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August 2019
Startup SNP Therapeutics Merges Gene Testing With Personalized Nutrition July 15 2019 – In what may be the ultimate affirmation of “you are what you eat,” an innovative Charlotte-area company is merging high-tech genomic testing with personalized nutritional...
Hops Study
Study Purpose: To evaluate the effects of hops, a naturally occurring product, in the regulation of blood sugars. Recruiting: 18-70 year old males and females who do not smoke and are generally in good health What participants will do: Participants will volunteer for...
Meeting Areas & Office Space
The NRI building was designed with collaboration, collegiality and productivity in mind. Meeting areas and office space adjoin or connect the different clinical and laboratory research areas throughout the building. In addition to the 32,500 square feet of wet space...
On-campus Resources
The NRI’s location on the NCRC puts our scientists only footsteps away from the David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) which offers some of the best biotechnology equipment available, including a molecular genomics laboratory, a metabolomics laboratory, a 950 MHz...
Wet Laboratories
The NRI provides state-of-the-art laboratories with modern equipment for experiments that require 1) pyrosequencing to conduct quantitative genetic analyses; 2) gene sequencing and gene expression analyses; and 3) genomic and bacterial DNA purification. Labs are...