Lunch & Learn: Core Facilities

Presented by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Lunch & Learn series offers a platform for Carolina researchers and research staff to discuss their contributions to advancing UNC-Chapel Hill’s research enterprise within North Carolina and beyond. Join us for lunch (virtually) while each session spotlights a specific area of focus and features a panel of Tar Heels.

CLE credit is available for all these events.

• Monday, October 21: Core Facilities
• Tuesday, October 22: Career-Building @ Carolina
• Thursday, October 24: Research Communications
• Friday, October 25: Data Management

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Core Facilities

Monday October 21st

Presented by: Office of Sponsored Programs

Learn about Carolina’s more than 140 core facilities that offer a range of resources to the research community, including cutting-edge technologies, high-end instrumentation, technical support, and education. Administered by various schools, units, and departments across campus, they serve a variety of disciplines, enabling researchers to investigate and innovate in ways that wouldn’t be possible within the scope of their individual labs or projects.

Panelists

Moderator: Ben Wright, Director of Research Core Development, Office of Sponsored Programs
Ben has over six years of experience at the Office of Sponsored Programs as the point of contact for internal and external audits of sponsored projects and manager of the pre-audit, subrecipient monitoring, and post-audit functions. Ben has led UNC through multiple Statewide Single Audits, and numerous other audits of sponsored projects, and has been involved in business process, policy, and internal control improvements.

Brandie Ehrmann, Director, Mass Spectrometry Core Laboratory; Chemistry
Brandie is the Mass Spectrometry Core Laboratory Director; she trains and teaches graduate students, post-docs, etc in how to properly utilize mass spectrometry in their research. She does core budget management and finance, grant writing, and collaboration with faculty across UNC.

Pablo Ariel, Director, Microscopy Services Laboratory; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pablo has PhD in Biological Sciences from Rockefeller University. He has been using microscopes since 2005, and teaching other researchers how to use them in core facilities since 2014. He has extensive experience with fluorescence microscopy, confocal, light-sheet, imaging of live samples, and image analysis using FIJI and Imaris. Pablo takes the lead for trainings and consultations on projects using light microscopy and image analysis.

Meghan Kraft, Interim Director, Research Core Strategy; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Meghan has over eight years of experience at UNC working with clinical and research operations across campus. Most recently, she spent three years with the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) supporting both financially and operationally their core portfolio. She also worked closely with the School of Medicine (SOM) on broader initiatives and will continue to support LCCC and SOM.