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Core facility that provides the following services: Hydrogel consultation service, ECM-coated acrylamide hydrogels, Hands-on guidance for cell lysis and molecular/cellular analysis, Preparation of acrylamide-based hydrogel training, Second harmonic generation microscopy, Atomic force microscopy. The Biomechanics Core works with ITMAT faculty from Penn, ITMAT partner institutions, and members of the ITMAT Program in Translational Biomechanics. Consultation and initial pilot experiments performed with the Biomechanics Core are free-of-charge to ITMAT faculty from Penn, ITMAT partner institutions, and members of the ITMAT Program in Translational Biomechanics.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Monoclonal antibody development. The Oregon Stem Cell Center Monoclonal Antibody Core is focused on developing monoclonal antibodies that aid investigators in the identification and isolation of novel stem and progenitor cell populations. To enable isolation of live stem cells, personnel within the Monoclonal Antibody Core develop monoclonal antibodies directed against cell surface antigens. Personnel within the laboratory are highly skilled in all aspects of monoclonal antibody generation and characterization, and work closely with investigators throughout the entire immunization, fusion, and screening process. The monoclonal antibody core offers a full complement of services related to the development of monoclonal antibodies.
Provides nursing, bionutrition, study coordination, and laboratory services and support. Laboratory is designed and equipped to perform both basic and specialized research assays and sample processing in support of translational research studies and trials. Laboratory staff have extensive experience in performance of wide variety of analytical and genetic based assays and procedures.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6, 2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Consultation on protocol development and design process, Exercise testing service, Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry service. The Bionutrition Unit provides nutrition, body composition, and energy expenditure services. Bionutritionist and research kitchen staff are highly experienced and trained to assist investigators with the design and implementation of research meals, feeding studies, and related research. The Bionutrition Unit also provides a variety of energy expenditure and body composition measurement services using a range of equipment.
Core assists investigators with developing genetically engineered rodent models of human diseases for studying mutant genes and investigating molecular mechanisms underlying pathological processes.
Software package that can be used to infer isoform and gene expression levels from high-throughput transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) data.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: G-banded karyotyping, Sister chromatid exchange service, Fluorescent in situ hybridization, Chromosome breakage and radial formation analysis, Ploidy/Aneuploidy Assessment, Mitotic index service. A fee-for-service cytogentics laboratory available to genetics researchers to assist in development and execution of cytogenetics experiments for research purposes. Through rigorous standardization of protocols and customized experiment development, the OHSU Research Cytogenetics Core Laboratory provides high quality metaphase and interphase cytogenetic data to the OHSU research community. Services are also available to non-profit and commercial investigators located in Oregon and elsewhere.
Core facility that provides the following services: Protein identification and partial sequencing, Determination of whole protein mass, Targeted SRM analysis of known proteins, Protein quantitation assay, Gel electrophoresis. The OHSU Protemics Shared Resource facility was established to make state-of-the-art mass spectrometry based protein analysis analytical capabilities available to the biomedical research community at OHSU.
Core facility that provides the following services: Metabolomics profiling service. This core provides sophisticated analytical services based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Core facility that provides the following services: NMR instrument training. A facility that uses a state-of-the-art NMR spectrometer to verify or determine the structure of organic molecules. Housed in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, it is designed to exploit the power of designed small molecules as probes of protein and cellular function and to provide the foundation for the development of prototypic therapeutic agents.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6,2022. The Neuropathology Core of the Layton Center for Aging and Alzheimer?s Disease Center is dedicated to studying, through autopsy, the brains of individuals who have been followed longitudinally in the Oregon Alzheimer?s Disease Center Clinical Core. Requests for tissue from the Oregon Brain Bank should be directed to Dr. Randall Woltjer. Dr. Woltjer will be glad to communicate with investigators regarding their tissue needs and to assist them in identifying suitable materials for their studies. Material Transfer Agreements between the requesting and sending institutions are needed before shipment.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Monoclonal antibody generation, Scaleup production and purification of antibody from existing cell lines. The VGTI Monoclonal Core offers two basic services: the generation of new monoclonal antibodies and the scaleup production and purification of antibody from existing cell lines (a stand -alone phase IV).
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Automated DNA sequencing, Realtime PCR analysis and SNP analysis, Automated DNA and RNA preps using robotics, Lentiviral vector preparation for cDNA and shRNA transduction and infection, Semi-automated large-scale genomic DNA preparations., Freezing, thawing, and amplification of cell lines, Preparation of both routine and exotic cell culture medium. The Molecular and Cellular Biology Core provides services, reagents and training for all aspects of molecular biology and cell culture. Services include DNA sequencing, real-time PCR, genotyping, robotic RNA and DNA purification, monkey-specific cDNAs, and customized media and buffers for cell culture. The core also produces lentiviral vectors for cDNA and shRNA delivery. Core personnel assist researchers in maintaining and storing cell lines. The core makes available state-of-the-art equipment, including a 969capillary DNA sequencer, realtime qRT-PCR platforms, and fluorometers for cell-based kinetic analyses..
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Mouse breeding service, Behavioral testing procedures service, Mouse breeding. Three of the MARC''s research components (5, 6, and 8) include experiments with lines of mice bred to have special genetic traits. The animal core supports these components by purchasing, testing, breeding, maintaining, and distributing these animals within the center. The core will breed special mouse lines F1 and F2 that are descendents of C57BL/6J (B6) and DBA/2J (D2) inbred strains. For Components 5 and 6, the animal core will also produce independent sets of replicated mouse lines selected for high and low tendencies toward methamphetamine drinking and for high and low methamphetamine-induced sensitization. In addition, the core is developing new behavioral-testing procedures and maintaining a database that will track individual animals and post their trait data for all MARC investigators to utilize.
As of January 1, 2024, the Integrated Genomics Laboratory is one shared resource comprising the former Massively Parallel Sequencing Shared Resource, the Gene Profiling Shared Resource, and the DNA Services Core. Please be aware that the reorganization is an ongoing process, particularly regarding our iLab integration.Provides RNA-sequencing for gene expression analysis, DNA resequencing for single nucleotide polymorphism discovery, DNA resequencing for copy number variation discovery, ChiP-sequencing for promoter analysis, DNA methylation analysis, De novo sequencing for unique genomes, Sequence capture service. Offers sequencing including genome resequencing, transcriptome analysis, miRNA analysis, and prometer analysis via ChIP-seq.
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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Use of IOIC facility, In vivo optical imaging training service. The IOIC is located in Cardiac Imaging Laboratory on the first floor of the Biomedical Research Building (BRB). The laboratory was established through a Shared Instrument Grant (PI: Michael Deininger) but is maintained through user fees. The core facility includes the IVIS Spectrum optical imaging camera housed in a light-tight housing, rat and mouse imaging platforms for multi-subject simultaneous acquisition, an integrated inhaled anesthesia system, and advanced analysis software. A key component of the IOIC is the ability to operate either independently or under the guidance and supervision of core personnel. Independent use of the system requires that investigators undergo training that is offered every 2 months or on an ad hoc basis. All analysis will be charged on an hourly basis and is graduated according to the level of service (independent or supervised).
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Flow cytometry training service, Cell sorting service, Specialized flow cytometric assays. The mission of the Immunology Support Core (ISC) is to develop and provide a wide range of state-of-the-art services, assays, and training in support of NIH-sponsored immunology research involving nonhuman primates (NHP).
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Immunological study design and implementation, Flow cytometry assays service, High-throughput analysis service, Economies-of-scale reagent purchasing, Flow cytometry sorting service. The CIU offers all the study organization and technical expertise developed at the (Louis) Picker Lab to researchers whose questions require obtaining and processing monkey immunological samples, and/or utilizing cytometry to assay phenotype of CFC/ICS information. The CIU was originally developed as part of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation CAVD (Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery) consortium.
THIS CORE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on December 6,2022. Core facility that provides the following services: Transmission electron microscopy. Imaging center has an excellent physical facility for handling samples for light or electron microscopy. We have a unique Multi-suite dissection, sectioning, and embedding area. This area is equipped with fume hood, two refrigerators, -80 freezer, tissue processors, and surgical instruments. Tissues of interest may be prepared ranging from fresh frozen for fluorescence microscopy to embedding in plastic for electron microscopy. We have or have access to; cryostats, paraffin microtomes, vibratomes, and ultramicrotomes. The EM core is experienced in many specialized electron microcopy techniques. These include immunogold labeling, negative staining. We have two FEI transmission electron microscopes, a Morgagni, and a Techni 12, both with AMT digital cameras for micrograph production.