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| ORP Core Facility Pilot Grants - August 5, 2026 deadline The ORP Core Facility Pilot Program (CFPP) is designed to support three key types of activity within the ORP-managed core facilities (list of eligible cores). Each CFPP proposal will be evaluated on… |
| University of Arizona Core Facilities Highlights: Imaging Cores – Optical One day, researchers bring in a retina. The next, it's a brain, a bumblebee leg or a culture of living cells. At the University of Arizona's Imaging Cores – Optical facility, or ICOP, scientists… |
| Built by collaboration, the renovated Nanofabrication Core Facility empowers future research An essential part of the University of Arizona's Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing, the Nanofabrication Core Facility provides infrastructure and expertise to support faculty, staff, students… |
| U of A Core Facilities Highlights: Translational Bioimaging Resource Peering inside the human body at organs, tumors and real-time living processes without making a single incision or invasive procedure was once the thing of science fiction. But the ability to produce… |
| Cool beans, smart roots: Scientists discover a new cell that helps seedlings survive drought-battered and nutrient-poor soils Images from the high-end microscopes found in the ORP Imaging Cores - Optical feature prominently in this story about the research being done in the Plant Sciences laboratory of Dr. Alexander Bucksch… |
| University of Arizona Core Facilities Highlights: Cryogenics & Gas Facility As a vital, high-pressure engine of discovery, the Cryogenics and Gas Core Facility provides the expertise and specialized infrastructure – from ultra-low temperature materials to high-pressure gases… |
| Nanafabrication core receives donated IR microscope A million-dollar infrared microscope capable of detecting defects invisible to the human eye is now operational in the University of Arizona's Nanofabrication Core Facility, thanks to a… |
| ORP Core Facility Pilot Grants - May 6, 2026 deadline The ORP Core Facilities Pilot Program is designed to support three key types of activity within the ORP-managed core facilities. Each CFPP proposal will be evaluated on scientific merit and… |
| AZ Tech Week - Core facilities provide tours BIO5 is partnering with the Office of Research and Partnerships Core Facilities to offer 4 tours during Arizona Tech Week. Details for each tour are listed below.Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | 10 - 11 a.m.… |
| University of Arizona Core Facilities Highlights: Analytical & Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility When scientists create a new compound or study an existing one, they need to understand exactly what they’re working with. A chemical compound’s behavior, safety or effectiveness can be greatly… |