Cores Community

The Research Core Facilities Program warmly welcomes all core staff, including core directors, financial analysts, staff, and more in monthly community meetings that:

  • Foster Collaboration: Providing a platform for core facility staff and researchers to come together, encouraging a sense of community and promoting collaborative efforts.
  • Share Information: Sharing updates, resources, and support among colleagues to ensure everyone remains well-informed and can maximize the use of available resources.
  • Collaborate around Best Practices: Developing and learning about best practices in core facility operations.
  • Showcase Success: Highlighting research projects and success stories to inspire others to explore new avenues of collaboration and innovation.
  • Address Roadblocks: Sharing challenges, fostering collaborative problem-solving, and promoting continuous improvement.

Upcoming Scheduled Meetings

Thursday, November 6, 2025 @4-4:50 pm (zoom)
Thursday, December 4, 2025 @4-4:50 pm (zoom)
Thursday, February 5, 2025 @4-4:50 pm (zoom)

Cores Connect – RCFP Monthly Forum

Every month on 1st Thursday from 4:00 to 4:50 pm PST
(with the exception of semester break)
Join Zoom Meeting: 953 8457 6264 / Passcode: 1234

Zoom Meeting Link

Access the PowerPoint slides from previous Cores Connect – RCFP Monthly Forum by following the button below. Gain insights and stay updates on discussions, presentations, and valuable resources shared during these informative sessions.

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This Year’s Forum

Thursday, October 2, 2025
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/5l0vwpyfu0gwigr83bvrv7rw29ezgqyb

    • Welcome & Introduction
    • Updates: START Cores proposal, Best-terms quick contracting process
    • Core facility highlights
    • Break out session: Impact of budget
    • Report Out

Previous Cores Connect Forum

Thursday, April 3, 2025
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/pw8vamqoduj3acjfec90g8qe7ssw1xv8

Thursday, March 6, 2025
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/tbnjyfoi70b6fvji4wp0dgnlo8nnzarm

    • Welcome & Updates
    • Power Hour: Writing an Instrumentation Proposal
    • Questions & Discussion

Thursday, Feb 6, 2025
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/recrzwgr2ymidatsrvnsapkh2ty6fnni 

    • Welcome & Updates
    • Optimizing Core Operations: Effective Leadership
      • Guest Speaker, Bernadette Hill-Comeau from the Office of Business Transformation (OBT)
      • OBT website- https://adminit.ucdavis.edu/obt 
      • OBT offers free process improvement, training, and consultation for UCD staff

Thursday, Dec 3, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/gfk4p0upbwek0aboc23gr8qb15krd0so

    • Welcome & Updates
    • Insight from Applicants and Reviewers
      • NSF MRI – Yayoi Takamura
      • NIH S10 – Brett Phinney
      • MREFC & Midscale Grants – Dan Wilson
      • Supplemental Grants – Thomas Wilkop

Thursday, Nov 7, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/s4j5876sy20gzm75rpa2qefwm1ey5bas 

    • Welcome & Updates
    • Research Cores Directory Search Behavior
    • Core Facilities Funding Opportunities
    • Questions and Discussions

Thursday, Oct 3, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/boc1mi7j4vli2pygsrrta5hvs0xipkk4

    • Welcome & Updates
    • Cores Continuity & START Update
    • START Deficit Management?
    • Break-Out: Deficit Options
    • Regroup & Recommend

Thursday, Sept 5, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/72rc2nvvufq5oqg9dubo1wjtokjmekct

    • Welcome & Updates
    • Core Facilities Resources
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Update from Business and Finance Office
    • Meet & Greet

 

Thursday, May 2, 2024

    • Welcome & START Workgroup Update
    • NUD Assessment
    • Topics for Fall Programming
    • Research Core Directory Demo
    • Closing Remarks

Thursday, April 4, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/l4xw7bshkpwvvlth7zwepuk30wn5uo94 

    • NIH S10: Highlighting Resources
    • Updates: Team Research Forum, Research Expo, Research Core Directory
    • Facilities & Administrative Costs (F&A)

Thursday, March 7, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/l4xw7bshkpwvvlth7zwepuk30wn5uo94 

    • ABRF Updates
    • Core Directory UAT Update
    • Follow-up Metrics and Evaluation for START Research Facilities Workgroup

Thursday, February 15, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/ekj9ryx92xuuic3ca9eydoxjtx8ap3bt

    • Updates
    • VCR and AVC: Common Themes Across Cores with Core Directors
    • Navigating Research Metrics: Operational and Research Impact

Thursday, January 11, 2024
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/aucnsuz7hsynfhwtg2w4s7asxunyizjy

    • Updates
    • Cores Directory Demonstration
    • Major themes for VCR Atkinson- continued

Thursday, December 7, 2023
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/v8j73dp2ae7a0tgc5vjgvvtd2ivee00d

    • Updates
      • Cores Continuity Program Awards news story
      • Core Tours pilot program in Oct
      • NIH S10 preparation & info sessions in Jan/Feb
    • Major themes for VCR Atkinson

Thursday, November 9, 2023
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/w4x1zivadqgna1ngml4a1gc1t09nvmt7

    • Updates
    • Suggest themes for the Cores Directory
    • Research Cores Continuity Funding Awards
    • Using Data for Good: Empowering your core with financial and operational information
      • Approach to using data
      • Portfolio support
      • Potential barriers
      • Examples of data (usage trends, cell sorting
        analytics, etc.)

Thursday, October 5, 2023
PowerPoint Deck: https://ucdavis.box.com/s/h9lxsn9o3ekkclukh7zesc08hz9lhu8u

    • What is a core?
    • Strategic Re-envisioning of the cores program
    • Announcement: New Vice Chancellor for Research
    • Resources and Events
      • RCFP team and resources
      • Funding Opportunities
      • Recharge Operations
      • Research Core Advisory Council

 

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