Events & Resources

• Upcoming
• • The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy - UK Technology Specialists Network Conference 
  • Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities - ABRF 2024 Annual Meeting
  • GW4 - GW4 Cytomics Symposium
  • The International Society for Advancement of Cytometry - CYTO 2024

• Recent
• • Virtual European Flow Core Meeting 2023 - RMS 
  • UK Light Microscopy Facility Meeting 2024 - RMS
  • Flow Facilities Meeting 2024 - RMS
  • EM-UKI 2024 - RMS
  • Stratocore - Germano-Austrian-Swiss User Group Meeting (March 2024)
  • Institute of Molecular Biology - 1st German FlowCore Summit

• Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF)

ABRF Chapters:

• Australasian Cytometry Society (ACS)
• Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms (CNSP/RCPS)
• Core for Life
• Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS)
• International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) (organizer of the CYTO congresses)
• Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)

• Case Study — The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Partners with Stratocore to Enhance Core Facility Management: Keys to the Successful Implementation
• Case Study — Emory University Improves Core Facility Management via Business Analytics Approaches Combining Stratocore and Other Datasets: Creating and Using Powerful Reporting Dashboards and Visualizations in Power BI
• Test

• Garcia-Vallejo, Juan J. (2023) Bringing science back to the core: A financially sustainable model for core facilities. EMBO Rep 25: 461 - 463
• Zwick M. E. (2021) Organizing core facilities as force multipliers: strategies for research universities. Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT, jbt.2021-3202-002.
• Angeletti, RH, et al. (1999) Research Technologies: Fulfilling the Promise. The FASEB Journal, 13(6), 595-601.
• Bauer, CR. (2016) Swiss Light Microscopy Facilities: A Success Story for the last Fifteen Years. Chimia, 70(12), 889-892.
• Chang, MC, et al. (2015). U.S. National Institutes of Health Core Consolidation–Investing in Greater Efficiency. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 26(1), 1-3.
• Chang, M & Grieder, FB. (2016). Sharing Core Facilities and Research Resources—An Investment in Accelerating Scientific Discoveries. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 27(1), 2-3.
• De Paoli, P. (2009). Institutional Shared Resources and Translational Cancer Research. Journal of Translational Medicine, 7, 54. 
• Farber, GK & Weiss, L. (2011). Core Facilities: Maximizing the Return on Investment. Science Translational Medicine, 3(95), 95cm21. 
• FASEB. (2017) Maximizing Shared Research Resources.
• Fife, J & Forrester, R. (2002) Pricing the Services of Scientific Cores—Part I: Charging Subsidized and Unsubsidized Users. The Journal of Research Administration, 33(2), 33-38.
• Fife, J & Forrester, R. (2002) Pricing the Services of Scientific Cores—Part II: Charging Outside Users. The Journal of Research Administration, 33(2), 41-47.
• Gibbs, G, et al. (2010). Cost (Non)-Recovery by Platform Technology Facilities in the Bio21 Cluster. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 21(1), 29–34.
• Haley, R. (2009). A Framework for Managing Core Facilities within the Research Enterprise. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 20(4), 226-230.
• Haley, R. (2011). Institutional Management of Core Facilities during Challenging Financial Times. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 22(4), 127-130.
• Hexley, P, et al. (2016). Operational Changes in a Shared Resource Laboratory with the Use of a Product Lifecycle Management Approach: A Case Study. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 27(1), 18-24.
• Hockberger, P, et al. (2013). Best Practices for Core Facilities: Handling External Customers. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 24(2), 87-97.
• Hockberger, P, et al. (2018). Building a Sustainable Portfolio of Core Facilities: a Case Study. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 29(3), 79–92. 
• McMillen, DA, et al. (2000). Biotechnology Core Laboratories: An Overview. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 11(1), 1-11.
• Meder, D, et al. (2016). Institutional Core Facilities: Prerequisite for Breakthroughs in the Life Sciences: Core Facilities Play an Increasingly Important Role in Biomedical Research by Providing Scientists Access to Sophisticated Technology and Expertise. EMBO Reports, 17(8), 1088-1093.
• Mische, S & Wilkerson, A. (2016). Disaster and Contingency Planning for Scientific Shared Resource Cores. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 27(1), 4-17.
• Murray, R. (2009). Shared Experimental Infrastructures. Analytical Chemistry, 81(21), 8655.  
• N8 Research Partnership. (2012). Sharing for Excellence and Growth—Synthesis Report. 
• N8 Research Partnership. (2012). Sharing for Excellence and Growth—Workstrand Reports. 
• Niece, RL. (2017). CTLS-2016 and the Formation of a Pan-European Professional Society through the Lens of an ABRF Founding Member. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 28(2), 65-66.
• NIH. (2015). National Institutes of Health-Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities Workshop on Enhancing Efficiency of Research Core Facilities—Workshop Report.
• NIH. (2009). Workshop on Efficient Management and Utilization of Core Facilities—Workshop Report.
• Rappoport, JZ. (2016). Core Technologies in Life Sciences (CTLS) 2016 Conference Summary. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 27(4), 138-140. 
• Slaughter, C. (2005). A Bright but Demanding Future for Core Facilities. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 16(2), 167–169.
• Turpen, PB, et al. (2016). Metrics for Success: Strategies for Enabling Core Facility Performance and Assessing Outcomes. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT, 27(1), 25-39.