2024 Core Day

Save the Date! Join us for the 2024 Emory Core Day and EICF Awards Ceremony and Reception!

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM on Thursday, November 21, 2024

Emory University | Convocation Hall | 505 North Kilgo Circle NE S | Atlanta, GA

Learn about shared resources and core facilities available to support research in Georgia. Network with core facility leadership, core staff, and core facility users. Identify new opportunities for your platform at Emory and other institutions that make up the Georgia Core Alliance. Join us for a reception honoring our Emory Integrated Core Facilities annual award recipients.

See our detailed program to learn more about Core Day!

Visitors to Emory can park at one of these two visitor lots:

Peavine Parking Lot, 29 Eagle Row, Atlanta, 30322
Oxford Road Parking Deck,1390 Oxford Road NE, Atlanta 30307

A parking ambassador will be onsite to direct you to Convocation Hall. Parking tickets will be validated at the event registration table.

Core Day Agenda

Time	Activity
9:00 AM	Arrival and Check-in with Coffee & Pastries
9:20 AM	Dr. Cassandra Quave Assistant Dean of Research Cores, Emory SOM Introduction to Core Day
9:30 AM	Dr. David Stephens Vice President for Research, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Welcoming Remarks
9:40 AM	Exhibit Hall Opens
9:45 AM	Laura Fox-Goharioon Core Director, Integrated Cellular Imaging Core The Integrated Cellular Imaging Core: Bridging Expertise and Technology for Advanced Imaging in Research
10:00 AM	Dr. Anton Bryksin Director, Molecular Evolution Core Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology Synergizing Strengths: The Power of Partnership in Core Facility Services
10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:45 AM	Dr. Hari Trivedi AI Image Extraction Core (AI₂EC) Large Scale Radiology Dataset Extraction and Curation for AI: Experiences in Breast Imaging
11:00 AM	Dr. Tim Denning President of the Georgia Research Alliance The Case for Alliance
11:15 AM	Lunch Break
12:15 PM	Dr. Jeremy Boss Interim Associate Dean for Research Cores, Emory SOM State of the Cores
12:30 PM	Dr. Adriana Harbuzariu Core Director, Emory Stem Cell and Organoids Core (ESCOC) Generation and application of gene edited cell lines in iPSC
12:45 PM	Dr. Deborah Mook Executive Director. Emory Division of Animal Research Division of Animal Resources
1:00 PM	Dr. Lyra Griffiths Core Director, Emory Integrated Genomics Core (EIGC) Genomics Services at EIGC
1:15 PM	Dr. Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira Core Director, Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core (IEMC) Electron Microscopy Applications at the IEMC
1:30 PM	Coffee Break
1:45 PM	Jeff Carter Client Relationship Manager, Stratocore Enhanced User Experience and Delivery of Core Services with Stratocore PPMS
2:00 PM	Dr. Rafael Medina Scientific Director, Emory High Containment Facility Establishing a state-of-the-art High Containment Facility at Emory University
2:15 PM	Dr. Rheinallt Jones Scientific Director, Emory Gnotobiotic Animal Core The Emory Gnotobiotic Animal Core
2:30 PM	Dr. Varughese Mulamoottil Research Professional, UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Collaboration, Service and Trainings at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
2:45 PM	Dr. Nael McCarty Scientific Director, Emory Integrated Biorepository Core (EIBC) Introducing... The Emory Integrated Biorepository Core!
3:00 PM	Group Photo
3:15 PM	Hors d’oeuvres & Poster Networking Event
4:30 PM	Dr. Sandra Wong Dean of Emory University School of Medicine Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony