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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.

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

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.

Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon Associate Director Mike Hahn appeared in a recent edition of Runner’s World, discussing how elite runners stand out for their efficient mechanics and how simple tweaks to your stride can help you run faster and more efficiently.

The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program (KCGIP) welcomed a record-setting class of 94 new students for its 2025 master’s cohort — an increase of more than 6 percent over last year’s total.

Jordan Troester discusses his work at Oregon Athletics and Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon, what it’s like to be a sports scientist, he shares his advice to runners and debunks some common misconceptions about sports science and sports science research.  

Associate Director of the Oregon Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, Mike Hahn, discusses Faith Kipyegon’s historic attempt of a sub-4:00 mile on a recent podcast episode. 

Calin Plesa, assistant professor of bioengineering, is recognized for his accomplishments as a nationally and internationally recognized leader in synthetic biology, gene synthesis, and protein engineering, and in particular, his role as co-founder, platform architect, and scientific advisor of SynPlexity, Inc.

Angela Lin, senior research engineer in the Guldberg Lab at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and the director of the X-ray Imaging Research Core Facility, is recognized for the  2025 OVPRI Career Research Faculty Award. 

Funded through the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the six-month fellowship supports a collaboration to advance new strategies for neural regeneration