Join us for the 2026 Research Core Fair
The Office of the Vice President for Research is excited to host the 2026 USC Research
Core Fair on Friday, September 18th, at the Pastides Alumni Center.
Schedule
| 8:00am - 8:45am |
Registration, Poster and Table Set Up, and Morning Refreshments |
| 8:45am - 9:00am |
Welcome by Dr. Julius Fridriksson, VP for Research |
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Current and Future State of USC Research Cores Dr. Robert Price, Exec. Dir. for Research Facilities & Infra. |
| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Session 1 - Lightning Core Introductions |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Poster Session 1, Visit Core and Vendor Tables |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Session 2 - New Core Equipment |
| 12:00pm - 12:45pm | Lunch Provided; Visit Posters and Tables |
| 12:45pm - 1:40pm |
Session 3 - Lightning Talks |
| 1:40pm - 2:40pm |
Poster Session 2, Visit Core and Vendor Tables |
| 2:40pm - 3:40pm |
Session 4 - Faculty Spotlight |
| 3:40pm - 4:00pm |
Awards Ceremony |
Participating Cores
- A.C. Moore Herbarium
- Center for Elemental Mass Spectrometry
- Center for Environmental Neuroscience and Analytics Laboratory
- Center for Experimental Nanoscale Physics
- Carolina Grants & Innovation Hub
- Digital Research Services
- Drug Design & Synthesis Core
- Electron Microscopy Center
- Functional Genomics Core
- HESTIA Core
- IACUC
- Infectious Disease Translational Research Core
- Instrumentation Resource Facility
- Mass Spectrometry Core
- McNair Aerospace Center
- Microscopy & Flow Cytometry Core
- Mouse Experimentation & Germ-Free Core
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
- Office of Research Facilities and Infrastructure
- Patient Engagement Studio
- Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center
- Research Computing
- Translational Imaging Core
- Viral Vector Core
- XPS Core
Thank you to our Sponsors!
- Element Biosciences
- Evident Scientific
- Hunt Optics & Imaging
- Illumina
- Waters Corporation
Past Research Core Fairs
The 2025 Research Core Fair was held September 19, 2025, to spotlight the wealth of resources available to researchers and share the many updates we have made to core services since the 2024 fair.
Participating Cores Included:
- Instrumentation Resource Facility (IRF)
- Drug Design and Synthesis Core
- Mouse Experimentation and Gnotobiotic Core
- Center for Elemental Mass Spectrometry
- Mass Spectrometry Center
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
- Functional Genomics Core
- Viral Vector Core
- Digital Research Services
- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Facility
- Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Core
- Electron Microscopy Cneter
- Research Computing
- Patient Engagement Studio
- A.C. Moore Herbarium
- Healthcare Evaluation Systems and Technology Informatics Archive (HESTIA)
Sponsors Included:
- ThermoFisher Scientific
- Corning
- Illumina
- Thomas Scientific
- New England Biolabs
- Office of the Vice President for Research
The 2024 Research Core Fair was held March 15, 2024, at the Rusell House.
Participating Cores Included:
- Instrumentation Resource Facility (IRF)
- Drug Design and Synthesis Core
- Mouse Experimentation and Gnotobiotic Core
- Center for Elemental Mass Spectrometry
- SAXC Collaborative
- Mass Spectrometry Center
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
- Functional Genomics Core
- McCausland Center for Brain Imaging
- Viral Vector Core
- Digital Research Services
- McNair Aerospace Center
- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Facility
- Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Core
- Electron Microscopy Cneter
- Research Computing
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research.
The 2023 Research Core Fair was held at the Darla Moore School of Business.
Participating Cores Included:
- Instrumentation Resource Facility (IRF)
- Drug Design and Synthesis Core
- Mouse Experimentation and Gnotobiotic Core
- Center for Elemental Mass Spectrometry
- SAXC Collaborative
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility
- Functional Genomics Core
- McCausland Center for Brain Imaging
- Viral Vector Core
- Digital Research Services
- McNair Aerospace Center
- Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Core
- South Carolina Center for Assistive Technology and Educational Research (SC-CATER)
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research.