ION Core Facilities and Research Resources
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![lewis_center Lewis Center for Neuroimaging](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/lewis_center.jpeg?itok=l4pmjOS6)
The Lewis Center is a core research facility supporting a wide range of interdisciplinary, multifaceted research in neuroscience and biological imaging.
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![transgenic_mouse_3_0 Histology and Genetic Modifications Core](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/transgenic_mouse_3_0.jpeg?itok=sA1I72Y8)
The Histology and Genetic Modifications Core Facility provides a technology resource to the local and regional research community to support the generation and maintenance of genetically modified mouse lines.
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![uo_zebrafish_facility_2 Zebrafish Facility](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/uo_zebrafish_facility_2.jpeg?itok=VgrQVOy7)
The Zebrafish Facility houses 80,000 zebrafish (Danio rerio) and supports research in 6 biology laboratories.
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![animal_care_services2 ACS](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/animal_care_services2.jpg?itok=8S--gvDo)
Animal Care Services (ACS) is responsible for administering all activities related to the care and use of animals.
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![histology_2 Histology Facility](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/histology_2.jpeg?itok=8knNeG1b)
The Imaging Core is part of the Genomics and Cell Characterization Core Facility (GC3F), and includes several confocal and superresolution microscopes and image analysis workstations.
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![Genomics Core](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/genomics%20core%204.jpg?itok=jdUinkzd)
The Genomics and Cell Characterization Core Facility (GC3F) supports scientific research at the University of Oregon by making a broad array of high end instrumentation accessible to UO researchers.
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![tsa_2 Technical Science Administration](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/tsa_2.jpeg?itok=YPJIc7vG)
The TSA is able to provide prototyping expertise, technical consultation, electrical and mechanical engineering, CAD design, CNC/CAM programing, instrument repair, and precision fabrication services.
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![zirc ZIRC](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_720x720/public/2021-10/zirc.jpeg?itok=HskF9R43)
The ZIRC provides a central repository for wild-type and mutant strains of zebrafish (Danio rerio) and for materials and information about zebrafish research.