Date: July 17, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Where: Domenici Hall Room 106, New Mexico State University

Cost: Free to faculty, students and other non-profit affiliates (Industry or other external attendees-contact scheng2@nmsu.edu if you are interested in attending)

We are excited to host Strategic Research: Leveraging Institutional Core Facilities for Life Sciences Innovation and Discovery. This workshop aims to introduce students, post-doctorate researchers, and early career faculty to the wide range of resources available at NMSU. You will learn about our shared resources and how to access them to aid in your research. Additionally, we are partnering with Studio G to show how you can transition your work to industry or entrepreneurship. This workshop will also provide vital networking opportunites to work toward our final goal: building a community of practice for life science reseach.

Our three featured activites will be:

• Session 1: A panel of speakers who represent various core facilities including CURRL, MolBio, INBRE, and more. These core facilities house life science equipment chemical analysis, imaging, and computation. Each speaker will cover the resources available at their facility, how to use and access them, and more. This will also include a representative from Studio G to explain how they can help you move to industry or start your own business.

• Session 2: Professional networking sessions to introduce you to prior collaborators and foster community.

• Session 3: We will highlight the BioAFM, including an introduction to BioAFM princicples and capabiliities. Attendees will also have a chance to try their sample on the BioAFM prior to the event.