Accelerate your nanomedicine development with precision and expertise

The Nanomedicine Characterization Core provides specialized services for nanoparticle fabrication and characterization.
NCore is part of the UNC Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery (CNDD).
Services
Nanoparticle Fabrication
Development and production of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) and other nanocarriers using advanced microfluidic systems.
Instrumentation
- Nova™IJM – Advanced lipid nanoparticle (LNP) manufacturing platform
- UnChained Labs Sunshine – Enabling formulation development from in vitro to in vivo studies
Exosomes Isolation and Characterization
Isolation and analysis of extracellular vesicles from biological samples.
Isolation Methods
- Exosome isolation from cell culture media and tissues using ExoQuick® ULTRA EV Isolation System, ultracentrifugation, and size exclusion chromatography
Characterization
- Exosomal markers analysis (Western blot, Exo-Check™ Exosome Antibody Array)
- Proteomics analysis
- Particle size, concentration, purity assessment, and more
Analytical Characterization
Comprehensive analytical methods for nanoparticle, polymer, and biomolecule characterization.
Particle Characterization
- Particle size, size distribution, concentration, and surface charge
- Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
- Zetaview (ParticleMetrix)
- Multisizer 4E Coulter Counter
Materials Analysis
- Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC): weight-average molar mass (Mw), number-average molar mass (Mn), and polydispersity
- Structural analysis using Infrared spectroscopy (IR) and Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
Chemical Analysis
- High Performance Liquid Chromotography (HPLC)
- UV-Vis spectroscopy
- Temperature-dependent UV analysis
Protein, Peptide, and RNA Analysis
- Capillary electrophoresis (protein purity, isoelectric focusing, Glycan analysis)
- Automated Western blot analysis (Protein Simple)
- Gel imaging
Elemental Analysis
- Metals analysis in soils, water, food, plants, cells, and tissues using ICP-MS.
In Vitro Assays
- Protein concentration (BCA assay).
- Endotoxin contamination (LAL assay).
- In vitro stability analysis.
- In vitro drug release analysis.
- In vitro cellular uptake, transfection and toxicity analysis.
Consultation Services
We offer expert consultation on:
- Study design
- Sample selection, collection, and storage
- Data analysis
- Proposal and manuscript development and review, and more
NCore collaborates with other Cores on UNC’s campus (TEM, Proteomics, Flow Cytometry, NMR, etc.) to facilitate comprehensive analysis of samples.

