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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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Thermo Fisher Scientific gift to support Inclusion and diversity scholarships
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a long-term partner of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program, has committed $20,000/year over the next 5 years to support inclusion and diversity scholarships
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Knight Campus Executive Director Robert Guldberg discusses research, entrepreneurship, the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, and the importance of embracing diverse communities on the most recent edition of the Biomechanics on Our Mind podcast.​
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$50,000 MKS gift to support diversity and inclusion
MKS Instruments has committed a total of $50,000 over the next 5 years to support Inclusion & Diversity Scholarships within the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program.
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Physics program receives top ranking again
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.
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Heal faster. Be healthier. Live better.
Buoyed by three new NIH grants totaling nearly $5 million, Knight Campus researchers are merging engineering, science and medicine to improve health.

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