Facilities

OPERM is located on the campus of the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), in Beaverton, Oregon. ONPRC is a unit of Oregon Health and Science University and one of seven National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) supported by the National Institutes of Health. 

Baboon facility

  • Female baboons for use in approved research protocols
  • Social housing for female baboons
  • All animal husbandry and specimen collection is completed by OPERM staff

Imaging core

  • Fluoroscopy for evaluation of tubal patency by HSG
  • Ultrasound
  • Hysteroscopy

Histology Core

  • Tissue sectioning
  • Slide staining
  • Slide scanning and preparation of digital images that can be viewed remotely
  • Immunohistochemistry

Histology core

  • Specimen preparation and tissue processing for paraffin blocks
  • Sectioning of specimens, and slide staining H&E
  • Slide scanning and preparation of digital images that can be viewed remotely
  • Immunohistochemistry