Colorful strands of DNA entwined together

Decoding Cellular ‘Shape-Shifters’

Biologist Sharon Torigoe and her students investigate the mechanisms that determine a cell’s fate.

Major NSF Grant to Support Torigoe Lab

2024 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program

Summer science research

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Swanson Promise Award Lecture by Margaret Metz

Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Award Lecture by Margaret Metz

Metz secures continued support for research in tropical forests

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A zebrafish spinal cord, which shows multicolor motor neurons and their axons projecting from the zebrafish spinal cord. A red lateral li...

Understanding the Neurological Mechanisms Behind Parkinson’s Disease

Associate Professor of Biology Tamily Weissman’s research, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), could shed light on new treatment pathways for Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders.

Bio alumna highlighted as one of Science News 10 Scientists to Watch

Students Take a Deep Dive Into Software Development

Peter Drake, associate professor of computer science, teaches a 400-level capstone course that enables students to address real-world problems through software development.

NIH Grant Received for Innovative Neuroscience Research

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Paula Hayes BS '92, Chair, Lewis & Clark's Board of Trustees

Hayes Elected New Chair of L&C’s Board of Trustees

Paula Hayes BS ’92, Lewis & Clark’s new board chair, is an entrepreneurial cosmetics chemist and founder and CEO of Hue Noir.

Aniqah Gaffoor BA '26 competing in the Northwest Conference Championship meet.

Sri Lankan Olympic Swimmer Competes for Lewis & Clark

Aniqah Gaffoor BA ’26, who represented her home country of Sri Lanka in the Tokyo Olympics, now competes on the L&C swim team. She’s also setting her sights on the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

2023 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program

Summer science research

Students: Apply for the Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship!

The Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship Course will provide students with direct access to employers working on issues broadly related to sustainability in Portland, nationally, and internationally.

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L&C Science Researchers Garner Top Regional Awards

At a five-state conference in November, the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust recognized the outstanding work of science researchers Margaret Metz, associate professor of biology, and Jack Waite BA ’23 and Sofia Reeves BA ’23.

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Update, August 2023: Tiger 24 is available for streaming on Netflix.

Biology Alum Releases “Tiger 24” Into the Wild

Warren Pereira BA ’99 spent more than a decade making Tiger 24, a film that focuses on tiger conservation through the highly publicized removal of a tiger dubbed T-24 from his natural habitat in India.

NSF support for data science teaching and 6-12 outreach

Greta Binford and Colleagues Land Collaborative NSF Grant for Data Science

Mila Pruiett '22, in front of a massive tree, a subject of her studies.

Biology Student Explores the Forests of the Future

Mila Pruiett BA ’22 has earned funding from the American Conifer Society to support her senior thesis on regeneration in urban and rural parks. The research will grow out of Pruiett’s prior lab work related to old-growth conifer forests.

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Savage and Lokey Awards Celebrate Outstanding Faculty

Both the David Savage Award and the Lorry Lokey Awards prioritize and celebrate inspirational leadership, rigorous scholarship, and creative accomplishments in the classroom and in the broader academic community. This year’s awards recognize four Lewis & Clark faculty members from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities for their excellence.

“Spiderwoman” Sits Down with Big Biology Podcast

Biology professor and spider expert Greta Binford is the featured guest on the latest Big Biology podcast! Listen to the episode to hear Greta answer the question of whether venom use is based on body size, and how venom from Spiderman applies to this question.

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Julia Huggins BA '13 at the Lynn Canal, Alaska.

Biogeochemist Julia Huggins Awarded Vanier Scholarship

Julia Huggins BA ’13 has been awarded the Vanier Scholarship to continue her PhD in biogeochemistry at the University of British Columbia, where she is the chief scientist of the oceanography research program. The scholarship will fund her research on oxygen loss in the oceans and the environmental impact of marine microorganisms.

Changes to Biology Curriculum

The Biology department is delighted to announce three new introductory courses for the major.

Women in the Sciences Highlghted at the October Board Meeting

Professors and students spoke to trustees about the the leadership and success of women in the sciences at Lewis & Clark

NIH supports Wormland, too

NIH AREA Award to Dr. Greg Hermann’s research program

Professor of Biology Greg Hermann and Beverly Rabbitts '06 microinject a worm to alter its gene expression.

National Science Foundation Invests (Again) in “Wormland”

Biology professor Greg Hermann has been awarded a nearly half-million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, his third NSF grant since joining Lewis & Clark. His three-year project on the development of lysosome-related organelles in nematodes will engage between 25 and 55 undergraduates each year in mentored, investigative, and original research.

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Professors Bring Science to the Pubs, and the Public

On August 16, Associate Professor of Psychology Erik Nilsen will be the featured guest at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s popular Science Pub Series. Nilsen’s talk is entitled, “Melding Digital and Tangible Toys to Support Creative Play for Preschoolers.”

Assistant Professor of Biology Tamily Weissman-Unni Wins Major NSF Award

The pursuit of a better understanding of how the brain grows and functions is the goal of Tamily Weissman-Unni’s research laboratory. Now Weissman has been named a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award that will support her research and teaching over the next five years.