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OSU statisticians were awarded a four-year $770K NIH grant to innovate statistical methods to study the human microbiome and its role in human health.

The College of Science welcomes Maude David and spouse Kenton Hokanson, who joined the Department of Microbiology in January.

Human cells have tremendous power to mechanically change their surroundings, opening the door to new insights including how cancer spreads.

Chemistry graduate student Elizabeth Kaweesa has played a role in the discovery of a bacterium that kills melanoma cells.

Microbiologists advance the fight against drug resistance, crafting a compound that genetically neutralizes a pathogen’s ability to thwart antibiotics.

A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, according to research by chemist Sandra Loesgen.

Science at Oregon State University has been a trailblazer since OSU's designation as a land-grant college in 1868.

The College of Science celebrated research, teaching and administrative excellence at its 2017 Fall Faculty and Staff Awards.

The College of Science supported eight students at the 2017 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science conference last week in Salt Lake City.

Loading nanofiber sutures with vitamin D induces the production of an infection-fighting peptide, new research shows.

Thirty-one SURE Science students spent their summers immersed in the beauty and drama of science.

Biochemists develop a novel method to overcome major challenges in the study of the otoferlin protein and its role in human deafness.