News & Announcements
The most recent news posts and ICBR announcements are shown below. For more information, or to schedule an event please call (352) 273-8030 or e-mail ICBR.
Recent News

Robert Coney wins Division One Superior Accomplishment Award
May 21st, 2013
Congratulations to Robert Coney, ICBR Senior Fiscal Assistant, who won the UF Division One Superior Accomplishment Award in the Clerical/Office Support category at a ceremony held on March 26. Also [...]

Cellomics Seminar Series starts May 7
May 2nd, 2013
Starting on Tuesday, May 7, the ICBR Cellomics division will host nine seminars featuring industry professionals and vendors covering a variety of topics. Each year, the ICBR Cellomics division hosts [...]
Illumina HiSeq® and MiSeq® Services Now Available
Apr 25th, 2013
ICBR now offers both Illumina HiSeq® and MiSeq® services through the NextGen DNA Sequencing core laboratory. Have ICBR construct your libraries or supply your own. ICBR applies standard quality control measures [...]

Join ICBR at the Southeastern Association of Shared Resources, Official Chapter of ABRF
Apr 24th, 2013
Join ICBR and other southeastern core and research biotechnology laboratories at the first annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Shared Resources (SEASR, pronounced “Caesar”) June 13-15 in Athens, Georgia. [...]

ICBR wins UF Green Team of the Year
Apr 16th, 2013
The ICBR earned Green Team of the Year as part of the University of Florida’s Champions for Change award program. The award was presented on April 5 at the 2013 University [...]

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle: Pipette Tip Boxes
Apr 9th, 2013
April is here, and on the University of Florida campus we all know what that means – Earth Month! In celebration, ICBR would like to share some tips to reduce, [...]

Workshop: Introduction to Mammalian Cell Culture Techniques
Apr 3rd, 2013
The two-day workshop will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on May 7 & 8, 2013, in ICBR Room 189. This workshop is designed for those new to mammalian cell culture or [...]

Cryo Electron Microscopy & Tomography at UF
Mar 28th, 2013
The University of Florida ICBR Electron Microscopy and Bioimaging core laboratory, College of Medicine, and the Center for Structural Biology held an event on March 20 highlighting the expanded capabilities [...]

Seminar: Microbial Sequencing with the Pacific Biosciences System
Mar 21st, 2013
ICBR and Pacific Biosciences will discuss how finished and complete microbial genome assembly enables correct identification of strain origins and large structural insertions.
Publication: Vaccinia virions deficient in transcription enzymes lack a nucleocapsid
Mar 4th, 2013
Recently published in the journal Virology, the Electron Microscopy and Bioimaging core lab contributed to this publication with Richard Condit and other colleagues. In the paper, the researchers described the lack [...]