Research and Innovation

The UO is named an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University
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.
UO researchers show how fruit fly stem cells are kept in check during brain development
The precise timing of molecular changes, including a protein with a human version, shuts down a path that leads to tumor formation