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Chemistry

College of Science faculty honored with online learning awards

Last May, Chemistry Department Head Mike Lerner and Instructor Marita Barth received prestigious Oregon State’s Ecampus awards.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Biochemist’s startup technology will advance wide range of scientific research

Biochemist Joe Beckman has found a new molecule fragmentation technology to allow scientists to conduct research in new ways and across many diverse fields.

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Chemistry

Gilfillan Lecture: Scientific discoveries from the alphabet soup of nuclear waste

Renowned inorganic chemist May Nyman presents the 2019 Gilfillan Memorial Lecture, “Scientific Discoveries from the Alphabet Soup of Nuclear Waste.”

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Biomedical Science

Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug

Chemists patent a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now have only been available via an Asian tree.

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Graduate students

Microbiology grad student’s board game teaches ocean ecology

Microbiology graduate student develops a board game designed to help students understand the microbial ecology of the oceans and movement of biomass.

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Chemistry

Chemist awarded Perkin medal for novel blue pigment discovery

Chemist Mas Subramanian will receive the Perkin Medal, named after British chemist William Henry Perkin, from the Society of Dyers and Colorists.

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Chemistry

Chemist who discovered YInMn blue named AAAS Fellow

Mas Subramanian, Milton Harris Chair Professor of Chemistry, has become a new Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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Research

From scientific ideas to innovative solutions in the marketplace

The College of Science launches Innovation Days, a series of workshops for faculty to spur innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Faculty and Staff

Recognizing research and administrative excellence

Congratulations to these science faculty and administrators who received 2018 Faculty and Staff Awards for administrative and research excellence!

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Events

Math on the canvas: Acclaimed artist explores mathematics as art

The inaugural ART:SCI Lecture, “Venn pirouettes: Changing the way the world sees math” by painter Michael Schultheis will be held October 24, 2018.

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Integrative Biology

Manta rays’ food-capturing mechanism may hold key to better filtration systems

Manta rays’ feeding mechanism may hold clues to a new, improved filtration system.

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Events

2018 Genetic Code Expansion Conference draws scientists from around the world

The second Genetic Code Expansion (GCE) Conference accelerated fundamental research into the biology of life as well as drug discovery and material science.