Tim and Mary Boyle, through this gift, are supporting our scientists to do work that will change the world.
Tim and Mary Boyle are giving $10 million to advance the University of Oregon's
pioneering use of zebrafish in research to help understand human development.
It's the largest gift ever for the U of O's aquatic animal facility, considered a worldwide leader.
The University's always had a terrific reputation as an educational institution,
but beyond that it's important that the University continue its investment in research.
Professor George Streisinger was the first to use zebrafish for genetic analysis in the '70s.
Today, zebrafish are the key to discovery for thousands of scientists all over the
world and it all began here at the
University of Oregon.
We have a state of the art facility and this is going to enable us to continue to equip it,
and to continue to rear fish in it and as we
learn more about the basic mechanisms
from basic research, we really can start
to translate that into therapies that
can be used for human populations.
U of O scientists have strong partnerships with Oregon State University, Portland State and Oregon Health and Science University.
All rely on the highly specialized facilities that will be enhanced, thanks to the Boyles.
What we want to foster with this gift is aiding both University of Oregon and its goals, as well as other institutions,  including OHSU.
We think this is an important
part of the University that we would like to support.
The Boyle's gift ramps up Oregon's
overall research capacity by helping pay for powerful new equipment.
Working together, our biological imaging, our high-throughput genomics facility,
and our zebrafish facility, will greatly advance the speed
the amount and quality of the research
that occurs at the University of Oregon.
Tim and Mary Boyle have been great
supporters of the University of Oregon
for years, and I'm proud to call them
alumni of this school.
