ARCHIVE: Research News
Up one levelThis site is now an archive. Research news after mid-February 2009 can be found at: http://comm.uoregon.edu/science/research-news
UO dedicates nanoscience research center
Lorry I. Lokey Laboratories will help boost Oregon’s economy
Parental intervention boosts education of kids at high risk of failure
University of Oregon neuroscientists in Helen Neville's Brain Development Lab are using basic research findings to address real world problems, especially socioeconomic stumbling blocks
Oregon researchers discover a mechanism leading to cleft palate
Work in zebrafish by researchers in Postlethwait and Kimmel labs points to tiny gene products that regulate specific cell traffic of a key protein
New devices to boost nematode research on neurons and drugs
University of Oregon-led project leads to the creation of two nanotech-driven tools for biologists, neuroscientists
UO researchers find trigger gene for muscle development
Work with zebrafish embryos identifies protein interaction and timing of the key regulator that turns on gene expression leading to myogenesis -- the transition of cells into muscles
UO participants play key role in LIGO's new view of a cosmic event
Members of the UO's Center for High Energy Physics analyze dramatic February 2007 gamma ray burst, narrowing the list of possible points of origin
Lorry Lokey makes largest academic gift in University of Oregon history
$74.5 Million will benefit the sciences and other programs