Academic
Chapel Hill Analytical And Nanofabrication Laboratory (CHANL)
The Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory (CHANL) was established in 2006 as part of the Institute for Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Technology. CHANL operates as a shared instrumentation laboratory open to UNC researchers from all departments as well as to researchers from other universities, government labs, and industry. User fees are charged for instrumentation usage to recover the cost of materials, supplies, and instrumentation maintenance.
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UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, is the public comprehensive cancer center for North Carolina. The Center's mission is to reduce cancer occurrence and death in North Carolina and the nation through research, treatment, training and outreach. Center faculty treat cancer patients, conduct research into the causes of cancer, develop and direct statewide programs in cancer prevention and train future physicians, nurses, scientists, and public health professionals.
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Government
NCI Alliance For Nanotechnology In Cancer
To help meet the goal of reducing the burden of cancer, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is engaged in efforts to harness the power of nanotechnology to radically change the way we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. The NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer is a comprehensive, systematized initiative encompassing the public and private sectors, designed to accelerate the application of the best capabilities of nanotechnology to cancer.
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Industry
Liquidia
Liquidia Technologies Inc. is a privately-held nanotechnology company that develops and manufactures rationally designed particles and films for a variety of life and materials science applications. Within life sciences, Liquidia is focused on developing novel vaccines and Engineered Drug TherapiesT for nucleic acid delivery and inhaled therapeutics. The company was founded in 2004 on the discoveries of Professor Joseph DeSimone and colleagues at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and is located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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XinRay Systems, LLC
XinRay is a joint venture of Siemens and Xintek. It is located in the heart of the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. The company develops and manufactures field emission x-ray sources for a broad range of applications including diagnostic medical imaging, homeland security and industrial inspection.
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Xintek, Inc.
Xintek is a nanotechnology company based in
the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, with core technologies
licensed from UNC and Duke. The company develops new materials and
technologies for information display and x-ray imaging applications. Xintek
has two subsidiary companies. XinRay Systems, a joint venture between Xintek
and Siemens, develops and manufactures field emission x-ray sources for
medical imaging and homeland security. XinNano Materials, located in Taiwan,
is a joint venture between Xintek and the TECO group. The company
manufactures nanomaterials and components for display and x-ray.
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Outreach
North Carolina Museum Of Life And Science
The Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC is a one-of-a-kind Museum offering extraordinary experiences indoors, outdoors, and through virtual media where children and adults learn through the pursuit of their own interests and curiosity. Their 70-acre campus includes 90,000 square feet of indoor hands-on exhibit space along with a 10-acre outdoor science park. Their mission is to create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community and their world.
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