A grant from the Sloan Foundation will provide continued support for research conducted at the UO’s Biology and the Built Environment Center.

The win comes with a $10,000 prize and gives the team the chance to compete for an additional $100,000 to advance their project.

The work by former UO postdoctoral researcher James Meadow and faculty colleagues says individuals can be identified by the bacterial signature.

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg leaves the University of Idaho to take over the UO research facility founded in 1977 by G.Z. Brown.

The design was honored by the Industrial Design Society of America in the furniture and lighting category of an international competition.