Learn about life science research facilities, get chance to win $1,000 in services

2:13 p.m., April 14, 2011--The 2011 INBRE Core Open House will be held Friday, April 22, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., at the John H. Ammon Medical Education Center on the Christiana Care Health System campus. 

“Our goal for this year’s Core Open House is to inspire not only research ideas but encourage communication, networking and the creation of an open forum for generating the latest scientific breakthroughs using available skills and equipment already here in Delaware,” says Rebekah Helton, research associate with the Delaware Biotechnology Institute Bio-Imaging Center and the Center for Translational Cancer Research Center Core Facility at UD. Helton serves on the organizing committee for the event with Katia Sol-Church and Terry Pedicone, both from Nemours/A. I. duPont Hospital for Children.

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The event is designed to present an overview of the life science core equipment and services available at the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) partner institutions. Advance registration is required at this website.

The open house will provide researchers with access to the directors and staff of the 12 INBRE Cores (listed below) in one convenient location. Guest speakers from UD — Karl Steiner, senior associate provost for research, and Melinda Duncan, professor of biological sciences — will describe how core facilities impact Delaware and their research programs. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss projects with core facility staff, find out about cutting-edge technologies, and learn about the latest product offerings from vendors. Three door prizes — $1,000 fee waivers for free services at the core facility of the winner’s choice — will be awarded. 

The following INBRE Cores will participate, with one or more staff on hand to discuss available technologies:

• Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research
• Delaware Biotechnology Institute Bioinformatics Center
• Biomolecular Core Laboratory, Nemours
• UD Sequencing and Genotyping Center
• Bioinformatics Core Facility, Nemours
• Cell Science Core, Nemours
• Center for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR) Core Facility, UD
• Center for Translational Cancer Research (CTCR), Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
• Delaware Biotechnology Institute Bio-Imaging Center
• Histotechnology Core Laboratory, Nemours 
• Protein Characterization Facility, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
• Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Delaware Biotechnology Institute

Directions

The John H. Ammon Medical Education Center is located on the Christiana Care Health System campus at 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road in Newark, Del. From I-95, take exit 4B for DE-58 N toward DE-7N/Stanton/Churchmans Crossing. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for DE-7 and merge onto DE-58 W/Churchmans Road. Turn left toward Hygeia Drive. Follow signs and park in main hospital parking lot A, B or C. Enter through the Heart and Vascular entrance. Free parking will be provided.