2024 Knight Campus Annual Report

As we reflect on the past year at the Knight Campus, we are filled with a profound sense of pride and excitement.

Artistic rendering of Knight Campus Building 2

Building 2 Impact

Knight Campus Building 2 is helping to frame the future of the Knight Campus. Designed by Portland-based ZGF Architects, the new space will double the campus’ capacity for research and development of new biomedical technologies with additional room for expanding academic programs when opened in early 2026.

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Guldberg at
TEDxPortland

Knight Campus Executive Director Bob Guldberg's talk on "Listening to Our Cells" is now streaming. The talk details Guldberg's research involving the search for an early predictive signature for poor healing outcomes and the model he helped develop to predict trauma outcomes one week post-injury.

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The Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is a hub of discovery and innovation where teams of world-class bioengineers and bioscientists are driving groundbreaking scientific research and providing an innovative approach to technical training, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

Portrait of Chuck Lillis — **Chuck Lillis 1941 - 2024**

Honoring our friend and immediate past External Advisory Board chair, Chuck Lillis

“Chuck played a pivotal role in the visioning for the Knight Campus by challenging us to think big and not be limited by what others thought was possible. He then championed our efforts and cheered us on at every step of the way, including chairing the Knight Campus External Advisory Board meeting last year.”

—Bob Guldberg, UO Vice President and Robert and Leona DeArmond Executive Director, Knight Campus

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What's New at the Knight Campus

KCGIP Benefits from $2 Million Semiconductor Grant

A new $2 million investment from the Oregon state legislature will allow the UO to raise enrollment in the semiconductor track of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, an accelerated applied master’s program that provides a pipeline to industry jobs.

Hosseinzadeh's Research Featured in Science

Research on enzymes with the potential to break down plastics in the environment from the lab of Knight Campus' Parisa Hosseinzadeh, is mentioned in a Science story on AI designer proteins inspired by this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry. An assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering, Hosseinzadeh was previously advised by recent Nobel winner David Baker.