Hi all,
I'll put in a shameless self-promotion as well for the Surveys of Flow Cytometry and Microscopy Core facilities in this same special edition. These are a starting point with the intention of repeating them every 5 years or so (and expanding our reach to include more countries). All of the data has been de-identified and made available in the supplement, so you may mine whatever metrics work best for you.
We'd also like feedback on additional questions we should ask - let me know what we missed so we can include it moving forward.
Jessica
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Jessica B. Back, Ph.D., SCYM(ASCP)CM
Director of Research Cores, Division of Research and Innovation
Director, Microscopy, Imaging, and Cytometry Resources Core
Assistant Professor – Research, Department of Oncology
Wayne State University
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Please remember to acknowledge the Microscopy, Imaging and Cytometry Resources Core in your publications as this helps us track scientific impact of the core. Please remember to acknowledge the Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA22453) when publishing manuscripts or abstracts that utilized the services of MICR Core. Suggested language: "The Microscopy, Imaging and Cytometry Resources Core is supported in part by NIH Center grant P30 CA22453 to the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University."
Original Message:
Sent: 5/13/2026 8:37:00 AM
From: Catherine Schilken
Subject: RE: Special Issue on Core Facilities- Journal of Microscopy
Molly – Thank you for the working link.
Heather – Thank you for mentioning this article. I enjoyed it very much. Great content, chunked out into manageable areas, and very relevant to the work we are doing within our group. I appreciated the read!
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Catherine Schilken
Project Assistant Director
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-12-2026 16:12
From: Alison North
Subject: Special Issue on Core Facilities- Journal of Microscopy
Hi Heather,
Thanks for posting this - you just beat me to it!
I was intending to tout the article by Kurt and myself as well (shameless self-promotion!), because I think it is relevant to the ongoing discussion on demonstrating the impact of cores and core staff:
"A role for core facilities in improving research rigour"
Alison North and Kurt Anderson
https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.70110
Meanwhile I have just printed out your article to read - sounds MOST useful.
All the best, Alison
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Alison North
Senior Director, Bio-Imaging Resource Center
The Rockefeller University
New York NY
Original Message:
Sent: 05-11-2026 10:47
From: Heather Brown-Harding
Subject: Special Issue on Core Facilities- Journal of Microscopy
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to bring your attention to a special issue coming out that may be of interest to this community.
This paper (from me and co-authors) has a lot of the content from the mini-workshop on marketing at ABRF
(free, read-only version https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/NBHYS6EHHGA7C6BV6JUH?target=10.1111/jmi.70091)
Other topics include:
- 3D printing
- Improving research vigor
- Core expertise
- Stress and conflict
- Careers in cores
- Local core facility networks
- Data managment
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Heather Brown-Harding
Imaging Scientist
Harvard University
Cambridge MA
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