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Office of Commercialization and Economic Development (OCED) announces new name

05 June 2018

A message from Judith Cone, Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development I am pleased to announce a shorter name for the Office of Commercialization and Economic Development (OCED). Starting...

Katrina Donahue's Monitor Trial makes Top 20 Research Studies of 2017

11 May 2018

Katrina Donahue's Monitor Trial paper has made the Top 20 Research Studies of 2017 for Primary Care Physicians in the American Family Physician. Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH is a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and Vice Chair...

Office of Sponsored Research announces release of new website

04 June 2018

The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) is excited to announce the release of a redesigned website. Internal and campus feedback was used to implement the redesign to provide an improved experience finding information to accomplish...

TraCS Director and members among researchers selected for UNC Creativity Hubs Inaugural Awards

09 May 2018

Carolina Research Teams Span Disciplines to Fight Obesity, Advance Water Purification UNC’s new Creativity Hubs initiative, a component of the Carolina Blueprint for Next strategic framework, has announced awards to campus...

Funding Opportunity in Cancer Nanotechnology

04 June 2018

The Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (C-CCNE) is funded by the National Cancer Institute with the intent of bringing advanced nanotechnology to cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment. The C-CCNE is pleased...

CTSA Program hubs collaborate to help researchers navigate complex regulatory environment

09 May 2018

Three North Carolina Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program hubs have collaborated to create a platform for sharing regulatory expertise and best practices. The Regulatory Guidance for Academic Research of...

CTSA partner NC State offers new scheduling system for mass spectrometry instrumentation

16 May 2018

Researchers can now access mass spectrometry instruments via METRIC. METRIC Provides Access to Instrumentation Researchers can now schedule access to mass spectrometry instrumentation through an online system offered...

NIH’s Francis Collins on gene-editing, his truck-driving aspirations, and what he’d change about science

09 May 2018

LOS ANGELES — If 7-year-old Francis Collins had his way, we might never have seen the Human Genome Project. (We'd have a pretty savvy truck driver, however). The 68-year-old physician-geneticist has led the National...

TraCS ShareHub now available

11 May 2018

TraCS ShareHub is a space for research collaborators to post materials and share with other researchers, CTSAs, or anyone. Access this valuable resource at tracs.unc.edu/sharehub

Compound stops sperm from swimming without side effects

09 May 2018

A compound called EP055 binds to sperm proteins and significantly slows the overall motility of the sperm without affecting hormones. The finding, which appear in PLOS ONE, suggest EP055 could be a candidate for contraceptive...