IMPACT

A compound with potential as a treatment for ALS has gained further promise in a new study by biochemist Joe Beckman.

OSU biophysicist Weihong Qiu has solved a longstanding puzzle concerning the design of molecular motors, paving the way toward new cancer therapies.

Twenty five percent of freshmen are the first in their family to attend college, 23 percent are underrepresented minorities, and the College has the highest ever number of high achieving students in this incoming class: 37.6 percent.

Science students receive second highest number of scholarships at OSU totaling more than $7.5 million, more than triple the amount awarded in 2015.

Dr. Matthew Andrews from the University of Minnesota-Duluth has been hired as the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Administration.

The first-ever Genetic Code Expansion (GCE) Conference was hosted by the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics August 11-14, 2016.

Dr. Peter Walter, winner of the 2014 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, will be this year’s Tsoo King Lecturer hosted by graduate students in the Oregon State University Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

The College of Science celebrated our 2016 Winter Teaching and Advising awards on January 12.

We welcome Distinguished University Professor P. Andrew Karplus as the new Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Elisar Barbar and her team were recently awarded $1.3 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and another $504,000 from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Election as a Fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers.

NSF grant to boost retention and graduation rates in STEM