OHSU, PNNL create joint research co-laboratory to advance precision medicine

By Amanda Gibbs February 14, 2018 Portland, Ore.

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Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A.

OHSU President Emeritus Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A. (OHSU)

Steven Ashby, Ph.D.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Director Steven Ashby, Ph.D. (Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Karin Rodland, Ph.D.

Karin Rodland, Ph.D.,of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Mary Heinricher, Ph.D.

Mary Heinricher, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery in the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists at PNNL use state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance capabilities to conduct proteomic research such as identifying breast cancer suppressor proteins. PNNL is teaming with OHSU to form the Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

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OHSU President Dr. Joe Robertson speaks at a launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The new partnership, OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory, will focus research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Steven Ashby, laboratory director at PNNL, attends the launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

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Dr. Sharon Anderson, dean of the OHSU School of Medicine, acknowledges the co-directors of a joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The new partnership, OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory, will focus research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Steven Ashby, laboratory director at PNNL, speaks at the launch event for a joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The new partnership, OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory, will focus research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Joe W. Gray (center) attends the launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The new partnership, OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory, will focus research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Joe W. Gray speaks at the launch event for a joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The new partnership, OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory, will focus research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Richard "Dick" Smith of PNNL speaks at the launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The new partnership, OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory, will focus research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Peter Barr-Gillespie, interim VP for research at OHSU, speaks at the launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Steven Ashby (left), laboratory director of PNNL speaks with Dr. Joe Robertson, president of OHSU, following the launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Dr. Joe Robertson, president of OHSU, (left) speaks with Dr. Steven Ashby, laboratory director of PNNL, following the launch event for the joint collaboration between OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)