Policies

Core Policies 

Career guidance: continue to foster the careers of faculty members and mentor new investigator in nanomedicine research to continue the growth of the Core. 

Grow research: support strong and innovative research by investigators affiliated with the Center and expand the translational research capacity by fostering collaborations with clinical investigators. 

Sustain Core resources: support essential scientific cores facilities to assure long-term availability of high-quality research technologies to conduct outstanding biomedical research. 

Core facility resource grant insert statement

NIH COBRE grant P30GM127200 

Acknowledgement statement: 

Research reported in this [publication/press release] was supported by NIH COBRE grant P30GM127200 (Nebraska Center for Nanomedicine) 

Rigor & Reproducibility Statement 

The Core is committed to providing researchers with tools to ensure their research is rigorous and reproducible. The following are specific ways in which we contribute to the rigor and reproducibility of research:  

1. Consult with the Core staff in the planning stage. 
2. Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility uses size, fluorescence, and zeta potential standards to validate instrument performance weekly. Sample analysis performs in triplicates (nanoparticle tracking analysis, ICP-MS&DLS samples runs with five replicates).  
3. Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility uses Trace Metals/HPLC grade reagents and materials for sample preparation/analysis. Please contact Core Staff if you require a materials certificate. 
4. Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility follows the NCI Assay Cascade Protocols for sample analysis and sample preparation. 
5. Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility provides individual training on all instruments to ensure researchers learn proper sample preparation and handling techniques as well as instrument operation. 
6. Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility performs weekly maintenance on all instruments and covers the most complex ones with service contracts. These actions contribute to stable and reliable instruments that can be used by trained scientists with confidence. 
7. Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility provides detailed standard operating procedures to operate each instrument. All generated data will be stored in our Laboratory Data Management System. This system is capable of storing large amounts of complex data. All data are stored for one year after the analysis.
8. If you are publishing data acquired using Core instruments, please acknowledge us in your papers. Please include the following text in your publication acknowledgements: ‘The Nanomaterials Characterization Core Facility, UNMC collage of Pharmacy’. If you think that the Core support of your research may be sufficient to merit authorship, take a look at these authorship guidelines from the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities.