The 2020 Core Facility Assistance Grant program resulted in 14 new grants with approximately $100K being awarded to CU Boulder faculty across disciplines.
Project TItle | PI Name | Category | PI Unit / Department |
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Improving remote operations and safety of the Stem Cell Research and Technology Resource Center | Rowland, Teisha | Improving health and safety within cores | MCDB |
Application for acquisition of IT infrastructure and tools to increase remote accessibility, support and remote training methods and protocols | Erbse, Annette | Improving health and safety within cores | Department of Biochemistry |
Equipment and example analyses for teaching remotely while social distancing | Davidheiser-Kroll, Brett | Improving health and safety within cores | Geological Sciences |
Achieving safe, fully remote access to the Raman Microspectroscopy Laboratory for Research, Training, and Education | Ellison, Eric | Improving health and safety within cores | Geological Sciences |
In vivo structure and function MRI analysis for disc degeneration | Neu, Corey | Pilot data for new research | Mechanical Engineering |
Development of a pick-and-place technique for hybrid integrated quantum photonics circuits | Sun, Shuo | Pilot data for new research | Physics |
Production and characterization of monocytes and macrophages from human pluripotent stem cells | Warren, Cody | Pilot data for new research | MCDB |
Modeling deep-brain activity from functional near-infrared spectroscopy (FNIRS) data | Ceko, Marta | Pilot data for new research | Institute of Cognitive Science |
Novel use of electrophysiology to study Alzheimer’s disease-associated sleep-related pathology in neuronal cultures derived from human pluripotent stem cells | Link, Christopher | Pilot data for new research | Integrative Physiology |
FEI Vitrobot Mark IV, replacement part and repair | Morgan, Garry | Equipment purchases and repairs | MCDB |
Essential data storage for the Titan Krios Electron Microscope | Schnizer-Luger, Karolin | Equipment purchases and repairs | Biochemistry |
Improving research infrastructure and collaboration through purchase of a water purification system for the Biochemistry Cell Culture Facility | Nahreini, Theresa | Equipment purchases and repairs | Biochemistry |
Multinuclear NMR for the characterization of organic molecules and reactive intermediates | Sammakia, Tarek | Equipment purchases and repairs | Chemistry |
Investing in an advanced image analysis software for precisely measuring and quantifying morphology of neurons In culture and animal tissue | Ball, Jayson | Equipment purchases and repairs | Psychology & Neuroscience |