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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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Alliance at Oregon Helps Get Kids Moving
The Human Performance Alliance at Oregon, based in the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, sponsored the 2021 KIDSPORTS August Pop Up Summer Camps for the Bethel and Springfield areas. At the camps, 200 young girls and boys took part in a range of athletic activities, encouraging activity and physical fitness.
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UO founding partner in prestigious research team
The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon to be based in Knight Campus and led by Professor Robert Guldberg.
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Speeding the path to discovery
Second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight launches next phase of state-of-the-art science campus.
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PeaceHealth partnership bridges science and medicine
The Center for Translational Biomedical Research announces fellows.
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Center for Art Research, Knight Campus launch artist residency
The program is open to Oregon artists, designers and crafters working in any medium.
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The Fast Track to Discovery
The Knight Campus welcomed its third cohort of undergraduate scholars this year. The students are paired with mentors who guide them through a yearlong research experience in Knight Campus-affiliated labs.
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UO red hot with No. 1 ranking in US for Master’s degree in physics
For the fifth year in a row, the UO has conferred the most master’s degrees in physics in the country. Twenty six of those were awarded to students in the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, part of the Phil & Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.
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Tour reveals the scientific, human elements of the Knight Campus
Take a virtual walk through the research, study and work spaces of the new building.
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UO takes a huge step forward with first Knight Campus building
A virtual grand opening was held on December 2, 2020, to celebrate the long-awaited milestone.
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UO’s Knight Campus partners with OSU to offer bioengineering
The doctoral program is the first engineering degree to be offered at the UO.

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