Research and Innovation

Brittany White at work synthesizing molecules
October 19

Teamwork leads UO chemists to a new kind of fluorescent dye

A doctoral student, postdoc and 3 professors use carbon nanohoops that could enhance medical imaging
The NemaMetrix ScreenChip
October 19

New innovation fund creates avenue for translational research

The Office of the VPRI will use the funding to help turn research into products and spinoffs
Helen Neville
October 15

UO’s Helen Neville, a leading brain scientist, passes at age 72

Neville helped bring neuroimaging and the Lewis Integrative Science Building to campus
Lauren Hallett's research site in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in northern California
October 15

UO projects to look at climate stresses on West Coast rangeland

Lucas Silva and Lauren Hallett are exploring the effects of projected climate change on soil biology
Professors Brian Smith, Andy Marcus and Mike Raymer
October 11

UO scientists help pave the way in quantum science efforts

Mike Raymer, Andy Marcus and Brian Smith are helping lead a national effort to expand research
Stock image shows old data storage devices
October 10

UO chemists closer to making organic molecules for electronics

An international team led by a UO lab builds a molecule where electron spins can be flipped
Image shows UO-produced zebrafish in a campus tank
October 8

Zebrafish from UO helped find cause of Saul-Wilson syndrome

Mutant zebrafish produced in Monte Westerfield’s Institute of Neuroscience lab exhibit many of the deficits seen in the dwarfism disease
Laser light
October 5

Conover to discuss the successes and future of UO research

The Oct. 15 talk will look to the year ahead as the UO anticipates rising research productivity
MRI brain scan
October 5

Pub talk event to launch new translational neuroscience center

The Oct. 11 event at the Oakshire Brewing Public House will feature several TED-style talks
Photo by Chris Larsen and Nic Walcott, University Communications
October 3

Knowledge Quest: O'Day Fellowships and Undergrad Research

From the lab to the coast to the brain and even a virtual world, a new fellowship fuels exciting journeys in undergraduate research

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