Knight Campus Executive Director Bob Guldberg's April 27, 2024, talk on "Listening to Our Cells" at TEDxPortland is now featured as an Editor's Pick on the TEDx YouTube page. 

The first University of Oregon faculty member to give a TEDxPortland talk since the UO became a title sponsor/presenting sponsor, Guldberg discussed his 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. 

"What if we could listen to what the 37 trillion cells in our bodies are saying and use the information to create a 'weather report' of sorts to predict healing after injury?" Guldberg asked. “What if cells in our blood could tell doctors if we will heal after injury?”

Guldberg joined 11 other speakers ranging from behavioral economist Melina Palmer to James Beard Award-winning chef Gabriel Rucker to multi-platinum indie rock band Modest Mouse at Portland's Keller Auditorium. "Alchemy" was the theme of the event, which organizers say was inspired by "the unlimited potential and endless possibilities revealed through the alchemy of ideas."