Kevin Guttenplan, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the Vollum Institute, authored an essay recognized today as a finalist in the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology from the journal...
Vollum Institute assistant scientist recognized as early career trailblazer in neuroscience. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced that Arpiar “Arpy” Saunders, Ph.D., is among the...
The degeneration of axons--the slender nerve fibers that allow neurons to transmit information--is a major factor in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Researchers have long thought that if they...
Three OHSU graduate students have received 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and three received honorable mentions. Kimberley Engeln of the Vollum Neuroscience...
“Excessive consumption of goods, travel, and meat drives up greenhouse gases … Excessive consumption of rich food drives up obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.” Peter...
Three School of Medicine graduate students were recognized by the National Science Foundation as high-potential, early career scientists. Alexandra Houser and Katy Lehmann, first-year students...
New research for the first time reveals the three-dimensional structure of a membrane channel that is connected to many diseases and is critical in controlling blood pressure. The epithelial...
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...
A $5 million grant and new imaging technology will enable Vollum Institute neuroscientists to map specific circuits within the amygdala. Evidence suggests that the amygdala, known for circuitry...
The National Institutes of Health today awarded a highly competitive research grant to Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne, Ph.D., a research assistant professor at the OHSU Vollum Institute. The grant, $1.5...