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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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Micro-3D printing pioneer Paul Dalton receives research professorship
A pioneer in micro-3D printing, Paul Dalton is the second recipient of the Bradshaw and Holzapfel Research Professorship In Transformational Science and Mathematics
Students and mentors from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon stand in front of screen with title slide
Alliance at Oregon Hosts Undergraduate Fellowship Symposium
The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon presented its Undergraduate Fellowship Symposium on Sept. 18 in the Beetham Family Seminar Room at the Knight Campus.
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OBS Early Bird Pricing Ends Sept. 15
Full-price registration goes into effect after Sept. 15 for the Oregon Bioengineering Symposium. This year's conference theme is Translating Ideas into Practice.
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Pitch Perfect
New research through the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance tackles the problem of ACL tears disproportionately affecting female athletes in soccer
The Pop-up camps offer recreational sports, such as soccer and dodgeball.
Wu Tsai Partners with KIDSPORTS
Now in its third year, the summer camp partnership between the the Human Performance Alliance at Oregon and KIDSPORTS helps encourage activity and physical fitness for kids
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Benoit honored as Biomedical Engineering Society fellow
Danielle Benoit, Lorry Lokey Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at the Knight Campus, has been elected to the 2023 class of Biomedical Engineering Society Fellows.
Students from the 2023 cohort of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program climb the stairs on their first day of classes on June 21, 2023
KCGIP Professional Development Week
The Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program welcomed its latest academic cohort of 83 students in June with a Professional Development and Orientation Week designed to support students in the accelerated master’s program as well as their future careers.
A graphic with a blue background that fades into a photo of a glass building. Text reads: Oregon Bioengineering Symposium 2023, November 3, 2023 at Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
Oregon Bioengineering Symposium early bird pricing
Registration for the fifth annual symposium is now open. The final weeks of early bird registration is available until Sept. 15, offering participants the opportunity to secure their spots at a discounted rate.
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Sparking STEM dreams
Local Spark program brings dozens of high school students to tour Knight Campus, including Dalton Lab and the Fabrication Lab, to encourage interest in STEM education and jobs.
UO President Scholz (right) shakes hands with an attendee at a recent ice cream social
UO President Scholz to visit Knight Campus Aug. 10
President Karl Scholz will hold his second meet and greet for the campus community at noon Thursday, Aug. 10 in the lobby of the Knight Campus

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