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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Hops compounds help with metabolic syndrome while reducing microbiome diversity

Results from the lab of biochemist Adrian Gombart show that each of the hops compounds decreased the amount and diversity of microbes and reduced inflammation leading to improved metabolism.

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Health and Biotechnology

Focusing on research full-time helps BioHealth Science student get to the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’

BioHealth Sciences junior Haelyn Epp used her SURE Science scholarship to do full-time research on motor proteins.

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Health and Biotechnology

Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn’t reach your eyes

Biologist Jaga Giebultowicz published a new study with which suggests that the blue wavelengths produced by light-emitting diodes damage cells in the brain and retinas.

Colin Johnson working with samples in lab
Biochemistry & Biophysics

Deafness-causing protein deficiency makes brain rewire itself, research suggests

Biochemists find that the brains of people with congenital deafness may be rewiring themselves in ways that affect how those people learn.

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Students

Using mathematical biology to explore everything from ecological phenomenon to cancer cells

Mathematics senior Rachel Sousa found her passion in mathematical biology, motivated to work harder and break barriers in the notoriously male-dominated field.

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Health and Biotechnology

Removing bottlenecks to metastatic cancer through biophysics

Physicist Bo Sun had a breakthrough discovery that remove bottlenecks to making more effective metastatic cancer treatments a reality with tremendous social impact.

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Research

Oregon State Science, an innovation ecosystem

Scientific discovery at OSU is driven by big thinking, insatiable curiosity and out-of-the-box ideas that find a way into the economy.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

New insight into motor neuron death mechanisms may lead to ALS treatment

Biochemists Alvaro Estevez and Maria Franco discover an important breakthrough toward understanding why certain cells in the nervous system are prone to breaking down and dying.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Biochemists make advances on cancer treatments that spare healthy cells

Faculty and student researchers in biochemistry uncover protein modifications that may lead to potential new cancer therapies that spare healthy cells.

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Research

Researchers take key step toward cancer treatments that leave healthy cells unharmed

Biophysicists have opened up a possible avenue for new cancer therapies with reduced side effects.

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Events

The road to Stockholm: Nobel Laureate to share his personal journey

Nobel Laureate Louis Ignarro, a pharmacologist sometimes referred to as the “Father of Viagra,” will give a public lecture, “The Road to Stockholm – A Nobel Mission,” on August 16 at OSU.