{"id":4683,"date":"2022-05-17T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:50:14","slug":"winners-of-the-spring-2022-core-facilities-staff-recognition-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/winners-of-the-spring-2022-core-facilities-staff-recognition-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the Winners of the Spring 2022 Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The inaugural Core Facility Staff Recognition Awards (April 2022), sponsored by the 大象传媒 Office of Research Technologies, received a thoroughly impressive list of nominations. Thank you to all who took time to nominate a core facility employee&#8211;all nominees should be proud of their contributions to research here at 大象传媒. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our core staff are a critical asset to our research infrastructure here at 大象传媒.\u201d says Dr. Blossom Damania, Vice Dean for Research and Boshamer Distinguished Researcher in the 大象传媒. \u201cTheir performance excellence, technical achievement, and customer service really exemplify what makes our collaborative environment here at 大象传媒 so special. I am thrilled to establish this award to honor the winners and all the nominees to show our appreciation for their hard work and dedication.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are excited to present our category winners and runners-up&#8211;keep an eye out for special features on each category winner to follow over the next month at: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0 The next Core Facility Staff Recognition Award will be open for nominations in November!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-1536x1229.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-600x480.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Category: Performance Excellence<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Winner: Cortney Pylant, BioSpecimen Processing Facility<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Runner-Up: Marlena Kuhn, Abacus Evaluation<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cortney was nominated by her supervisor Patricia Basta, the Director of the BioSpecimen Processing Facility. Cortney\u2019s nomination letter highlighted the effort and initiative she puts into learning new skills, both technical skills for specific novel projects and in general lab management skills, such as rebuilding equipment and assisting in grant writing efforts. Cortney also leads the core in rigor and reproducibility efforts. She ensures the accreditation documentation is fully updated and builds, maintains, and trains other staff on lab SOPs. The nomination also spoke to Cortney\u2019s ability to create and work within teams, specifically citing her involvement and leadership with her colleagues in other core facilities and her exceptional role as a trainer and supervisor to other core staff members.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Category: Customer Service<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Winner: Jennifer \u201cAshley\u201d Ezzell, Histology Research Core Facility<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Runner-Up: John Forsberg, Protein Expression &amp; Purification and Macromolecular Crystallography Core<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ashley was nominated by six different individuals and while the nominations spanned multiple categories, every nomination spoke to her exceptional service to her customers. It was emphasized by multiple nominators how helpful and persistent she is with technically difficult projects.\u00a0 Specifically, Julie Necarsulmer, a graduate student in the Cohen lab, wrote that after her own unsuccessful troubleshooting efforts \u201cI had all but given up on having histology images for my dissertation and manuscript, but because of Ashley and her core facility, I will have plenty of data to show.\u201d Miles Bryan, a postdoctoral fellow also from the Cohen lab, echoed the sentiment, attributing the successful histology and immunohistochemistry critical to his grant to the time and effort Ashley put into his project. He also spoke highly of her effective communication skills, stating \u201cI&#8217;ve never had an interaction with a core facility\/director that has been this effortless yet fruitful.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Category: Technical Achievement<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Winner: Eric Holle, Animal Models Core<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Runner-Up: Eric Livingston, BRIC Small Animal Imaging Core<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eric Holle was nominated by his supervisor, Dale Cowley, in the Animal Models Core. The nomination letter spoke to the instrumental role Eric has played over the last 11 years in developing and improving multiple technologies within the core. Furthermore, these technologies and methodologies have become critical services that the core offers and his contributions to individual projects have resulted in multiple authorships on manuscripts. Eric also significantly contributes to the management and training of other core staff members and manages animal colonies on top of his surgical and microinjection duties. Of his win, Eric says \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This [win] caught me out of the blue. It makes me feel appreciated and gives me sense of pride&#8230;Working for the Animal Models Core (AMC) has been the best job I have ever had.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want to acknowledge the selection committee for their time and thoughtful diligence in reading so many nominations: Leslie Fulcher, Christopher Nagy, Ralph House, Diane Weatherspoon, Jennifer Brennan, Kara Clissold, and Christopher Gregory.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other nominees were as follows:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Mounawara Abiodoun Yaya (Microbiome Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Allison Williams (MLI Tissue Procurement and Cell Culture Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ben Giglio (BRIC Radiochemistry Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carolyn Suitt (CGIBD Histology Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carrie Donley (Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Charlene Santos (Pathology Services Core and Animal Studies Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Nagy (High-Throughput Sequencing Facility)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gabrielle Cannon (CGIBD Advanced Analytics Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jason Arnold (Microbiome Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jiaqi Zhou (Biomarker Mass Spec)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Easterbrook (NORC Administrative Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Madison Schroder (NORC Metabolism and Metabolomics)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark Ross (Animal Studies Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mia Evangelista (Pathology Services Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nicole Maponga (CFAR HIV\/AIDS Laboratory Core)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paige Schmadeke (BioSpecimen Processing Facility)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural Core Facility Staff Recognition Awards (April 2022), sponsored by the 大象传媒 Office of Research Technologies, received a thoroughly impressive list of nominations. Thank you to all who took time to nominate a core facility employee&#8211;all nominees should be proud of their contributions to research here at 大象传媒. \u201cOur core staff &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/winners-of-the-spring-2022-core-facilities-staff-recognition-program\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Congratulations to the Winners of the Spring 2022 Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":4684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spotlight","category-uncategorized","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage.jpeg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-300x240.jpeg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-768x614.jpeg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-1024x819.jpeg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2022\/05\/Staff-award-collage-150x150.jpeg","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/news\/"},{"name":"Spotlight","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/spotlight\/"},{"name":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/category\/uncategorized\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}