Creating Capacity
UChicago researchers and scholars transform the way we see the world. The Office of Research and National Laboratories provides comprehensive support, guidance and resources to help our researchers advance their work, including connections to world-leading researchers and facilities at Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
Resources for Researchers
News
Tending the Soil
In August, UChicago hosted 22 leading researchers in the fields of soil science, microbiology, computational biology, sensors and nanotechnology at the two-day Microbiome Soil Sensors Workshop to create a roadmap for measuring microbial activity in the soil.
Joel Butler elected AAAS fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected Fermilab scientist Joel Butler as a 2018 AAAS fellow. Butler was one of 416 AAAS members nominated this year as fellows by their peers. He was recognized for distinguished contributions to the field...
Lasker Foundation Laureate Lecture: Insulin, A Discovery Interrupted
Join the Lasker Foundation, the University of Chicago Office of Research and National Laboratories and UChicago Medicine on Tuesday, 10/30 at 4 p.m. in the Biological Sciences Learning Center 109 to hear from Lasker Foundation Laureate Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D, Ph.D.
Events
Physics with a Bang! Holiday Lecture and Open House
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018
Lectures at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Kersten Physics Teaching Center
5720 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL
Open House, Demo Alley and Lab Tours available
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Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: From PlayStation to Supercomputers: Using Video Game Technology to Look at Physics Data
January 6, 2019
1-4 PM
Fermilab
Pine and Kirk Streets, Batavia, IL
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National Laboratories
We manage one of the world’s most preeminent research networks. From historic experiments in nuclear energy, developmental biology, and particle physics to today’s challenges of renewable power, dark matter, and microbial ecology, these institutions have long been at the vanguard of discovery.
Laboratory Safety
Research safety is essential to the responsible conduct of scientific inquiry. Contact the Office of Research Safety for more resources on campus-wise research laboratory safety, user training and information.
UChicago CASE
Learn more about the University of Chicago”s Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering.