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Department of Bioengineering PhD Dissertation Defense: Will Skinner 1:00 p.m.
Will Skinner, a PhD Candidate in Bioengineering at the University of Oregon’s Knight Campus, will present his dissertation, “Developing a Magnetoelastic...
Department of Bioengineering PhD Dissertation Defense: Will Skinner
September 22
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact Beetham Family Seminar Room
https://knightcampus.uoregon.edu/bioengineering/future-innovators

Will Skinner, a PhD Candidate in Bioengineering at the University of Oregon’s Knight Campus, will present his dissertation, “Developing a Magnetoelastic Monitoring System for Tracking Cell Density and Growth Kinetics in Real Time.” This presentation also serves as the opening seminar in the 2025–26 Department of Bioengineering Seminar Series. 

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Rose Hulsey-Vincent
Hulsey-Vincent awarded competitive NIH Individual Predoctoral Fellowship

Knight Campus Ph.D. candidate Rose Hulsey-Vincent has been awarded a competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) to support her research on the neural basis of song in canary birds.

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
Knight Campus Welcomes Visiting Undergraduates for Hands-On Lab Experience

The Department of Bioengineering’s New Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers mentorship, DEI-focused professional development, and momentum for rising scientists

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A New Scale of Biology: Massive Datasets are Aiding in the Fight Against Superbugs

New technology from the University of Oregon’s Knight Campus could help build large, biological datasets needed for machine learning to predict and prevent cancer, diseases, and bacteria resistant to antibiotics before they even emerge.

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Entrepreneurship Speaker Series with Elliot Reed
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Distinguished Lecture Series with David Mooney
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