Core Lab/DHMRI
The 311,000-square-foot David H. Murdock Core Laboratory Building is the centerpiece of the campus. The core lab is home to the David H. Murdock Research Institute, the UNC Charlotte Bioinformatics Research Center, Monsanto, General Mills, and Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc.
The goal of the DHMRI is to apply the capabilities of its scientific equipment and instrumentation, which ranges from next-generation sequencing to confocal imaging to the world's first actively shielded 950 MHz NMR, to the specialized fields of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging is the light microscopy and biological imaging systems provider for DHMRI's Integrated Microscopy Laboratory. The UNC Charlotte Bioinformatics Research Center applies advanced computational support to the development of research and technologies that ultimately solve essential biological problems related to human health and nutrition.
General Mills Company, the sixth largest food company in the world and manufacturer of household brands like Green Giant, Betty Crocker, and Cheerios, joined the NCRC to take advantage of the cutting-edge technology that will allow the company to continue to improve the nutritional value of its products. Similarly, Monsanto is focusing on the improvement of flavor, taste, and nutritional properties of fruits and vegetables as well as identifying bioactive components in food with nutritional properties.