Shared Research Facilities and Equipment
Many facilities across North Carolina support life science research.
The listing covers core laboratory facilities at university and nonprofit research institutions that are open to researchers or collaborators outside of their home institutions.
Representatives of the core facilities listed below have voluntarily submitted their information. Not all institutions list available core lab facilities, but many are in the process of organizing and compiling these resources. As this information becomes available, we'll add those links.
NCBiotech has funded equipment in many core facilities in the state.
The Center's ongoing role is to provide this information portal.
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North Carolina State University
Triangle
Raleigh
More information/services:
electron microscopy, spectroscopy, spectrometry, diffraction, atomic force microscopy, nanoindentation
- Crystallography, X-ray Diffraction, NMR, & EPR
- Diagnostic Microbiology
- Imaging & Microdissection
- Nanotechnology
Roberto Garcia
aif-contact@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-8628
North Carolina Research Campus
Greater Charlotte
Kannapolis
The mission of the ASU Human Performance Laboratory is to investigate the influence of unique plant molecules on age-related loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia), muscle mitochondrial biogenesis, and exercise-induced immune dysfunction and oxidative stress.
More information/services:
Flavonoids, exercise testing, immune function
- Human Performance, Nutrition, & Physiology
David C. Nieman, Dr. PH.
niemandc@appstate.edu
(828) 773-0056
North Carolina Central University
Triangle
Durham
More information/services:
zebrafish, GLP studies, drug toxicity screen, behavioral assay, high throughput morphological assay
- Imaging & Microdissection
- Model Systems
- Pharmaceutical & Drug Discovery
Derek Norford
dnorford@NCCU.EDU
(919) 530-7023
Duke University
Triangle
Durham
More information/services:
DNA extraction, RNA, blood, tissue, liquid handling, clinical, Oragene, storage, sample tracking, Biobank, licensable samples
- Biorepository
- Genetics & Genomics
David Layfield
david.layfield@duke.edu
(919) 668-0232
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Greater Charlotte
Kannapolis
More information/services:
Bioinformatics Analysis, Statistical Consultation, High Performance Computing, Custom data analysis, workflow development, Scripting support, Data Visualization, Data integration, Bioinformatics component of grant preparation.
- Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, & HPC
Cory R. Brouwer, PhD
Cory.Brouwer@uncc.edu
(704) 687-8357
Duke University
Triangle
Durham
More information/services:
circular dichroism, fluorescence, analytical ultracentrifugation, sedimentation velocity, sedimentation equilibrium, temperature control, automated titration
- Other -omics & Analytical
Terrence G. Oas, Ph.D.
oas@duke.edu
(919) 684-4363
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Triangle
Chapel Hill
More information/services:
Bruker Avance III HD 850 Spectrometer, Bruker Avance III HD 700 MHz Spectrometer,Bruker Avance III HD 600 MHz Spectrometer,Bruker Avance III HD 500 MHz Spectrometer. Three TCI cryoprobes and one QCI. High-throughput Sample Jet sample changer,
- Crystallography, X-ray Diffraction, NMR, & EPR
- Bioprocessing
- Nanotechnology
- Other -omics & Analytical
- Pathology/Histology
- Pharmaceutical & Drug Discovery
Stu Parnham
stitch@ad.unc.edu
(919) 966-6184
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Piedmont Triad
Greensboro
More information/services:
Hardware: Dual load-sharing head nodes, 89 heterogeneous compute nodes, 752 CPU cores, 49,152 streaming GPU cores, 96 port Infiniband switch, 20-TB storage subsystem Software: NAMD, Conf Memories, NW Chem, AMBER
- Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, & HPC
Patricia Reggio
bsbc_admin@uncg.edu
(336) 256-8610
North Carolina Community College System
West
Candler
More information/services:
Natural Products Laboratory, NPL, Herbal Medicine, Dietary Supplements, FDA, Herb, Herbal Good Manufacturing Practices, GMP, Herb School, Herbal GMP, Herbal GMP Manufacturing, Herbs, Food, Beverage, and Dietary Supplements
- Bioprocessing
- Other -omics & Analytical
npl@ncbionetwork.org
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Southeast
Pembroke
More information/services:
fermentation technology; microbial liquid culture
- Bioprocessing
Len Holmes
len.holmes@uncp.edu
(910) 521-6650