Lab News

News & Calendar of Events

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  • The Genomics Core Facility at UP is sponsoring a seminar entitled "Synergies Between Next-Generation Sequencing and Microarrays" by Dr. Kathy Lee, Translational Specialist, Molecular Diagnostics, Affymetrix Inc on Thursday, May 23 from 2-3 PM.  If you have an interest in using microarrays in general or to complement next-generation sequencing in your research, plan to watch the webcast.  Researchers at Hershey may view the seminar live on the web by linking to "GENOMICS CORE SEMINAR 5/23/13"

  • Another seminar on NANOSTRING technolgy will be held 5/22/13 at 10:30 and maybe viewed live on the web.  Click here for link    

  • BioTechniques Free Webinar Series - Confocal and Two-photon Microscopy Methods

  • Our 2nd Microscopy Imaging Symposium was held April 10th, 2013 from 8:30-4:30 at the University Conference Center, with over 100 participants from the CoM, University Park, and seven other Universities.   View the Agenda (.pdf)

  • Shared Instrumentation Grant applications to NIH were submitted for an ABSciex 6500 mass spectrometer and for a Multiphoton Microscope system March 21st 2013.

  • Imaris 3D-4D Imaging Analysis Software on a high-end graphics computer installed in the Microscopy Imaging Facility March 2013 C1730

  • BIOINFORMATICS: Big Data Management Symposium College of Medicine Lecture Room D 12-4 March 26th 2013 - register by email at rreed4@psu.edu

  • BIOINFORMATICS: Galaxy Workshop I on Illumina Whole Genome Sequence Data Analysis -  Berg Auditorium at UP 4-6 PM on March 21 2103. Questions to anton@bx.psu.edu

  • Dr. Thomas Abraham started as the Director of our Microscopy Imaging Facility March 1st 2013 - Welcome Thomas!

  • Thanks to all participants for the great Microscopy Imaging Core Open House Wednesday, January 23, 2013 
    To view Microscopy Imaging Facility brochure (PDF), CLICK HERE

  • Renovations to the 1st floor core labs to create a Biomedical Research Imaging Core Facility are  completed in C1724-C1730.  
  • BIOINFORMATICS: Come learn to use Penn State's powerful GALAXY suite of programs for Genetics, NextGen Sequencing, and other bioinformatics applications Jan 18 2013 - REGISTRATION for limited seats by email to jcurry@hmc.psu.edu 
  • A Biacore 3000 Surface Plasmon Resonance instrument is now located in room C2705 and available for use.  Please see the web page for more info www.pennstatehershey.org/web/core/surface-plasmon-resonance
  • Please help us catalogue ALL resources at PSU by adding candidate resources (instruments, services, consultations, unique reagents, virus stocks, plasmids, yeast strains, etc.) to the list at https://wikispaces.psu.edu/x/V-vUB
  • May 2012 - Dr. Colin Barnstable's Shared Instrumentation Grant for a new Live-Cell Confocal Microscope was funded. Congratulations Dr. Barnstable and group!
  • April 2012 - Dr. Susan Hafenstein's Shared Instrumentation Grant for a new CryoEM Microscope was funded, and institutional funds were added to purchase the new system. Congratulations Dr. Hafenstein and group!

  • July 1, 2011 - Dr. Todd Fox (tef119@psu.edu) is now available for helping Researchers with Lipidomic and Metabolomic analyses in the Mass Spec Facility.