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We are your resource for equipment, instrumentationand services to help you achieve your research goals.

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Core Facilities Open House & Industry Fair

Core Facilities Open House and Front Range Industry and Postdoc Symposium (FRIPS)

This all-day event is an amazing opportunity for researchers at all levels—as well as local industry—to discover the resources and capabilities available to advance your scientific research and career. Open to all undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, staff, faculty and local industry investigators.

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CU Cores in the Spotlight

COSINC adds new 3D Nano printer capability

A new 3D “nano” printer installed in theColorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization (COSINC)cleanroom provides new research avenues in soft materials, optics and more.

Materials Instrumentation and Multimodal Imaging​ Core​ (MIMIC)

A new project at the CU Museum of Natural History will usea CTscanner in the MIMICfacilityto visualize what reptiles and amphibians look like on the inside.



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A carefully integrated cyberinfrastructure supports CUǸԹ research.

Our 12research institutes conduct more than half of
the sponsored research at CUǸԹ.

Nearly100 research centers span the campus,
covering a broad range of topics.