Shared Research Facilities and Equipment

The laboratory provides instrumentation, training, and assistance for multi-parameter flow cytometric analysis and sorting. It is available for use to all NCSU researchers and to those outside the NCSU community. The facility operates as a by appointment, fee for service lab.

The NMR Facility houses a JEOL 400MHz spectrometer with a 24 position sample changer system and a JEOL 500MHz spectrometer. Both normal geometry and capillary NMR probes are available for small molecule elucidation and high-throughput screening.

The OneDukebio Integrated biospecimen Network (ODIN) is a shared resource created in 2021 that provides full-service biospecimen allocation and management. This state-of-the-art centralized biorepository follows biobanking best practices and operates under Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) guidelines to ensure the integrity of specimens.

The Pathology Services Core is a core facility in the UNC School of Medicine administered by the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. We offer access to sophisticated digital pathology platforms and study design support to all UNC investigators to enhance translational research. Services are also open to users from other academic institutions and industry.

Animal imaging and hyperthermia treatment analysis consisting of a Quantum Design, Inc., DM100 series magnetic hyperthermia instrument and K-Laser Cube infrared laser system.

The BRIC Small Animal Imaging facility provides imaging of small species, including mice, rats, etc., as well as in vitro specimens. On-site modalities include MRI, optical, CT, PET, SPECT and ultrasound. With expertise in study design, animal models, image acquisition and image analysis, the Small Animal Imaging facility helps investigators from grant application to publication. Services are available to investigators from all academic and industry labs.

The Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource provides broad mass spectrometry services to academic and industry investigators. The PMSR mission is to provide access to advanced mass spectrometry techniques for quantitation and identification of proteins, metabolites and other molecules of interest in biological and clinical samples. In addition to the fee-for-service, the Shared Resource offers options to accommodate various needs such as training and project-based collaborations. All services are scheduled and managed through iLab https://wfbmc.ilabsolutions.com/account/login).

We provide consultations and collaborations on research studies requiring computational structural biology methods. The analyses available through the core (part of the UNC Center for Structural Biology) are not limited to the study of static structures, but also include molecular dynamics studies for analyzing the contribution of dynamic and collective motions to macromolecular functionality.

We are a histology oriented core lab that has the ability to perform a range of histological services. Mallory Korman, HTL (ASCP) has recently joined the team as the supervisor and primary contact for scientific help. Prior to this position, Mallory had managed the Research Histology Core laboratory at Stony Brook Medical Center in New York for five years and had maintained excellent standards quality, effectiveness and efficiency. These standards are our top priority here at Carolinas HealthCare System and we will be more than happy to help you obtain your histological goals. We offer scientific help to help clients prepare for their study in order to yield the most optimal histological results. We work with a large range of species which also includes human sample studies. We feel it’s important to first help the client to understand the best possible ways to prepare their samples depending on what assays they would like to have completed. This helps to ensure that the obtained results are as optimal as possible.