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Listening in on the Brain's Electrical Conversations with Better Tools

New tools for recording brain activity, developed in the Knight Campus lab of Felix Deku, could one day decode Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The human brain contains more connections between neurons than there are stars in the Milky Way. Decoding the electrical activity behind all those cells is the massive task that excites neural engineers like Felix Deku, who are working to build better tools for recording brain activity.

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Knight Campus Students and Faculty Presenting at OBS 2024
Students and faculty from the UO and the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering are presenting at the Sixth Annual Oregon Bioengineering Symposium at Oregon Health & Science University on Nov. 15, 2024.
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Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar a finalist for for Rhodes Scholarship

Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar Oliver Loreto has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s oldest international fellowship award.

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Knight Campus-based iGem Team Wins Silver Medal
The UO iGEM team, advised by Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering assistant professor Calin Plesa, competed at the iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris in October and brought home a silver medal in the Infectious Diseases category.
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Knight Campus PhD Students Launch Soccer Team
Graduate students in the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering partnered with grad students from the Department of Human Physiology to form a cross-departmental local recreational soccer team through City of Eugene Athletics.
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KCGIP Benefits from $2 Million Semiconductor Grant
A new $2 million investment from the Oregon state legislature will allow the UO to raise enrollment in the semiconductor track of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, an accelerated applied master’s program that provides a pipeline to industry jobs.
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Hosseinzadeh's Research Featured in Science
Research on enzymes with the potential to break down plastics in the environment from the lab of Knight Campus' Parisa Hosseinzadeh, is mentioned in a Science story on AI designer proteins inspired by this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry. An assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering, Hosseinzadeh was previously advised by recent Nobel winner David Baker.
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Impact Week 2024 Kicks Off Training for Incoming Bioengineering PhD Students
The Knight Campus welcomed 7 new PhD students to the Department of Bioengineering during Impact Week 2024, held from Sept. 20-27.
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Knight Campus assistant professor Felix Deku awarded prestigious NIH grant
Felix Deku has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his innovative research in neuroengineering.
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Executive Director Update | October 2024
As we step into the fall season, I’m excited to warmly welcome back all our faculty, staff, and students in the Knight Campus community.
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Knight Campus Bioengineering Ph.D. Students Contribute to Spike in Research Fellowships

Second-year Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering doctoral student David Frey Rubio is featured in a story on UO recipients of the highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Frey was one of five BioE students to receive the award in 2024

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