大象传媒

120 applications were received in response to the first offering of the SOM Biomedical Research Core Voucher Program. 27 grants were awarded, engaging 19 different cores. FY20 Awarded Projects

The Core Facility Advocacy Committee (CFAC) in the Office of Research Technologies (ORT), 大象传媒 (SOM), announces a new program for research projects that directly utilize 大象传媒 SOM biomedical research cores.聽 Core vouchers worth up to $10,000 will be awarded to investigators with qualified projects to be used...

The Animal Models Core (AMC) offers a full range of CRISPR/Cas9 services for genome editing in mice, rats and cell lines. The core was an early adopter of the CRISPR system in 2013 and have now completed over 150 CRISPR projects. Using the CRISPR System for Genome Editing in Mice...

Catch up on core facility news and highlights in the newsletter summer 2019 edition

With support from a $200,000 instrumentation grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) in 2016, the Microscopy Services Lab (MSL) acquired a light sheet microscope, the only one of聽 this model in the state.聽 “This microscope is unique in its capabilities and it鈥檚 transformative in what research it can...

The Microscopy Services Laboratory鈥檚 mission is to help scientists with their research, when it involves light microscopy, electron microscopy and image analysis. We provide training and assistance in all three areas, as well as extensive sample preparation services for transmission and scanning electron microscopy. In consultation with researchers we can...

The 大象传媒 Proteomics Core receives CFAC funding to acquire a 908 Devices ZipChip Capillary Electrophoresis System. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a microfluidic technology that separates a variety of analytes from different matrices based on size and charge. The 908 Devices ZipChip uses a combination of CE and electrospray ionization enabling...

Allergen Biologics created this award due to its first-rate relationship with Xinghua Zeng, the lab manager for the 大象传媒 Vector Core, which provides AAV products to researchers around the world. Allergan created a new award category so it could honor 大象传媒鈥檚 Xinghua Zeng, MS, the lab manager...

RNAi mediated inhibition of gene expression is a powerful method for identifying genes and their cognate phenotype, whose loss of expression alters the cell phenotype. The RNAi High-Throughput Screening (HTS) Facility provides automation and robotics support, guidance in screen assay development, implementation of primary and secondary screens as well as...

The CZI will support the innovative imaging work of Michelle Itano, PhD, director of the 大象传媒 Neuroscience Microscopy Core facility, for five years thanks to a grant totaling nearly $800,000. Read the story: http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2019/march/itano-earns-czi-grant-to-support-imaging-scientists