Bioengineering News

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Knight Campus Graduate Students Recognized at Oregon Bioengineering Symposium 2024
Three Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering graduate students received awards at the Oregon Bioengineering Symposium
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Knight Campus Students and Faculty Presenting at OBS 2024
Students and faculty from the UO and the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering are presenting at the Sixth Annual Oregon Bioengineering Symposium at Oregon Health & Science University on Nov. 15, 2024.
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Catching up with fourth year BioE PhD candidate Yan Pacheco

Yan Pacheco, a fourth year PhD candidate in the Hettiaratchi/Willett Labs at Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering, has been a part of the LatinXinBME organization almost from the beginning.

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BioE Students and Faculty Presenting at BMES 2024
Students and faculty from the Department of Bioengineering are in Baltimore, MD at the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. Visit us at Booth 932 and check out our presentations and posters!
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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.
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Impact Week 2024 Kicks Off Training for Incoming Bioengineering PhD Students
The Knight Campus welcomed 7 new PhD students to the Department of Bioengineering during Impact Week 2024, held from Sept. 20-27.
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Knight Campus assistant professor Felix Deku awarded prestigious NIH grant
Felix Deku has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his innovative research in neuroengineering.
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Knight Campus Bioengineering Ph.D. Students Contribute to Spike in Research Fellowships

Second-year Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering doctoral student David Frey Rubio is featured in a story on UO recipients of the highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Frey was one of five BioE students to receive the award in 2024

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Interview with Justin Svendsen
Justin Svendsen, PhD candidate and NIH F31 fellowship recipient shares insights into his research on angiogenesis and his journey through bioengineering, innovation, and entrepreneurship at the Knight Campus.
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Hettiaratchi awarded the BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award
Bioengineering professor Marian Hettiaratchi received the 2024 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society.