News and Events
- NEWS
2021 Rogers Science Research Tuesday Talks
Student-faculty collaborative researchProf. Nikolaus Loening publishes article in Protein Science
Faculty research
Senior Speakers: Asia Wooten BA ’20 and Zafar Ali BA ’20
The two outstanding students addressed their classmates at the 2020 virtual commencement.
Loening Secures NSF Research Support
Professor of Chemistry Nikolaus Loening was awarded a three-year National Science Foundation research grant for his project, RUI: Exploring the Structural Basis of Dynein Regulation
Funding for discoveries in gene regulation
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded funding to Dr. Sharon Torigoe for her proposed research project, “Molecular mechanisms of transcription regulation in pluripotent stem cells.”
BCMB program celebrates 30 years
30th anniversary of the BCMB program
Biology Professor’s Inspiring Scientific American Essay
“In my own lab, I have witnessed a powerful impact on students when they look directly into the zebrafish brain for the first time. It opens a window of curiosity that can inspire undergraduate scientists, who will ultimately develop new approaches and become the next generation of cutting-edge researchers,” Weissman writes in Scientific American. Read the whole essay.
NSF Grants Second Consecutive Award to Dr. Loening
Dr. Nikolaus Loening, Professor of Chemistry and Director of the BCMB Program, is the recipient of a second consecutive Research Opportunity Award (ROA) from the National Science Foundation.
2019 Rogers Science Research Brown Bag Presentations
Student research presentations
Talia Lichtenberg BA ’20 Named 2019 Goldwater Scholar
Talia Lichtenberg BA ’20 is the recipient of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent award for undergraduates in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. A native of West Linn, Oregon, Talia is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology with the intent of pursuing a PhD in molecular biology, specializing in Alzheimer’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases.
Lewis & Clark Among Peace Corps’ Top Volunteer-Producing Schools
For the seventh time in the last 10 years, the Peace Corps this week named Lewis & Clark to the agency’s 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. Nine Lewis & Clark alumni currently volunteer worldwide. Since the Peace Corps’ founding in 1961, nearly 400 Lewis & Clark alumni have served overseas.
New Biology Grant Provides for More Faculty-Student Research
Assistant Professor of Biology Norma Velazquez-Ulloa has been awarded a competitive New Investigator grant from the Medical Research Foundation, funded by OHSU. With the funding, she will continue her research: identifying genes that mediate the effects of developmental nicotine exposure.
- EVENTS
Past Events
Ever had a Gut Feeling? Messages from the Nervous System and Bacteria in our Gastrointestinal Tract to the Brain
Featuring Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Program Co-Chair Yueping Zhang. Virtual event.
Grief in a time of Pandemic: How to respond, How to Heal
The Oregon Health and Science University Center for Ethics in Health Care presents this virtual lecture series Compassion and Solidarity: Enhancing Ethical Medical Care in Oregon and Beyond.
The series examines various health care practices through the shared lenses of compassion and solidarity. The goal of this lecture series is to illuminate complex medical topics including: ethics in the end-of-life context, justice and equity in the Pacific Northwest, how to improve health literacy and become a more compassionate communicator, why storytelling can help prevent burnout and make clinical practice more humane, and ways in which grief and trauma can be diminished through friendship and solidarity.
This panel discussion will be moderated by Susan Hedlund, LCSW, OSW-c, FAOSW.
Bridging the Gap: Respectful Discourse in the Time of Covid
Marcel Curlin, MD
Daniel Streblow, PhD
Kristine Alpi, MLS, MPH, PhD
A panel discussion exploring mis-/dis-information and the role played by search engines and social media in the decisions we make related to coronavirus and other important health issues.This event is presented by the Oregon National Primate Research Center and is part of the Science Cafe Speaker Series COVID-19 and Reproductive Health: What We Know. Series will be held on Thursday evenings October 28-November 18.
