Research Core Fair

This annual showcase of USC's Research Cores offers an insider view of the resources and expertise available through our core facilities.

Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Research Core Fair!

The University of South Carolina hosted the 2025 Research Core Fair on Friday, September 19, 2025, to spotlight the wealth of resources available to researchers and share the many updates we have made to core services since the 2024 fair.

The Research Core Fair was open to all USC students, faculty and staff. The day featured 10-15 minute talks broken down into four focused sections, information tables for each Research Core, posters by students and postdocs, and prizes for the best student and postdoc posters and lightning talks.

A core director gives an overview of their core and what they can provide to the research community.

Dr. Julius Fridriksson, the Vice President for Research, opens the 2025 Research Core Fair

Dr. Bob Price, Executive Director for Research Facilities and Infrastructure, updates the attendees on the university's efforts to support our research cores.

Student poster presenters with their posters.

Jim Sexton, Core Manager of the the Center for Elemental Mass Spectrometry, gives an overview of the core and what they can provide to the research community.

A poster presenter explains their researcher to another attendee.

A representative from a USC lab supply vendor talks to attendees.

Dr. Julius Fridriksson, the Vice President for Research, opens the 2025 Research Core Fair

A poster presenter stands with their poster.

A core director gives an overview of their core and what they can provide to the research community.

A poster presenter explains their researcher to another attendee.

Dr. Austin Worden, Director of the Instrumentation Resource Facility, gives an overview of the core and what they can provide to the research community.

A poster presenter explains their researcher to another attendee.

Dr. Zachery Oestreicher, Director of the Electron Microscopy Center, gives an overview of the core and what they can provide to the research community.

Core Fair attendees watch the core lightning talks.

A core director gives an overview of their core and what they can provide to the research community.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

ThermoFisher Scientific
Corning
Illumina
Thomas Scientific
New England Biolabs

Office of the Vice President for Research