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Students

Helping people care: A passion for science leads to student-created podcast

Victor “Tori” Puoci’s "At This Point” science podcast shapes undergraduate research science stories in such a way that people listen.

Faculty and Staff, Physics, Student Success
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Biomedical Science

A study of early school-aged children shows a connection between the bacteria in their gut and their behavior, and that parents play a key role in their kids’ microbiome beyond the food they provide.

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Integrative Biology

Integrative Biology faculty have transformed instructional strategies to improve student learning and performance in the introductory Principles of Biology courses.

Michael Kupperman in front of his research poster
Biochemistry & Biophysics

Senior Michael Kupperman was among the 20 percent of applicants accepted for a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Taylor Robinson in graduation gown, standing in forest
Integrative Biology

Taylor Robinson (’19) credits the SP3 program with teaching her practically how to be her best, most confident self in the job market.

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Integrative Biology

The Science Professional Pursuits Program helped biology graduate Jade Sentker find her career path through 1-on-1 coaching, skill-building for job search and interview preparedness.

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Microbiology

Before he founded what became world-famous Ravenswood Winery, alumnus Joel Peterson was a pre-med student, ambulance driver, backpack traveler in Europe, research immunologist and clinical laboratory scientist.

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Mathematics

Patrick Franklin’s (BS ’89) mathematics education helped him adapt and thrive in some of the most competitive and iconic work places in America.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Biochemist Adrian Gombart and collaborators have led the development of a new model for studying vitamin D’s role in infection prevention.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

The College of Science announces Elisar Barbar as the new head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

 
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The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Vitamin D increases protection against infection, new model suggests

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Hops compounds help with metabolic syndrome while reducing microbiome diversity

Aging and Mechanisms of Disease

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

American Chemical Society journal, ACS OMEGA

Blue pigment discoverer makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments

Oregon State University News
January 21

Kindergartners’ behavior, socioeconomic risk linked to gut microbiome composition, function

December 16

Blue pigment discoverer makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments

December 12

Oregon State University biology professor honored as AAAS fellow

December 11

Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions

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