UNL Biotech Center

We are the Nebraska Center For Biotechnology offering six expert lead core facilities. Contact us today to help supercharge your research goals!

[UNL Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility @PMF_UNLBiotech]

A great day hosting DHA—excited about the possibilities for collaboration on national defense initiatives ahead.

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Excited to share a new @FrontiersIn in Plant Science paper on breeding colorful, nutrient-rich sweet corn 🌽

Shoutout to our @PMF_UNLBiotech team co-authors for their contributions!

Read more: https://t.co/66WI248Tdm

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Our @thermosci Orbitrap Astral is now fully up and running in the @PMF_UNLBiotech Core!

What that means for your research:
⏱️ 5× faster peptide quantification
🔬 >40% increase in unique crosslinks (CLMS)
🧪 Ultra‑sensitive detection for low‑abundance and single‑cell samples
⚡ Hits ~8,000 protein groups in just 8 minutes

Built for high‑throughput, deep‑dive proteomics, and ready for new projects.

Reach out to us ➡️ https://t.co/r1ZFaNWRfT

#MassSpec #Proteomics #OrbitrapAstral #CoreFacility @UNLresearch

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

We’re excited to share that the box held a new @thermosci Orbitrap Astral for our @PMF_UNLBiotech Core.

We are currently setting it up and running calibration checks to get it ready for use.
We’ll be sharing more about its capabilities soon!

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Paper Alert in @NatureComms

In collaboration with our own Microscopy team, @AltartouriB and @PMF_UNLBiotech, Dr. Naldrett!

Congrats to all coauthors for mapping a chloroplast “subdomain” that may support lipid delivery to thylakoids. -PI/Corresponding Author, @Rebecca_Roston

Check it out ➡️ https://t.co/6Tm5ekfSPc

[Rebecca Roston @Rebecca_Roston]

This study wouldn’t be possible without @BiotechUNL core facilities and experts—major thanks to Bara Altartouri and Michael Naldrett for enabling the mass spec and imaging work behind these discoveries.❤️

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Celebrating a new publication in @ScienceAdvances!🎉

Research on Orychophragmus includes contributions from our @unl_bcrf team and @UNL_PSI Ed Cahoon (@ecahoon2), University of Nebraska–Lincoln's newly inducted National Academy of Sciences (@theNASciences) member!

Article Link➡️https://t.co/sLJz238F5b

[Nebraska Today @NebToday]

Edgar Cahoon, director of #Nebraska U's Center for Plant Science Innovation, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (@theNASciences), one of the nation's highest honors for scientists and engineers. https://t.co/s76RjczrnI #UNL #LNK @UNL_Biochem @UNL_IANR @unlcas

[UNL PSI @UNL_PSI]

Join us on May 14 in the Beadle Center Atrium at 4 pm to honor James Schnable, 2026 NAS Prize in Food and Agricultural Sciences recipient! @SchnableLab @szintri @unlagrohort @UNL_AgResearch @CropsUNL @UNL_PlantPath @UNL_Biochem @BiotechUNL @NebraskaEPSCoR @UNLresearch

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Crafting nanoparticles just got sunnier! ☀️
@unchainedlabs Sunshine's system is precise, reproducible, and ready to roll!

Stop by our Flow Lab to talk with Dirk and check it out.
>> https://t.co/pyQfNjf84k

@UNLresearch @unmc_research

[Nebraska Research @UNLresearch]

✨ BIG NEWS ✨

Edgar Cahoon, director of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Center for Plant Science Innovation, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the nation’s highest honors for scientists and engineers. https://t.co/NO3LB2kSRo

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

2026-2027 Milton E. Mohr Award Recipients 🎉

Join us in congratulating these students!

@UNLincoln @unlagrohort @UNL_AniSci @UNL_Biochem @unlchemistry @ComplexBiosyst1 @UNLEntomology @UNLFoodScience @UNLMicro @NhsUnl @UNL_PlantPath @UNLsbs @UNLSNR @UNL_IANR @UNLresearch

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

2026-2027 Milton E. Mohr Award Recipients 🎉
Join us in congratulating these students!

@UNLincoln @unlagrohort @UNL_AniSci @UNL_Biochem @unlchemistry @ComplexBiosyst1 @UNLEntomology @UNLFoodScience @UNLMicro
@NhsUnl @UNL_PlantPath @UNLsbs @UNLSNR @UNL_IANR @UNLresearch

[Nebraska Research @UNLresearch]

🌱 PLANT SCIENCE 🌱

UNL’s Plant Transformation Core Research Facility helps plant scientists give plants new abilities by precisely modifying and introducing DNA, developing more productive crops and deepening understanding of how plants work. https://t.co/GiTAswGLki

[UNL Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility @PMF_UNLBiotech]

Congratulations, Jennifer! We’re pleased to continue our fruitful partnership with R&I and with you at the helm.

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Join @zeiss_micro and our Microscopy Core for a ZEISS Lattice SIM 5 Webinar.

🗓️Thursday, May 7 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM
➡️Register for Webinar or Recording: https://t.co/KutZ9rufSX

[UNL PSI @UNL_PSI]

Congratulations to @UNL_PSI director Ed Cahoon @ecahoon2 for election to the US National Academy of Sciences. @UNL_Biochem @UNLresearch

[National Academy of Sciences @theNASciences]

James C. Schnable (@UNLincoln) is helping farmers grow more resilient crops with fewer inputs through his work in plant #genomics & precision agriculture. On #AgDay26, learn about how he is advancing sustainable agriculture in a changing climate: https://t.co/z1CqTEJnGx #NASaward

[Nebraska Research @UNLresearch]

A UNL research team has named the novel microbe — a methanogen collected from a salty, higher-pH wetland in Lincoln — after the Cornhusker State.

Methanobacterium nebraskense is the first organism in the domain Archaea to be named after Nebraska. https://t.co/o71p1j9hLf

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Summer is right around the corner, which means field season is approaching! Our cores are here to support a wide range of research needs as you plan for the months ahead.

Reach out today! https://t.co/BBj2EnCYee

#Biotech #SummerResearch #FieldSeason #UNL
@UNLresearch

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

⬇️Happening today, don't miss it!

[UNL Biotech Center @BiotechUNL]

Join @AltartouriB, interim director of the Microscopy core for the @UNL_NCV NVIBE Scholarship Series!

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Beadle E228
2:30 - 3:30 PM