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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
Senior Speakers: Asia Wooten BA ’20 and Zafar Ali BA ’20
The two outstanding students addressed their classmates at the 2020 virtual commencement.
SLS Awards 2020 - Outstanding Student Organization
Gender Minorities in STEM is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Student Organization Award.
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.
2019 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program
Summer science research
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.
Simran Handa BA ’19 Awarded Healthline-NORD Scholarship
Healthline, in partnership with the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), has awarded scholarships to four undergraduates nationally who have demonstrated dedication to the advancement against a rare or chronic disease. Handa talks about her win and why she’s drawn to the field.
2018 Rogers Science Research Brown Bag Presentations
Student research presentations
2018 Project Descriptions for Rogers Program
Summer science research
A STEM Program Blooms
Lewis & Clark creates pathways to success for first-generation college students interested in science and math.
2017 Rogers Science Research Brown Bag Presentations
Student research presentations
NSF Invests in Lewis & Clark to Diversify the Science Teacher Pipeline
Recruiting and preparing a workforce of K–12 science and math teachers for an increasingly diverse group of students is crucial to improving science education. A new $125,000 National Science Foundation grant to Lewis & Clark will help to fund its STEM Teacher Pathways Project.
Science Illustration Workshop
Are you interested in learning how to draw different types of plants, bugs, and mammals? Do you have an interest in exploring how to tie together the arts and sciences? Then a Scientific Illustration workshop is for you! A Scientific Illustrator will be visiting campus the weekend of April 7-9 to lead three Workshops. If you are interested and want to sign up for one of these sessions, or want to learn more, click here!
Thank you to SAAB, the Biology Department & the Watzek Library for supporting this event.
New Senior Project Site
Today Watzek Library is launching the new and improved Senior Projects site. The site contains electronic theses and studio art capstone images submitted to Watzek Library over the past several years.
NIH supports Wormland, too
NIH AREA Award to Dr. Greg Hermann’s research program
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.
Recent Grad Wins Big Researching Small Spiders
Sasha Bishop BA ’15 has been awarded first place in a highly competitive poster presentation session held by the International Congress of Arachnology, which draws nearly 400 students from around the world to compete and share original research. Bishop heads to the University of Michigan this fall to pursue her PhD in biodiversity.
Students Offer Up Science for Lunch
Putting their summers to good use, Lewis & Clark’s Rogers Science fellows will present their research findings to their professors and peers at a weekly ‘Brown Bag’ session. While the program is open specifically to students of math and science, the skills they develop—tenacity, creative thinking, and strong presentation skills—are valuable across all fields of study.
Discovering Berlin
Lewis & Clark launches its first overseas study program to Berlin, with a special focus on attracting science students.
2016 Rogers Science Research Brown Bag Presentations
Student research presentations
Eve Lowenstein ’16 Wins Goldwater Scholarship
Eve Lowenstein BA ’16 is one of just 252 scholars selected from a field of 1,150 students nominated by 415 institutions nationwide. Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships are widely considered the preeminent awards for undergraduates preparing for science careers. Irene Duba BA ’16 garnered an honorable mention.
Summer student research: Designing crystallographic labs
Owen Phillips ’16 is working with Professor of Chemistry Louis Kuo to design exciting lab assignments for chemistry students, while also studying crystals. He reflects on this experience in the following Q&A.
