The AMSC’s trained staff are available on an hourly basis to support colony maintenance of genetically modified strains, including weaning, clipping for genotyping and tagging or identification. AMSC staff can coordinate shipping biopsy samples to TransnetYX for genotyping, providing a streamlined service for OHSU labs.

Research model support

The AMSC’s trained staff are available on an hourly basis to support a range of experimental models, drug delivery and sample preparations. Procedures currently offered by the AMSC include:

• Tumor injection models (subcutaneous, intradermal and intramammary injections of cells)
• Oral gavage for drug delivery studies
• IP injections
• Retroorbital injections
• Retroorbital bleeds
• Tail vein injections

Cost and requesting services

Basic colony management services will be billed at $50 an hour. 

Other services (surgeries, injections and bleeds) will be billed at $65 an hour.

Please submit requests for services via iLab.

Investigators will need to add the AMSC staff to their IACUC protocols (and, if applicable, IBC protocols) prior to initiation of services.

If there is interest in using the AMSC for additional services currently not offered, please contact us.