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Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal

Benoit is recognized for her research in therapeutic biomaterials and her goal of designing “smart” biomaterials from the bottom up, as well as for her commitment to outreach, mentorship, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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Precision Medicine for Better Bones

Listen to the free, public lecture from Professor Danielle Benoit, where she discusses her work helping bones heal better, enabling people to recover more quickly after suffering from injury or disease.

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Benoit Lab Outreach

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Former Benoit Lab Postdoc, Tayler Hebner organized "Engineering Tomorrow's World: Girls Leading The Way," a science outreach event held at the Knight Campus.

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Former Benoit Lab Postdoc, Tayler Hebner organized "Engineering Tomorrow's World: Girls Leading The Way," a science outreach event held at the Knight Campus.

Science Knight Out 2023

Professor Benoit was the featured speaker for the 2023 Science Knight Out, giving a talk on “Precision Medicine for Better Bones.”

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Science Outreach Initiatives at the University of Rochester

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Building 2 Opens

Knight Campus Building 2 opened to the public on Monday, March 30. Building 2 is part of the second phase of Knight Campus development, a 185,000-square-foot, multi-story bioengineering and applied science research facility. Designed by Portland-based ZGF Architects, it doubles the campus’ capacity for research and development of new biomedical technologies with additional room for expanding academic programs, spin spaces to incubate new startup companies and a state-of-the-art new BioFoundry core facility.

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Meet us at SFB 2026!

We're proud to have a strong presence at the Society For Biomaterials 2026 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Our students, postdocs, and faculty from labs throughout the Knight Campus Bioengineering department are presenting research across drug delivery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine.

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Golden Egg awards honor UO innovators

The Industry, Innovation and Translation team in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation recently hosted the first Golden Egg awards to honor university innovators. Knight Campus members were recognized for the being National Academy of Inventors fellows and patent holders. 

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Benoit Wins Prestigious 2026 Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal
The mid-career honor recognizes Benoit for her internationally renowned research program in therapeutic biomaterials and her her recent and timely scientific contributions and leadership.
Knight Campus Startups Recognized at Oregon Bio 2025
Three Knight Campus Startups Recognized at Oregon Bio 2025
Three Knight Campus–affiliated startups earned top recognition at the Oregon Bio 2025 Conference and Innovation Showcase, held at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Campus.
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Celebrating Danielle Benoit’s Leadership in Bioengineering
Danielle Benoit, Lorry Lokey Chair of Bioengineering, has been recognized with the Outstanding Department Chair Award for her dedicated and visionary leadership.
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Alyson March successfully defends Ph.D. thesis

Alyson March successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “Biochemical functionalization of poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels to emulate periosteum-mediated allograft healing.” Congratulations, Aly!

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Ella Adjei-Sowah successfully defends Ph.D. thesis

Benoit Lab alum Ella Adjei-Sowah (co-advised with Alayna Loiselle) defended her thesis on June 21, 2024. Adjei-Sowah is now in a Postdoc at Vanderbilt University. Congratulations, Ella!

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Tayler Hebner receives Glenn H. Brown Prize

Alum Tayler Hebner received the Glenn H. Brown Prize from the International Liquid Crystal Society for her substantial contributions to liquid crystal science. Formerly a Postdoc and the Lab Manager for the Benoit Lab, Hebner is now an incoming Assistant Professor at the Purdue University Davidson School of Chemical Engineering. She has been invited to give a presentation in a Special Awards Session at the International Liquid Crystal Conference. In addition, her research will be featured in Liquid Crystals Today, ILCS’ newsletter. Congratulations, Professor Hebner!

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Phillip Hernandez is awarded the NSF GRFP

Phillip Hernandez, co-advised by Danielle Benoit and Bob Guldberg, was one of five Ph.D. students from the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering to be awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. The GRFP is considered the gold standard in graduate research fellowships and is only handed out to about 2,000 students nationwide. Congratulations, Phillip!

The Benoit Lab 

In 2022, the Benoit lab relocated to the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Based in the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, the Benoit lab develops therapeutic biomaterials to treat diseases, control cell behavior, and answer fundamental biological questions.