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Graduate students

NSF Graduate Fellow Goes to Nepal

Microbiology doctoral student Stephanie Rosales will spend two months in Nepal on an NSF Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP).

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Health and Biotechnology

The Web of Biohealth Science

Biohealth science is a new name for one of the oldest disciplines, which encompasses human biology, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology.

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Students

Chemistry student receives prestigious scholarships

Cassie Lew was recently awarded the prestigious DAAD RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) fellowship to conduct research this summer in Germany.

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Integrative Biology

Scientists sound alarm for changing ocean industry

Integrative Biology professor Francis Chan, co-chair of a 20-member panel of leading ocean scientists, published report addressing increasing ocean acidification and hypoxia.

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Health and Biotechnology

From ocean to human health

An interdisciplinary research team receives a 3-year NSF grant for $583K to study animal-microbe interactions to expand our understanding of the immune system's evolution.

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Data, AI and Robotics

Next generation of scientists to manage ocean systems

Transdisciplinary team receives $3 million NSF grant to develop Research Traineeships using Big Data to analyze effects of human activities and climate change on oceans.

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Chemistry

From dirt to drugs

Chemist Sandra Loesgen's lab studies fungi and bacteria found in dirt to find cures for diseases such as cancer.

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Health and Biotechnology

Discover: Research Highlights

New insect species, breakthrough in ALS research, big ideas in ocean protection and more...

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Health and Biotechnology

Biohealth science's connection to quantitative sciences

Researchers are interpreting and advancing biohealth sciences in innovative new ways by applying the natural sciences, such as mathematics, statistics and chemistry.

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Events

Biochemist Peter Walter presents Tsoo King Lecture

Dr. Peter Walter, winner of the 2014 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, will be this year’s Tsoo King Lecturer hosted by graduate students in the Oregon State University Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

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Events

Swimming through science

A first generation undergraduate, Kylie Welch is swimming her way through science, plunging through a double major in biochemistry/biophysics and anthropology.

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Faculty and Staff

Oregon Academy of Science honors three faculty

Three science faculty were honored by the Oregon Academy of Science for outstanding contributions to science and higher education in science and mathematics.