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Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Development: http://camrd4.mc.duke.edu/
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Center for Cognitive Neuroscience: http://www.mind.duke.edu/main/about.html
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Center for In Vivo Microscopy: http://www.civm.duhs.duke.edu/
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Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging: http://www.cmbi.duke.edu/
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COResearch–A Business Unit of Duke Medical Strategies http://www.coresearch.biz
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Medical Physics: http://radonc.duke.edu/modules/div_medphys/index.php?id=6
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Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Imaging and Analysis
Laboratories: http://cardiology.duke.edu/modules/div_cv_img_dl/index.php?id=1
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Duke Advanced Imaging Laboratories: http://deckard.mc.duke.edu/dird/index.html
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Duke Biomedical Engineering Program Home Page; Part of the Pratt
School of Engineering: http://www.bme.duke.edu
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Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center: http://dcmrc.mc.duke.edu
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Duke Health Technology Services, Radiology Informatics: http://radinfo.dhts.duke.edu
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Duke Image Analysis Laboratory: http://dial.mc.duke.edu/
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Duke–UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center: http://www.biac.duke.edu
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Duke University Medical Physics including Diagnostic Imaging; A
program contained within the Biomedical Engineering Program in the
Pratt School of Engineering: http://medicalphysics.duke.edu
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Duke University School of Medicine Department of Radiology: http://radiology.duke.edu
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Description of Radiology Equipment Operated by the Department of
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Duke University Virtual Imaging Laboratory – Primarily tutorials and
description of imaging techniques that are produced by members of the
Biomedical Engineering Program in the Pratt School of Engineering: http://dukemil.egr.duke.edu
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Light Microscopy Core Facility (LMCF): http://microscopy.duke.edu/
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Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory: http://nirlweb.mc.duke.edu/index.html
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The Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics http://www.fitzpatrick.duke.edu/
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Disclaimer: If specialized imaging methodologies exist in your facility and you would like for those to be listed and described independently as a part of this directory, please contact Dr. Brian Reynolds of the DTMI at 919.668.8370 or brian.reynolds@duke.edu.
Imaging Resources: Description and Contact Info
Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Development: http://camrd4.mc.duke.edu/
Chairman, MR Research Committee; CAMRD Medical Director: Elmar
Merkle, MD
Email: merkl002@mc.duke.edu
Co-Director of CAMRD: James MacPhall, Ph.D
Email: james.macphall@duke.edu
Co-Director of CAMRD: H. Cecil Charles, Ph.D.
Email: cecil.charles@duke.edu
The Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance (MR) Development (CAMRD) is a research facility of the Department of Radiology at the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). The main resource of the center is a whole-body, commercially manufactured 3 Tesla (Trio, Siemens Medical Systems) MR Imaging and Spectroscopy System with full research capability. It is housed in close proximity to the clinical MR systems of the Department of Radiology in the Radiology Wing of DUMC's North Hospital. The Center is fully equipped to perform clinical and research MR imaging or spectroscopy studies on humans or large animals. A full range of monitoring, anesthesia, rf coil development, computer and instrumental control facilities as well as MR research technologists and physics/chemistry consultation are available to Department of Radiology researchers and their collaborators.
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience: http://www.mind.duke.edu/main/about.html
Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience: Dale Purves, M.D.
Phone: 919-668-2512
Email: purves@neuro.duke.edu
Christiane Albuquerque, Assistant to the Director
Phone: 919-681-2673
Email: cra10@duke.edu
The Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) at Duke University is dedicated to research, education, and training in the psychological, computational, and biological mechanisms of higher mental function in these research areas: perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, motor control, executive functions, consciousness and the evolution of mental processes. Cognitive neuroscience is, by its nature, an interdisciplinary area of research and scholarship, and the Center's faculty, researchers, and students, drawn from several university and medical school departments, reflect this. The core CCN faculty have office and laboratory space in the Levine Science Research Center (LSRC), a centrally located facility on Duke's East Campus within easy walking distance of university and medical school buildings. The Center consists of 10,000 sq. ft. of space containing new offices and labs designed to meet the specific needs of the faculty, with shared facilities for seminars, meetings, imaging processing, computing, as well as office space for visiting faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and staff. Larger facilities exist in the LSRC for conferences and special invited lectures. Beyond the core faculty, the Center community stays in creative flux, with postdoctoral students, graduate students, visiting students and faculty, and Duke undergrads. In the closely related fields of cognitive neuroscience, neurobiology, philosophy, psychology, biomedical engineering, and computer science, the CCN provides weekly opportunities for dialogue through seminar, lecture, and lunchtime presentation series. The Center also co-sponsors a distinguished lecture series to bring in notable scientists to present their research.
Center for In Vivo Microscopy: http://www.civm.duhs.duke.edu/
Director: G. Allan Johnson PhD
Phone: 919 684-7754
Main contact: Marcy Hirsch, Lab Administrator
Phone: 919 684-7755
General information: Sally Zimney, Educational Coordinator
Phone: 919 684-7758
At the Center for In Vivo Microscopy (CIVM) we create new methods for small animal imaging and apply the tools and techniques we develop to important biomedical questions. The CIVM was established in the Duke University Medical Center Department of Radiology in 1986. The Center has been fortunate to attract support to create a broad imaging program that covers a broad range of technologies.
Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging: http://www.cmbi.duke.edu/
Imaging Primary contact: Carlus Walters
Phone: 919-681-2697
Participating Faculty:
Mark W. Dewhirst, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Martin Fischer, Assistant Research Professor, Department of
Chemistry
Joseph Izatt, Associate Professor, Departments of Biomedical
Engineering and Opthalmology, Director, Laboratory for
Biophotonics
Nimmi Ramanujam, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical
Engineering
Eric J. Toone, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Biochemistry
Warren S. Warren, James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry, Radiology, and
Biomedical Engineering, Director, Center for Molecular and Biomolecular
Imaging
CMBI’s primary task will be development of an infrastructure that facilitates interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and university-industrial collaborations in imaging science. The most interesting opportunities often require such collaborations, which are very hard to start in the highly competitive Federal funding environment. No investigator will get primary support from CMBI, but the Center will provide an infrastructure that permits rapid development of new ideas. A strong commercial relevance and potential for technology transfer is possible, already evident by the amount of industrial support given to various proposals. In summary, a real opportunity exists now to put Duke University at the forefront of molecular and biomolecular imaging applications with tremendous commercial and scientific impact.
COResearch – A Business Unit of Duke Medical Strategies http://www.coresearch.biz
Primary contact: Tracey Harrill, RN, Global Business
Development
Phone: (919)668-7522
Email: tracey.harrill@duke.edu
COResearch’s vision is to lead the clinical drug development
industry with customized, integrated, unsurpassed quality,
cost-effective, core lab services, which include world-class thought
leadership, expertise and facilities in echocardiography and
electrocardiography. COResearch is committed to be the thought-leader
of the clinical drug development industry with customized, integrated,
cost-effective core lab services of unsurpassed quality. COResearch is
devoted to assisting your company with the successful development of
your company's therapeutic compounds. When you partner with COResearch,
each compound's therapeutic development plan will be evaluated to help
ensure successful transition from Phase I though Phase IV clinical
trials, leading to NDA submission. Due to a focus on flawless project
execution, analyzed data will be of the highest quality and precision.
At COResearch, this dedication creates cost efficiencies and
unparalleled data quality, as each therapy is brought through each
phase of a clinical trial and closer to NDA submission. COResearch
provides this individualized development plan as an “integrated cardiac
safety assessment.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Medical Physics: http://radonc.duke.edu/modules/div_medphys/index.php?id=6
Chairman, Radiation Oncology Department: Christopher G. Willet,
M.D.
Professor and Chief of Medical Physics Division. Fang-Fang Yin, Ph.D.,
Professor and Director of Radiation Physics, Associate Director of
Medical Physics Graduate Program
Phone: (919)660-2185
Email: fangfang.yin@duke.edu
Medical Physics Research Research has been one of important activities in the physics division. Physics researchers are developing new techniques and investigating new methodologies to continuously improve treatment planning and evaluation methods, target localization and verification accuracy, and treatment delivery precision. Physics research involves intensity-modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy, oncological imaging, treatment planning optimization, physical and biological modeling using equivalent uniform dose (EUD) model, TCP/NTCP models to evaluate treatment planning and post-treatment evaluation, intra and inter-fraction organ motion analysis and modeling, 3-D dosimetry, biological and functional imaging, sterotactic radiosurgery and body radiosurgery, in-room imaging for patient positioning and target localization, hyperthermia physics, imaging and modeling of drug distribution, etc. There are several research laboratories in the physics division.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Imaging and Analysis Laboratories: http://cardiology.duke.edu/modules/div_cv_img_dl/index.php?id=1
Howard A. Rockman, M.D., Chief, Division of Cardiology
Thomas M. Bashore, M.D., Vice-Chief, Division of Cardiology
Christopher M. O’Connor, M.D., Director, Heart Center and Executive
Director of Cardiology
Echocardiography
| Stress
Testing
Nuclear
Cardiology | Computed
Tomography | MRI
| Peripheral
Vascular Disease
Duke Cardiovascular Medicine provides a comprehensive cardiovascular imaging program, including the first facility in the nation devoted exclusively to cardiovascular MRI, as well as a cardiac CT service which opened in 2006. For information on our imaging services, please visit the links above.
Imaging Hotline
To schedule any non-invasive cardiac exam, including Echo, CTA, or
cardiac MRI, or to talk to an imaging expert to determine the right
test for a specific patient, physicians may call 919-684-5295. For more
information about the hotline, contact Kim Overman, RN, CNIV, at
919-668-3515 or kimberly.overman@duke.edu.
Duke Advanced Imaging Laboratories: http://deckard.mc.duke.edu/dird/index.html
Director: Ehsan Samei, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, BME,
and Physics, Director of Duke Advanced Imaging Labs, Director of
Graduate Studies, Medical Physics Graduate Program
Phone: (919) 684-7852
Email: samei@duke.edu
Duke Advanced Imaging Laboratories (DAI Labs) is a center for research in advanced digital imaging techniques and applications for improved health care. Established in 1991, the group consists of over 30 faculty, staff, and research assistants affiliated with the Departments of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics at Duke University, Duke University Medical Center, and the Duke Medical Physics Graduate Program. The research initiatives of DAI Labs are primarily supported by federal grants from the National Institutes of Health. The group has also active collaboration with major medical imaging companies. The group prides itself in its focus on quality research with high clinical relevance toward effective medical imaging techniques with lasting clinical impact. To date, the research undertaken by the group has been the basis of over 500 scientific papers, hundred of conference presentations, and multiple patents.
Duke Biomedical Engineering Program Home Page; Part of the Pratt School of Engineering: http://www.bme.duke.edu
Professor and Chair: George Truskey, Ph.D.
Phone: (919) 660-5147
Email: george.truskey@duke.edu
The Duke BME Biomedical Imaging program features considerable expertise in the construction and clinical evaluation of novel imaging methods. In 1998, Duke BME received a Whitaker Foundation Special Opportunity Award in Imaging, which has allowed the department to broaden its research and educational offerings in this area. Imaging research at Duke focuses upon ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, x-ray, and nuclear medicine. The ultrasound research team has a long history of developing clinically relevant, novel ultrasonic imaging methods. Research is divided into four groups: transducer design, design of advanced ultrasound systems and applications, real-time image processing and acoustic radiation-force based imaging. The team has extensive facilities for system and transducer construction, allowing basic imaging algorithm development, and real-time implementation of new algorithms. The team collaborates with the Medical Center's Departments of Medicine and Radiology to perform clinical trials. Research in MRI focuses upon diffusion tensor imaging and in vivo MRI microscopy. New optical imaging methods focus upon epithelium and synthetic coatings. Other biomedical optics applications address identification and ablation of atherosclerotic plaque. For the most part, these techniques focus upon large organ and animal level analysis. There are extensive collaborations between BME and Medical Center faculty. The biomedical imaging faculty is strengthened by nine secondary appointments to PhD researchers with a primary appointment in the Department of Radiology. These faculty supervise BME graduate students. Their research focuses on CT scanners, mammography, PET, SPECT, and computer-aided diagnosis.
Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center: http://dcmrc.mc.duke.edu
Co-Director: Robert M. Judd, Ph.D.; Associate Professor and
Co-Director of the Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center
Co-Director: Raymond J. Kim, M.D.: Associate Professor of Medicine and
Co-Director of the Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center
Phone: (919)668-3539
Email: email@dcmrc.mc.duke.edu
The DCMRC was established on September 1, 2001. The goal of this interdisciplinary Center is develop cardiovascular applications for MRI and introduce these into clinical practice for the benefit of patients with heart disease.
Duke Health Technology Services, Radiology Informatics: http://radinfo.dhts.duke.edu
PowerScribe Support Pager – (919)970-8408
PACS Support Pager – (919)970-9000
For all other urgent issues, contact the Help-Desk at
(919)684-2243
For non-urgent issues: please send an email to rad-help@mc.duke.edu
Duke Image Analysis Laboratory: http://dial.mc.duke.edu/
Director: H. Cecil Charles, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiology,
Director of the Duke Image Analysis Lab
Phone: (919)684-7921
Email: cecil.charles@duke.edu
Site Training and Lab Manager: Maureen D. Ainslie, R.T.
(R),(MR),M.S.
Phone: (919)684-7875
Email: Maureen.ainslie@duke.edu
The Duke Image Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) is committed to providing comprehensive imaging support in research studies and clinical trials to various agencies. Among these are pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology and medical device companies, Clinical Research Organizations, government and academic research organizations. The capabilities of the lab include protocol development, site training and certification, and image archival and analysis for a variety of modalities including magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, computed tomography and nuclear medicine.
Duke–UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center: http://www.biac.duke.edu
Director: Allen W. Song, Ph.D.; Professor and Director, BIAC,
Professor of Radiology, Duke University
Phone: (919) 684-1215
Voice Mail: (919) 491-0228
Email: allen.song@duke.edu
The Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC) was created in 1998 as a component of the campus-wide neuroimaging initiative. BIAC brings together scientists from throughout Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to find interdisciplinary solutions to fundamental research questions about the human brain. Two key themes are closely weaved to achieve this goal. The first is to improve research techniques in neuroimaging, through improvements in MR pulse sequence design, applications to high-field fMRI, experimental control, and understanding of brain hemodynamics. Second, BIAC researchers investigate the functional properties of the human brain by incorporating these state-of-the-art research techniques into studies of cognitive processing. BIAC researchers investigate the organization of visual cortex, the cortical control of attention, brain circuits involved with learning and memory, among many other research topics. More specific information on cognitive neuroscience research can be found in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN), a sister center of BIAC. Additional information can also be found in two research centers closely affiliated to BIAC, the Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center (MIRECC) at Durham VA Medical Center and the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies. To reach these goals, BIAC combines world-class technical facilities, including functional MRI and electrophysiological research labs, with outstanding faculty drawn from many departments.
Duke University Medical Physics including Diagnostic Imaging; A program contained within the Biomedical Engineering Program in the Pratt School of Engineering: http://medicalphysics.duke.edu
Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program: James T. Dobbins III,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical
Engineering
Phone: (919) 684-7761
Email: james.dobbins@duke.edu
The 40+ faculty of the Duke Medical Physics Program are drawn from 5 existing departments: radiology, radiation oncology, radiation safety, physics, and biomedical engineering. They belong to 4 tracks; each is shown below with some representative topics of research highlighting just some of the strengths of our program. Diagnostic Imaging (DI) - magnetic resonance microscopy, molecular imaging, digital tomosynthesis, dual energy imaging, neutron stimulated emission computed tomography, computer aided diagnosis, dedicated breast CT imaging, detector and display characterization Radiation Therapy (RT) – hyperthermia, treatment planning optimization, intensity modulated radiation therapy, 3-D dosimetry, oncological imaging and image analysis, image guided radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, biological modelling of tumor and normal tissue dose responses, intra-operative radiation therapy Nuclear Medicine (NM) - statistical iterative reconstruction algorithms, whole body PET-CT fusion imaging, dedicated PET and SPECT breast imaging systems, development of novel ECT acquisition geometries Medical Health Physics (MHP) - real-time interventional organ dosimetry (pediatric), dosimetry of thoracic CT procedures, organ dosimetry in cardiac cath, development of motion heart phantom for coronary CT angiography, 3-D gel dosimetry in CT, search for new CT dose indices, assessment of auto current modulation technology to reduce dose.
Duke University School of Medicine Department of Radiology: http://radiology.duke.edu
General Information: (919) 684-2711
Mailing Address:
Department of Radiology
Box 3808 Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 27710
Patients are the reason for our department’s existence, and must be
accorded the central role in our professional activities. We are first
and foremost responsible to our patients and consulting physicians. Our
paramount mission is to provide competent, courteous, and compassionate
clinical services which are uniformly of the highest quality. We must
respond to requests for services from patients and referring physicians
promptly and intelligently. Clinical responsibilities to individual
patients take precedence over all other demands. As part of a
university medical school, we must educate a diverse group of
health-care workers including, but not limited to, medical students,
residents, practicing physicians, physician assistants, technologists,
and related scientists. In medicine, education involves teaching by
example, didactic instruction, supervised practical experience, and
self-teaching activities. Our mission is to provide educational
opportunities that are comprehensive, challenging, and that reflect the
current state of knowledge. Research is essential to improve and
strengthen both our educational efforts and clinical activities. The
search for new information about health, disease, diagnosis and
treatment is a major priority. Accordingly, the department assigns a
substantial portion of its resources to support research. Our mission
is to nurture scientifically sound investigation of basic mechanisms,
clinical issues, and the societal impact of radiology.
Duke University Virtual Imaging Laboratory – Primarily tutorials and description of imaging techniques that are produced by members of the Biomedical Engineering Program in the Pratt School of Engineering: http://dukemil.egr.duke.edu
Primarily tutorials and description of imaging techniques that are produced by members of the Biomedical Engineering Program in the Pratt School of Engineering. No primary contact person is listed for this site. This site is intended to provide a teaching supplement for courses in medical imaging. The four different imaging modalities that are represented here are Ultrasound, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, and X-Ray Imaging. Several tutorials are under development that provide access to the simulation tools we use for medical imaging research at Duke University. One of the many exciting web tools that we are developing includes Virtual Imaging Systems (VISs).
Light Microscopy Core Facility (LMCF): http://microscopy.duke.edu/
The Light Microscopy Core Facility (LMCF) offers a wide range of confocal and conventional fluorescence microscopes and image analysis resources. The facility is based in the LSRC and the FFSC (French Family Science Center) of Duke University and is open to all members of the University and the Medical Center campuses.
As a centrally funded shared resource, we aim to offer affordable and efficient access to standard and advanced imaging instrumentation for users of all levels of experience and from any discipline. Dedicated staff provide training and full technical support for all the instruments.
If you are interested in using imaging techniques in your research, please browse the information on the website. Please see the equipment, capabilities and services offered by the facility and request training for any resource you wish to use. If you have any questions, please contact the facility.
Sam Johnson, PhD
sam.johnson@duke.edu
4215 French Science Center
(919) 613 8216
Heather S Gavilan
heather.gavilan@duke.edu
4306 French Science Center
(919) 613-8168
Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory: http://nirlweb.mc.duke.edu/index.html
Director of NIRL: James MacPhall, Ph.D; Associate Professor in
Radiology
Phone: (919) 684-7808
Email: james.macphall@duke.edu
Co-Director: Martha E. Payne, PhD, MPH, RD, Assistant Research
Professor
Phone: (919)416-7541
Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory (NIRL) is a joint effort of the Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology at Duke University Medical Center. We analyze magnetic resonance images to research a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, HIV, and neurofibromatosis. We also develop new methods for MR image processing to improve quality and reliability of research in the field of neuroimaging.
The Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics http://www.fitzpatrick.duke.edu/
Primary Contact: August Burns
Phone: (919) 660-5598
Email: august.burns@duke.edu
Faculty Director: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D., Director, Fitzpatrick Institute
for Photonics (FIP), R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of
Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry
Phone: (919) 660-8520
Email: tuan.vodinh@duke.edu
The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences opened on schedule in August, more than doubling the Pratt School of Engineering's teaching and research space. The four-building 322,000-square-foot complex is more than bricks and mortar. It represents a fundamental shift from a traditional academic departmental focus by bringing together faculty from across scientific disciplines working in four research initiatives: biology, photonics, materials and integrated sensors. (read article) The goals of the Center are to: 1. Train the commercial, technical and academic leaders of next generation broadband technologies. Pioneer the establishment of photonics as an information science. 2. Silicon Valley was established by the transition of semiconductor devices from physics to engineering 40 years ago at Stanford. We hope to seed a similar transition in the Photon Forest today. 3. Pioneer new approaches to industrial, governmental and interacademy collaboration. The strength of the photonics industry arises from the power of free and ubiquitous communications. The Fitzpatrick Center seeks to be a nexus for communications and learning between industry and academic partners in North Carolina, California, and around the world.