IMPACT

Discoveries and news in research, student success, faculty engagement and alumni accomplishments.

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Research

New grants to support breakthrough discoveries

Four-dimensional tissue self-assembly, integrated river health and ultra-tiny spectrometers: The 2022 College of Science Research and Innovation Seed (SciRIS) award recipients will use collaboration to fill critical knowledge gaps across numerous scientific disciplines to drive real-world impact.

March 3, 2023

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Materials Science, Research

Faculty and Staff

Research grants to seed the next great idea

Seed funding from the College of Science Research and Innovation Seed (SciRIS) program continues to bolster ambitious and expansive research projects across biomedical science, fluid dynamics, quantum mechanics and more.

March 31, 2022

News, Faculty and Staff, Women in Science, Biochemistry & Biophysics, College of Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Materials Science, Research

News

Breaking down barriers for remote learning

When the global pandemic forced the closure of college science departments across the nation, Dr. Kari van Zee, Dr. Ryan Mehl, Dr. Rick Cooley, and graduate student Phil Zhu—department faculty and research members at Oregon State University—had to think fast to adapt their hands-on senior-level research methods course to support remote and hybrid models of learning.

September 3, 2021

News, People, Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Data Science, Student Success

Biomedical Science

Synergies unleashed to tackle human health and disease

OSU scientists take an interdisciplinary approach to human health, working across the life, physical and mathematical sciences to spur fresh thinking and innovations.

December 7, 2018

Biochemistry & Biophysics, Mathematics, Microbiology, Statistics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Research

Thomas Sharpton with colleague looking at samples in lab

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.

November 29, 2018

Events, Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Materials Science, Research

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!

October 31, 2018

Events, Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, Data Science, Biomedical Science, Marine Science, Materials Science, Research

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Deep learning cracks the code of messenger RNAs and protein-coding potential

Biochemist and biophysicist David Hendrix and collaborators have used deep learning to decipher which ribonucleic acids have the potential to encode proteins.

July 26, 2018

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Data Science, Research

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Big-data tool improves understanding between disease and mutant genetic material

Biochemist David Hendrix and a team of OSU researchers developed a computer program that illuminates the connections between mutant genetic material and disease.

May 21, 2018

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Data Science, Research

$manta ray swimming though krill$

Data Science

Bio+Math

In the last two years, the College of Science has focused on augmenting its expertise in data and life sciences with strategic hires

April 27, 2015

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Statistics, Data Science, Research