CQLS is participating in Dam Proud Day this year. If you are thinking of supporting OSU during DPD, consider supporting CQLS.
The Center for Quantitative Life Sciences (CQLS) advances life science research at Oregon State University through the integration of wet-lab services, advanced instrumentation and high-performance computing.
Founded in 1988 as the Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology, we now support hundreds of investigators across nearly all OSU colleges and departments through training, services and the infrastructure needed to generate and analyze modern biological data.
CQLS enables the development and deployment of new methods and strengthens the computing power necessary to transform experiments across campus into actionable and insightful advances in biology.
Expand access to shared technology
Keep high-value instruments available to the OSU community, lower barriers to use and provide services such as sequencing and microscopy that many labs cannot sustain on their own.
Advance what our researchers can do next
Invest in new technology, strategic upgrades, in-house method development and the computing power modern biological research demands.
Breakthroughs begin with the right tools which strengthens the shared infrastructure behind discovery, from the day-to-day operations of our core facility to the acquisition of cutting-edge instruments and technologies.
Invest in the people who make it possible
Our staff scientists sustain shared scientific knowledge across OSU by training graduate students, supporting researchers across the university and solving complex technical challenges. Our staff scientists provide stable, campus-wide expertise and partner with research teams to shape experimental design and interpret data-intensive results.
Undergraduate Confocal Microscopy Research Opportunity
We’d like to revive our Undergraduate Confocal Microscopy Research Opportunity by offering free training and hourly usage to deserving undergraduates with research projects involving microscopy at our core facility. Undergraduates will get the opportunity to image on an advanced system beyond the access of most students.