Bioengineering News

Sara Keller
Keller Receives Baxter Foundation Award
Sara Keller has received an award from the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation supporting her research developing new techniques and applications for ultrasound to treat medical device-associated infections.
David Peeler
Peeler Awarded Baxter Foundation Funding
David Peeler has received an award from the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation funding the development of targeted therapies programming the innate immune system to fight cancer and infectious disease.
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Celebrating Spring PhD Graduates
We celebrated our spring 2026 PhD graduates, Andrew Powers and Kaylee Meyers.
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Lindberg and Dalton Receive Research Seed Grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
Bioengineers Lindberg and Dalton have received OPVRI seed funding to develop implantable conduits that capture glioblastoma cells and could one day limit brain tumor growth.
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Keremane Receives an F31 Fellowship
Neuroscience Ph.D. candidate, co-advised by Richard Taylor and Bala Ambati, Saumya Keremane has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) to support her research on mechanisms and treatments for inherited blindness.
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Knight Campus Bioengineers Present at Statewide Symposium
Researchers across the department of bioengineering presented their research at the annual Oregon Bioengineering Symposium (OBS) in Corvallis, Oregon.
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Bioengineering Trainees Featured in Local Media
Bioengineering trainees spoke with local media about the opening of Knight Campus Building 2.
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Chasko Receives an F31 Fellowship

Bioengineering Ph.D. candidate DeShea Chasko has been awarded a competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) to support her research creating 3D bioprinted bone marrow models.

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Outreach Event Introduces Female High School Students to Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery
Professionals, bioengineering faculty, PhD students and undergraduates from the Knight Campus lead hands-on training in partnership with Slocum Research and Education Foundation and the Perry Initiative
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Benoit advocates for science funding at Capitol Hill

Danielle Benoit, Lorry Lokey Chair of the Department of Bioengineering spent the day at Capitol Hill meeting with congressional members and UO Government Relations to advocate for science funding as an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow. While there, she met with the offices of Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Val Hoyle, Representative Cliff Bentz, and Governor Tina Kotek.