The OHSU Gene Microarray Shared Resource (GMSR) is a centralized facility providing RNA expression profiling services to OHSU researchers. It consists of two core units: Affymetrix Microarray Core (AMC) and the HEDCO/OCI Spotted Microarray Core (SMC). The AMC provides services using commercial Affymetrix GeneChip® technology for expression analysis. The SMC generates arrays by microspotting. Both AMC and SMC are located in the GMSR laboratory in the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute on OHSU's West Campus in Beaverton. Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Support is now provided through the Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Shared Resource of the Center for Biostatistics Computing & Informatics in Biology and Medicine

The Presidential Advisory Committee on Functional Genomics provides oversight of the GMSR cores and their activities.

The members of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gene Microarrays:

Grover Bagby, MD., Director, Cancer Institute Professor, Molecular and Medical Genetics

Jay Nelson, Ph.D., Director, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute

Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology & Director, Heart Research Center

Robert Hitzemann, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Behavioral Neuroscience

Eric Orwoll, MD, Director, General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)

The advisory committee provides administrative and budgetary oversight to the GMSR and reports to the president and dean of the school of medicine to advise them on progress, quality of services, productivity, cost effectiveness, utilization patterns, new discoveries, and ongoing resource requirements of the OHSU GMSR. While the advisory committee members, GMSR director, and the core managers will aggressively seek opportunities for extramural support for the GMSR, other OHSU faculty members are strongly encouraged to do the same.