Research and Innovation

UO’s research funding grows, sparked by 47% jump in new awards
Science Friday chases bugs with look at UO research
The popular NPR program will feature research from the UO on microbial clouds and antibiotic-resistent pathogens found in dust.
UO idea for bio-inspired implant wins $900,000 grant
The award from the W.M. Keck Foundation will support an interdisciplinary research team led by physicist Richard Taylor.
UO-led expedition probes undersea magma system
Emilie Hooft and Doug Toomey charted the course of a month-long journey to provide the clearest detail yet of volcanic plumbing deep under the seafloor.
A mutation, a protein combo, and life went multicellular
UO-led group proposes that an evolutionary change of protein interactions in cells some 600 million years ago changed life on Earth.
UO-led study shows fish evolved rapidly after 1964 Alaska quake
Genome-sequencing technology developed at the UO was key in documenting rapid evolutionary adaptation to environmental change in less than 50 years.

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