Posts Tagged ‘shared resource’

In addition to its annual Shared Instrument Grant Program, the NIH offers a special High-End Instrumentation Grant using the S10 mechanism for the purchase of a single piece of biomedical research equipment costing at least $750,000. There is no upper limit on the cost of the instrument, but the maximum award is $2 million. Instruments in this category include, but are not limited to, biomedical imaging systems, NMR spectrometers, mass spectrometers, electron microscopes and supercomputers. supercomputers. … Read More

Learn about OHSU’s state-of-the-art shared resources and meet some of your Core Directors at this month’s Funding Focus seminar about Cores and Shared Resources on Thursday, November 10 from 12 to 1 p.m. in Mac Hall 2201. The presentation will cover new services that are available for OHSU researchers, how to work with the cores for grant preparation, and more. All faculty, researchers, students, and research administrators are welcome to attend. This workshop is part … Read More

Join the Integrated Genomics Laboratory for the Genomics Technology Forum on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the OHSU 8th floor hospital auditorium. Learn about both the Gene Microarray Shared Resource (GMSR) and the Massively Parallel Sequencing Shared Resource (MPSSR) from the following presenters: 10:00 a.m. Chris Harrington, PhD – Introduction to the Integrated Genomics Laboratory 10:10 a.m. Chris Harrington, PhD – Gene Microarray Shared Resource: Services, support, and guidelines … Read More

Have you ever wondered how much lead is in your drinking water? Or in the fish you served for dinner last night? Come to the Metal Ion Core Open House with your samples to have scientists measure the the elemental concentrations of heavy metals such as Pb, Cd, or Hg in samples you provide. If you’re a researcher, the open house is also a great opportunity to learn about the core’s resources. The open house … Read More

Have the core resources of Harvard, Dartmouth and six other institutions at your fingertips! OHSU is participating in a National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)-funded database project called the eagle-i Consortium that will allow you to do just that. The Consortium has constructed an online search engine and database that contains over 42,000 resources and several hundred core laboratories. OHSU researchers can access the database and search for relevant resources. During the month of May, … Read More

The In Vivo Optical Imaging Center (IOIC) is up and running! This shared resource is available to all interested OHSU researchers who wish to reserve for use in a project. The IOIC offers access to state-of-the-art equipment for in vivo biophotonic detection of bioluminescent and fluorescent reporters. Common uses of the system include spatial assessment of gene expression patterns, cell tracking, and disease monitoring with optical probes. Interested OHSU researchers can find out more information … Read More