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	With a 2008 reorganization of Northwestern University's core facility program came a need for a software platform able to standardize order management, billing, instrument scheduling, and reporting for its more than 50 core facilities, which are "centralized technology-based [[Laboratory\|laboratories]] that maintain and support sophisticated equipment for use by their host institution's researchers and ... external customers."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /><ref name="GouldCore15">{{Cite journal \|last=Gould \|first=Julie \|date=2015-03 \|title=Core facilities: Shared support \|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nj7544-495a \|journal=Nature \|language=en \|volume=519 \|issue=7544 \|pages=495–496 \|doi=10.1038/nj7544-495a \|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Coding of the system, NUcore, commenced in 2010, designed to be "a basic system that could be iteratively expanded as cores enrolled and provided feedback on their needs."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> The first fruits of this labor made their way to GitHub in early March 2011<ref name="GoreInitial11" />, at the behest of Feinberg School of Medicine's Office of General Counsel and technology transfer office.<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> Testing and enrollment into the system began in 2011 at Northwestern University, with third-party developer Table XI maintaining the software over GitHub going forward.		With a 2008 reorganization of Northwestern University's core facility program came a need for a software platform able to standardize order management, billing, instrument scheduling, and reporting for its more than 50 core facilities, which are "centralized technology-based [[Laboratory\|laboratories]] that maintain and support sophisticated equipment for use by their host institution's researchers and ... external customers."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /><ref name="GouldCore15">{{Cite journal \|last=Gould \|first=Julie \|date=2015-03 \|title=Core facilities: Shared support \|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nj7544-495a \|journal=Nature \|language=en \|volume=519 \|issue=7544 \|pages=495–496 \|doi=10.1038/nj7544-495a \|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Coding of the system, NUcore, commenced in 2010, designed to be "a basic system that could be iteratively expanded as cores enrolled and provided feedback on their needs."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> The first fruits of this labor made their way to GitHub in early March 2011<ref name="GoreInitial11" />, at the behest of Feinberg School of Medicine's Office of General Counsel and technology transfer office.<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> Testing and enrollment into the system began in 2011 at Northwestern University, with third-party developer Table XI maintaining the software over GitHub going forward.

	{{As of\|~~June~~ 2023}}, the software continues to receive updates, though it has no formal version numbers.		{{As of\|October 2023}}, the software continues to receive updates, though it has no formal version numbers.

	==Features==		==Features==

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	==Product history==		==Product history==
	With a 2008 reorganization of Northwestern University's core facility program came a need for a software platform able to standardize order management, billing, instrument scheduling, and reporting for its more than 50 core facilities, which are "centralized technology-based [[Laboratory\|laboratories]] that maintain and support sophisticated equipment for use by their host institution's researchers and ... external customers."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /><ref name="GouldCore15">{{Cite journal \|last=Gould \|first=Julie \|date=2015-03 \|title=Core facilities: Shared support \|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nj7544-495a \|journal=Nature \|language=en \|volume=519 \|issue=7544 \|pages=495–496 \|doi=10.1038/nj7544-495a \|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Coding of the system, NUcore, commenced in 2010, designed to be "a basic system that could be iteratively expanded as cores enrolled and provided feedback on their needs."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> The first fruits of this labor made their way to GitHub in early March 2011<ref name="GoreInitial11" />, at the behest of Feinberg School of Medicine's Office of General Counsel and technology transfer office.<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> Testing and enrollment into the system began in 2011 at Northwestern University, with third-party developer Table XI maintaining the software over GitHub going forward. {{As of\|June 2023}}, the software continues to receive updates, though it has no formal version numbers.		With a 2008 reorganization of Northwestern University's core facility program came a need for a software platform able to standardize order management, billing, instrument scheduling, and reporting for its more than 50 core facilities, which are "centralized technology-based [[Laboratory\|laboratories]] that maintain and support sophisticated equipment for use by their host institution's researchers and ... external customers."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /><ref name="GouldCore15">{{Cite journal \|last=Gould \|first=Julie \|date=2015-03 \|title=Core facilities: Shared support \|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nj7544-495a \|journal=Nature \|language=en \|volume=519 \|issue=7544 \|pages=495–496 \|doi=10.1038/nj7544-495a \|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Coding of the system, NUcore, commenced in 2010, designed to be "a basic system that could be iteratively expanded as cores enrolled and provided feedback on their needs."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> The first fruits of this labor made their way to GitHub in early March 2011<ref name="GoreInitial11" />, at the behest of Feinberg School of Medicine's Office of General Counsel and technology transfer office.<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> Testing and enrollment into the system began in 2011 at Northwestern University, with third-party developer Table XI maintaining the software over GitHub going forward.

			{{As of\|June 2023}}, the software continues to receive updates, though it has no formal version numbers.

	==Features==		==Features==

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{{Infobox software
| name = NUcore
| title = '''NUcore'''
| logo = 
| screenshot = 
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author = Feinberg Research Office, Northwestern University Office for Research, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center<ref name="NMWhatIs">{{cite web |url=https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/research/cores/nucore/index.html |title=What Is NUcore? |work=Feinberg School of Medicine |publisher=Northwestern University |accessdate=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| developer = Table XI<ref name="WeissNUcore21">{{Cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Jeffrey |last2=Hockberger |first2=Philip |last3=Shamaly |first3=Todd |last4=Rosen |first4=Aaron |last5=Lewandosky |first5=Linda |last6=Chisholm |first6=Rex L. |title=NUcore at 10: A Decade of Experience Developing a Core Facilities Management Application |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258607/ |journal=Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=3fc1f5fe.3a4b405c |doi=10.7171/3fc1f5fe.3a4b405c |issn=1524-0215 |pmc=9258607 |pmid=35837266 |year=2021}}</ref>
| released = {{Start date|2011|03|07}}<ref name="GoreInitial11">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/tablexi/nucore-open/commit/af8eb29496218d76e645461e872efb64f1cc4993 |title=tablexi / nucore-open / Commit / Initial fork |author=Gore, J. |work=GitHub |date=07 March 2011 |accessdate=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| discontinued =
| frequently updated = yes
| programming language = Ruby, Haml
| operating system = Cross-platform
| platform =
| size =
| language = English
| status =
| genre = Resource booking software
| license = MIT License
| website = [https://github.com/tablexi/nucore-open https://github.com/tablexi/nucore-open]
}}

'''NUcore''' ('''Northwestern University Core Facility Management Software''') is a free open-source core facility management application that allows order management and tracking, billing, and resource scheduling for [[Laboratory|laboratories]].<ref name="NMWhatIs" />

==Product history==
With a 2008 reorganization of Northwestern University's core facility program came a need for a software platform able to standardize order management, billing, instrument scheduling, and reporting for its more than 50 core facilities, which are "centralized technology-based [[Laboratory|laboratories]] that maintain and support sophisticated equipment for use by their host institution's researchers and ... external customers."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /><ref name="GouldCore15">{{Cite journal |last=Gould |first=Julie |date=2015-03 |title=Core facilities: Shared support |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nj7544-495a |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=519 |issue=7544 |pages=495–496 |doi=10.1038/nj7544-495a |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> Coding of the system, NUcore, commenced in 2010, designed to be "a basic system that could be iteratively expanded as cores enrolled and provided feedback on their needs."<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> The first fruits of this labor made their way to GitHub in early March 2011<ref name="GoreInitial11" />, at the behest of Feinberg School of Medicine's Office of General Counsel and technology transfer office.<ref name="WeissNUcore21" /> Testing and enrollment into the system began in 2011 at Northwestern University, with third-party developer Table XI maintaining the software over GitHub going forward. {{As of|June 2023}}, the software continues to receive updates, though it has no formal version numbers.

==Features==
Base features include<ref name="NMWhatIs" /><ref name="WeissNUcore21" />:

* purchase items
* request services
* schedule instruments
* order status checks
* billing management
* role-based security
* journal management
* NETID authentication
* reporting
* data visualization
* training management
* email support
* interactive dashboards

Installing optional modules allows the user to also<ref name="GHNucoreStart">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/tablexi/nucore-open |title=tablexi / nucore-open |work=GitHub |accessdate=26 June 2023}}</ref>:

* accept credit card and purchase orders
* split billed charges across different accounts
* connect to Dataprobe Power Relays
* manage projects
* manage sequencing and well plates
* authenticate against an LDAP server
* authenticate with SSO via SAML

==Hardware/software requirements==
Docker and Docker Compose are required to install the software. However, the software can also be installed locally; for more about installation, see the [https://github.com/tablexi/nucore-open start page] for NUcore.

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

==Entities using NUcore==
Northwest University still uses this software.

==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Jeffrey |last2=Hockberger |first2=Philip |last3=Shamaly |first3=Todd |last4=Rosen |first4=Aaron |last5=Lewandosky |first5=Linda |last6=Chisholm |first6=Rex L. |title=NUcore at 10: A Decade of Experience Developing a Core Facilities Management Application |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9258607/ |journal=Journal of Biomolecular Techniques : JBT |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=3fc1f5fe.3a4b405c |doi=10.7171/3fc1f5fe.3a4b405c |issn=1524-0215 |pmc=9258607 |pmid=35837266 |year=2021}}
==External links==

* [https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/research/cores/nucore/index.html NUcore at Feinberg School of Medicine]

==References==
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[[Category:Laboratory informatics software (open source)]]
[[Category:Time and resource scheduling software (open source)]]