Archived News Stories
Selected news stories that highlight some of the research and programs
in the University of Oregon Department of Biology
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Protein burns its evolutionary bridgesUniversity of Oregon researchers find that evolution can only go forward Nature News, Sept 2009 | PDF of article |
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Capturing the birth of a synapse University of Oregon-University of California, Davis, collaboration finds mechanism locking two neurons. Neural Development, May 2009 |
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Evolution Revolution; Finding Our Future Joe Thornton goes back 450 million years in time to piece together the evolution of hormones and their receptors. Findings, February 2009 |
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Protein phosphatase PP1 is required for normal DNA methylation Genes and Development January 2009 PERSPECTIVE:Talk is cheap—cross-talk in establishment, maintenance, |
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Castenholz recognized by American Society for Microbiology Richard Castenholz, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Oregon,
has been named the 2009 laureate of the USFCC/J. Roger Porter Award
given annually by the American Society for Microbiology. He will receive
the award in May when he delivers the Roger Porter Award Lecture
at the annual ASM meetings in Philadelphia. |
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EVOLUTION: Armor Development and Fitness Science, 10 October 2008: v. 322. no. 5899, pp. 204 - 203 |
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Microbial Biogeography: From Taxonomy to Traits Science 23 May 2008: v. 320. (5879),1039-43 |
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Neural stem cells: Development 2008 135: 1575-1587 Doe Lab, UO Institute of Molecular Biology |
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MicroRNA Mirn140 modulates Pdgf signaling during palatogenesis Nature Genetics, 40, pp290-298 A novel mechanism never before described for cleft palate. Postlethwait Lab, UO Institute of Neuroscience Charles Kimmel, UO Institute of Neuroscience |
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Evolutionary genetics: Who shouldn't be your daddy Nature 451, 640-641, 7 Feb 2008 Phillips Lab - Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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Six cadm/synCAM genes are expressed in the nervous system of developing zebrafish Pietri T, Easley-Neal C, Wilson C, Washbourne P. Developmental Dynamics, 237 (1) 233-246 Washbourne Lab - Institute of Neuroscience |










