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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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Changing the World Through Sport

The University of Oregon hosted the inaugural Global Sport University Network summit, uniting leaders from six continents to discuss inclusivity and collaboration in sports science. The event, cofounded by UO, aims to drive global impact through sport-related research and policy.

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Knight Campus Hosts NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan
During an Aug. 26 visit to the UO, Panchanathan, delivered a talk in the Beetham Family Seminar Room, toured the Knight Campus and met with representatives from the Department of Bioengineering and the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program.
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Knight Campus Startup Penderia Receives $1.7 Million Grant
The Knight Campus spinout company Penderia Technologies has received a $1.74 million small business grant
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Guldberg's TEDxPortland Talk Now Streaming
Knight Campus Executive Director Bob Guldberg's April 27, 2024, talk on "Listening to Our Cells" at TEDxPortland is now available on the TEDx YouTube page
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Svendsen awarded NIH fellowship for promising graduate student researchers
Knight Campus biochemistry PhD candidate Justin Svendsen has been awarded an F31 NRSA fellowship
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UO to host inaugural Global Sport University Network Summit, Sept. 12-13, 2024
The University of Oregon will be hosting the inaugural Global Sport University Network Summit (GSUN) on September 12-13, 2024. 
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Interview with André Isaacs: A Conversation on Diversity, Inclusion and Science
In anticipation of the 8th Annual Inclusion Symposium, we caught up with André Isaacs, the event's keynote speaker.
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Knight Campus to play a role in expanding Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
The Knight Campus will be a central point of activity for the UO's involvement in the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
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Wu Tsai Alliance at Oregon Sponsors Kidsports Summer Pop-Up Campus
The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon continues its sponsorship of Kidsports Summer Pop-Up Neighborhood Camps with sessions running from June through August
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Inspiring the Next Generation at SAIL
The Knight Campus Graduate Student Association took part in the UO’s Summer Academy to Inspire Learning (SAIL)

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