MSU's Inaugural Core Facilities Day - October 3rd, 2025

LOCATION: Strand Union Ballrooms, Montana State University campus, Bozeman MT

TIME: 8:45-3:30PM

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - REGISTER BELOW!

Join us to learn more about the wide range of state-of-the-art services that Montana State University core facilities have to offer. From advanced GIS services to Cryo-EM capabilities, our cores support numerous research applications. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn specifics about services, network with other facility users, MUS researchers, and industry partners, as well as tour the facilities. 

We will have several raffles for credit to use in the core(s) of your choice! 

 

If you are unable to attend but would like to learn how the core facilities can support your research, please complete the intake form below describing your research below and the appropriate staff will be in touch: 

 

If you are a MSU office, organization, or company who interested in hosting a table during the networking portion of the day, please email mary.gauvin@montana.edu

Agenda

Location – Strand Union Ballrooms

8:15AM-8:45AM: Check-in

8:45AM: Opening remarks

8:50AM-11:35AM: Seminar Series presented by core facility staff

  • Montana Microfabrication Facility: Microfabrication Across Disciplines: From Life Sciences to Quantum Materials
  • CBE Bioimaging & Analytical Core Labs: Driving Discovery: Real-Time Advanced Imaging and Analytical Capabilities to Elevate Your Science
  • Imaging & Chemical Analysis Laboratory: ICAL: Your portal into the magical and fascinating world of nanoscience
  • Animal Resources Center: Resources and Research Utilizing Laboratory Animals at Montana State University
  • Montana State Mass Spectrometry Facility: Mass Spectrometry: A Bridge Between Disciplines
  • Cryo-EM Facility: High Resolution Cellular and Macromolecular Structures by Cryo-EM
  • Cellular Analysis Core: The Cellular Analysis Toolkit: Harnessing Flow, Histo, and scRNA-Seq for Your Research
  • Social Data Collection & Analysis Services, UM Genomics Core: Montana INBRE’s Data Science Core: From Social Data and Genome Science to Expansive Statistical Analyses
  • Geospatial Core Facility: Root to Fruit: Mapping the Possibilities from Data to Decisions

12:00PM-1:15PM: Networking lunch & Poster Session

2:00PM-3:30PM: Core facility open house; details provided day of event

Participating Core Facilities

Animal Resources Center (ARC) (MSU)

Cellular Analysis Core (CAC) (MSU)

Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) - Bioimaging & Analytical Core Labs (MSU)

Cryo-EM Facility (MSU)

Geospatial Core Facility (GCF) (MSU)

Genomics Lab (University of Montana)

Imaging & Chemical Analysis Laboratory (ICAL) (MSU)

Montana Microfabrication Facility (MMF) (MSU)

Montana State Mass Spectrometry (MSMS) (MSU)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) (MSU)

Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI) (MSU)

Social Data Collection & Analysis Services (Social Data) (MSU)

Participating Partners 

Applied Research Laboratory

Bank of the Rockies

Fisher Scientific

Innovation Campus

Lab Sustainability Program

Montana Bioscience Alliance

Montana Photonics & Quantum Alliance (MPQA)

Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District

Office of Research Development

QCORE

Stratocore

The Montana State Graduate School

Sponsors

We thank our generous sponsors for helping to make Core Day possible:

Bozeman Chamber of Commerce

 

Fisher Scientific

 

TBC

City of Bozeman

 

BotR

Montana INBRE

MPQA

NRMEDD