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The Mass Spectrometry Facility is equipped with several high-performance mass spectrometers to support basic research efforts throughout the University of Maryland. The facility is located in room 0511 of building 091, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. The facility offers training for independent operation of instruments as well as sample analysis by facility personnel. The facility's services are also open to external academic institutions and industry.
The Collaboratory has a large visualization space that sets it apart from most labs/resources at the University of Maryland. A large, slightly-curved projection wall (22' x 7 1/2') anchors one end of an intimate, inviting and flexible space that can seat up to 35 comfortably, 40-45 less so. This space has been used for classes, lectures, small conferences, receptions, and as a technology laboratory wherein students/researchers might test drive new equipment or ideas.
Project consultation and guidance for an array of research and teaching needs is a strength of personnel within the Collaboratory, with particular expertise in: image manipulation (Photoshop); three-dimensional modelling (principally Sketchup); visual database manipulation (especially Google Earth, but a growing number of approaches for visualizing humanities-centered data sets); teaching tools (exploiting PowerPoint, Prezi, et al. for maximum results)
The neutral buoyancy tank is 50 feet across, 25 feet deep, and holds 367,000 gallons of water. Water temperature is maintained at 88°F for consistency of buoyancy and comfort of test support divers, and is specially filtered for maximum visual clarity. The facility allows external access for underwater test hardware up to 15 feet on a side and up to 4000 pounds in weight. Complete SCUBA diver support facilities include two locker rooms, air compressors for filling SCUBA bottles, and both underwater speakers and bidirectional underwater communications system. A secure storage facility for underwater test hardware is located outside the NBRF for hardware which will not be damaged by exposure to the elements.
The mission of the Proteomics Core Facility is to enhance research in life sciences by bringing high-end instrumentation and expertise in proteomics research. The Facility is equipped with state-of-art LTQ Orbitrap XL mass spectrometer that's interfaced to a 2D nano HPLC system to provide the best sensitivity and accuracy for protein and peptide analysis. A full suite of software packages are maintained up-to-date to provide informatics support. The Facility provides service and collaboration to the entire research community with priority given to College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences Faculty. While the main focus of the Facility is proteomics analysis, the equipment and personal is capable of performing analysis for most biomolecules.
The UM-IBBR Sequencing Core provides the research community at the University of Maryland (as well as off-campus customers) with access to 'Next Generation' sequencing. We feature an Illumina HiSeq1000 instrument, which can generate up to 500 million clusters, or a billion paired-end reads per run. Services and Technologies Offered - Illumina: Run times range from about four days for 50-base applications to 8 days for 100-base paired-end reads and the accuracy enables a broad range of applications, including but not limited to: DNA sequencing (DNA-seq), Transcriptome analysis (RNA-seq), Information about the Illumina technology and capabilities can be viewed at www.illumina.com.
The Biopharmaceutical Advancement Facility (BAF) is a translational core facility located at IBBR Shady Grove that specializes in the development of cell culture-based biopharmaceutical products. BAF is part of the Biotechnology Research and Education Program of the University of Maryland's Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH). The BAF is closely aligned with the Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility located in College Park. The facility's staff members offer extensive expertise in addressing challenging problems with the advancement of anchorage-dependent or suspension-adapted cell lines. The facility is not restricted by current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs); however, production processes are directly transferable to partners operating under cGMPs. The facility offers quick turnaround and flexible contracting arrangements that can include specialized training or working with our staff in the facility
The surface analysis center houses state-of-the-art instrumentation and provides services for surface analysis including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), confocal Raman and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The facility is staffed by experts and is managed on a fee-per-service basis. The facility is open to academic, government and, industrial users.
The Test Services and Failure Analysis Laboratory at CALCE provides the most efficient and cost effective analytical services, failure analysis, design reviews, reliability audits, warranty cost analysis, testing and reliability assessment assistance to all interested parties. The TSFA Lab performs standard and custom tests and failure analysis services, including proprietary services that may range from a day to several years.
The mission of the Laboratory is to provide a high quality, well equipped central biological electron imaging facility containing staff and a full complement of equipment for the successful preparation and imaging of a wide variety of biological sample types. The Laboratory will also serve as a training venue for faculty, post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students, and outside investigators in the various techniques of biological electron microscopy.
Chemical Crystallography: provides single crystal structure determination of variety of inorganic, metal-organic, organic and pharmaceutical compounds, minerals and intermetallics, including including absolute structure determination, treatment of mero-and non-merohedral twins, disordered, OD and modulated crystals. Materials Characterization: provides powder X-ray diffraction analysis and characterization of polycrystalline and nano-crystalline materials and thin films, covering phase identification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, amorphous content determination, micro-diffraction and area mapping, samples of any size and shape, crystallite size and micro-strain determination, ab initio indexing and accurate unit cell refinement, crystal structure refinement using the Rietveld method and ab initio structure determination. Advanced Diffraction: provides X-ray diffraction measurements for reflectivity (XRR) from thin films and (coming soon) small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) from nano and macromolecular materials.
A data management plan describes the data, code, and other research products you will produce and how you will format, document, store, share, and preserve them. Funding agencies and journals increasingly expect that you will, as much as possible, share data, code, and other products with other researchers. Many funding agencies and sponsors require a data management plan with each proposal, but any researcher or team will benefit from developing a data management plan. Developing a plan is an excellent way to identify useful and important records, optimize your data handling processes, and anticipate issues that may arise in publishing, archiving, and preservation. Log in to dmptool.org with your UMD credentials and start creating a data management plan using templates from both UMD and a variety of funders.
Cost sharing or matching refers to that portion of a project or program costs not paid by the sponsor and/or is explicitly required by the program or solicitation, without which an application would be ineligible. These costs represent an implied or explicit agreement on the part of the University to assure that non-sponsor resources are contributed to a project, either from sources within or external to the University.
Works to continue integration of the leading edge business practices and technologies of the real-time supply chain into the undergraduate and graduate programs in Supply Chain Management at the Smith School.
The Center houses six well-equipped theatres and associated production shops that have up-to-date theatrical technologies in audio, lighting, video, and costume and set production. Within the School of Music and the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, there are design and rehearsal studios that are core teaching spaces. The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library has current electronic access to music, theatre, and dance materials, as well as printed materials in all three disciplines.
The University of Maryland is taking a unique, proactive approach to overcoming barriers to enhancing international partnerships by dedicating valuable resources to streamlining administrative functions. These efforts are intended to facilitate research collaborations by reducing administrative obstacles for researchers and strengthening our position as a top tier global research institution by encouraging joint proposal endeavors, research administration, and researcher exchange programs. The Division of Research developed an administrative training program titled Borderless Research Administration Knowledge Exchange (BRAKE) that focuses on engaging international institutions as strategic cohorts concentrated on building expertise in the management and oversight of U.S. federal funding.
The University of Maryland is taking a unique, proactive approach to overcoming barriers to enhancing international partnerships by dedicating valuable resources to streamlining administrative functions. These efforts are intended to facilitate research collaborations by reducing administrative obstacles for researchers and strengthening our position as a top tier global research institution by encouraging joint proposal endeavors, research administration, and researcher exchange programs. The Division of Research developed an administrative training program titled Borderless Research Administration Knowledge Exchange (BRAKE) that focuses on engaging international institutions as strategic cohorts concentrated on building expertise in the management and oversight of U.S. federal funding.
The Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk (ESSR) ensures the safety of research at the University by aiding researchers in assessing and planning for hazards and risks, implementing controls for safety, and completing safety training. Researchers working with chemical or biological materials, radiation, environmental hazards, fire, boats, and researchers with specialized laboratory requirements should contact ESSR to prepare for research needs.
Various agencies and sponsors require institutions go through a series of actions prior to an award being formally closed out. Please use this as a reference for any closeout related inquiries.
Audits are an examination of records, systems, and policies and procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable laws and regulations in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Principles (GAAP). If you are contacted by a sponsor for any form of audit please contact SPAC and use this as a resource to understand the audit process.
Library Media Services supports access to and the creation of audio/visual media as data and information. In the world of knowledge, media helps define our collective desire to experience subjects across the disciplines, especially those where seeing and hearing are the primary elements of understanding. The services are: general and research audiovisual collections, media-centric learning and teaching spaces, multimedia production facilities, and staff who will be continuously trained to assist users seeking to fully understand and use this multimedia world of information.
As a State institution, Maryland is obliged to abide by additional state and university regulations related to the compensation and incentivization of human research participants. The procedures outlined here are intended to guide faculty and staff through this challenging process.
The BSOS Dean's Office holds an annual internal grant competition. It is open to all BSOS faculty, staff, and students.
Videography and photography services are available to all BSOS students, faculty, and staff. Space is also available for hosting webinars, meeting with external media, etc.
Researchers can use OACS as a resource in determing technology needs for a proposal, including physical tech needs, and use of the BSWIFT high-performance computing cluster.
The budget is the financial expression of a project or program's scope of work. Resources contained herein should be able to answer some of the common questions and concerns a faculty member or research coordinator in BSOS might encounter while building a budget