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Jan 26
Bioengineering Seminar Series: Cameron Moore & Cora Ferguson 1:00 p.m.
Description: This seminar will feature two PhD candidates from the Knight Campus presenting research at the intersection of bioengineering, regenerative medicine, and...
Bioengineering Seminar Series: Cameron Moore & Cora Ferguson
January 26
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact Beetham Family Seminar Room
https://knightcampus.uoregon.edu/bioengineering-knight-campus-research-seminar-series

Description: This seminar will feature two PhD candidates from the Knight Campus presenting research at the intersection of bioengineering, regenerative medicine, and developmental biology.

  • Cameron Moore (Benoit Lab) will present “Novel Polycatecholic Nanoparticles as a Therapeutic Platform for Promoting Age-Related Fracture Healing,” focusing on biomaterial innovations aimed at improving bone repair in aging populations.

  • Cora Ferguson (Lindberg & Willett Labs) will present “Engineering a Human-Based Microphysiological System to Study Estrogen-Driven Cartilage Development,” which explores how engineered tissue models can advance understanding of hormonal influences on cartilage growth.

All are welcome to attend.

Jun 15
Knight Campus Commencement Ceremony 3:00 p.m.
Please join the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering and Graduate Internship Program during the program/track specific ceremony times on Monday, June 15, 2026 at...
Knight Campus Commencement Ceremony
June 15
3:00–5:00 p.m.
Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
Commencement.uoregon.edu

Please join the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering and Graduate Internship Program during the program/track specific ceremony times on Monday, June 15, 2026 at the Knight Campus. 

  • 3:00-3:20pm - Bioengineering PhD Commencement Ceremony 

  • 3:30-3:50pm - KCGIP Sensors/Polymers Master's Commencement Ceremony 

  • 4:05-4:25pm - KCGIP Semi/Optics Master's Commencement Ceremony 

  • 4:40-5:00pm - KCGIP Bioinformatics Master's Commencement Ceremony 

Graduates, please RSVP here by May 20, 2025.

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Knight Campus Graduate Students Win the Science Coalition Video Challenge

Knight Campus graduate students Anissa Benabbas (Plesa Lab) and Malvika Singhal (Hettiaratchi Lab) took first place in the Science Coalition Student Video Challenge.

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Ophthalmic Researcher Bala Ambati Receives Federal–Industry Award to Advance Pediatric Myopia Treatment
Bala Ambati has received nearly $500,000 in funding from iVEena Delivery Systems, Inc. and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance a new therapeutic for nearsightedness, the leading cause of vision loss globally.
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Neuroengineer Tim Gardner Receives Foundation Award to Advance Brain-Injury Research
Tim Gardner has received a $350,000 award from the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) to accelerate the development of next-generation neural-interface technologies for studying brain injury and repair.
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