matching fund requests for grant submissions, you MUST submit your request using our online form: https://www.med.unc.edu/corefacilities/cfac-cost-sharing-and-matching-fund-request-submission-form/   Funding decisions and awards will be discussed and finalized at the CFAC meeting following each submission deadline.   For assistance or advice in filling out this … Read more

ORT Core Facility Workshop- External F&A

Jackie Schwamberger, who presented in our June Core Director's meeting, is back to talk about F&A! Alongside her will be Ben Wright, from OSP and together they are here to work with core staff or business managers/departmental accountants on developing tracking mechanisms for F&A, discussing what are allowable vs non-allowable expenses, and demonwhat documentation is … Read more

Event Series CFAC Meeting

CFAC Meeting

This is the monthly meeting of the Core Facilities Advocacy Committee. If you have a question, topic, or specific issue to bring to CFAC's attention prior to this meeting please contact your CFAC representative or ORT (corefacilities@med.unc.edu) by the Monday prior to the meeting date!

ORT Core Facility Workshop- Quality Audits of Cores: Awareness and Preparedness

Genetic Medicine Building (GMB), Room 5007

Core labs that work with biotech/pharma companies or federal agencies may be subject to mandatory quality audits, based on company policy and GLP standards.  In this workshop, we will discuss what a quality audit entails, how to prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs), and the resources available to ensure a successful audit. Dr. Chris Gregory, Director of ORT, will present … Read more

ABRF Town Hall: Instilling a Culture of Collaboration and Mindfulness Around Core Instrumentation (with UNC’s Michelle Itano!)

Many shared resource facilities support instrumentation that is provided to end instrument operators in either a semi- or completely unsupervised manner. To effectively manage these resources, it’s important to build operational structures that instill trust between core members and instrument operators. Core directors and staff need to be able to tune messaging and training to … Read more