$128 million NIH grant provides state-of-the-art electron microscopy technology, training to scientists nationwide OHSU will become a national center for an imaging technique that is revolutionizing...
Resting, open and desensitized: Scientists at the OHSU Vollum Institute have now characterized the full range of motion for the acid sensing ion channel ASIC1a. The open and desensitized states of...
Glutamate receptors are the most prevalent molecular "switches" mediating communication between nerve cells in the brain. They play keys roles in nearly all human behaviors, from learning to memory...
Researchers at OHSU’s Vollum Institute have revealed the molecular structure of the serotonin transporter (SERT), providing new insight into the mechanism of antidepressant action of two widely...
Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., senior scientist at the Vollum Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, will receive the 2016 Anatrace Membrane Protein Award from the Biophysical Society. The award...
OHSU’s Dr. Eric Gouaux, senior scientist and principal investigator in the Vollum Institute, this week was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Copenhagen for research of the...
New research from the lab of Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., senior scientist at OHSU's Vollum Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, reveals how neurotransmitters in the brain interact...