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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

Characterization

Analytical Characterization

Comprehensive analytical methods for nanoparticle, polymer, and biomolecule characterization.

Particle Characterization

Materials Analysis

Chemical Analysis

Protein, Peptide, and RNA Analysis

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.

Get in touch to discuss how we can help with your next project!

(919) 962-4698