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Department of Bioengineering

The Parisa H. Lab

Protein Benders

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OUR mission

Our mission is to couple computational and experimental approaches to design novel peptides and proteins that tackle some of the challenges of the 21st century.

We aim to push the boundaries of science in a collaborative, inclusive, and friendly environment. Our work is motivated by the current needs of our society and is shaped by creativity and observation. We believe science should be inclusive, fun, inspiring, and collaborative, and we strive to make our lab culture such. 

Research

We work in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team to tackle some of the challenges of the 21st century. Our main interest is to integrate experimental data and computational methods to discover new solutions in protein engineering, including functional peptides and designing novel proteins such as enzymes and biosensors.

More About our Protein Engineering Research

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People

We aim to push the boundaries of science in a collaborative, inclusive, and friendly environment. Our work is motivated by the current needs of our society and is shaped by creativity and observation. We believe science should be inclusive, fun, inspiring, and collaborative, and we strive to make our lab culture such. We welcome new collaborative and enthusiastic members!

Meet Our Lab Members 

Resources

Explore resources to get started in protein engineering, coding, and academic support. 

Protein Engineering Resources

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Hosseinzadeh Lab News

Miranda Simpson received the 2026 NSF GRFP. Congratulations, Miranda!

50% of this year’s eligible cohort of first year PhD students received the NSF GRFP award, which will support their bioengineering research for three years.

Noora Azadvari received a travel award from the Boulder Peptide Symposium. Congrats, Noora!

The Parisa H. Lab 

Founded in 2020, the Parisa H. lab is a protein engineering research group within the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Based in the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, the Parisa H. lab designs novel peptides and proteins that tackle some of the challenges of the 21st century.