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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Biochemist’s startup technology will advance wide range of scientific research

Biochemist Joe Beckman has found a new molecule fragmentation technology to allow scientists to conduct research in new ways and across many diverse fields.

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Students

Biochemistry and biology students win 2019 Fulbright awards

Congratulations to 2019 Fulbright scholars: biochemistry and biophysics senior Delaney Smith and biology Ph.D. student Andrea Burton.

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Students

Biology and biochemistry seniors, graduate students, alumna win NSF fellowship for outstanding research

Four College of Science students and alumni have received prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards in 2019.

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Students

Physics, mathematics and biochemistry students named Goldwater Scholars

College of Science launches three of four OSU winners of the prestigious 2019 Goldwater Scholarship.

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Events

Exploring science through the 2018 Nobel Prizes

The College of Science presents three talks by science faculty on the meaning of the 2018 Nobel Prize Awards in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine.

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Research

New diffractometer opens door to discovery

In its first week, Oregon State’s new diffractometer has already generated data for eight publishable articles in peer-reviewed science journals.

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Faculty and Staff

Matt Andrews to serve as Nebraska’s EPSCoR Director

Matt Andrews, Executive Associate Dean in the College of Science, is the new Director of NSF EPSCoR and NIH Institutional Development Award for the state of Nebraska.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Liver, colon cancer cells thwarted by compounds derived from hops

The hops plant produces a compound that thwarts cancer cells, and two key derivatives of the compound are even more effective.

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Alumni and Friends

Biochemist alumna named 2019 AAAS Fellow

Malin Young (’92, ’94), an Oregon State University alumna and biochemist, was elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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Faculty and Staff

Biochemist wins U.S. Fulbright Scholar award

A prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar award will allow Kevin Ahern and Indira Rajagopal to take their passion for teaching and mentoring to University of Malta.

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Faculty and Staff

Two lives intertwined by biochemistry and a passion for teaching burn bright beyond retirement

If anything is certain, it is that Kevin Ahern and wife Indira Rajagopal won’t lose their passion for teaching anytime soon after retiring following a 30-year tenure at OSU.

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Faculty and Staff

Celebrating excellence: 2019 teaching and advising awards

Inspirational teachers and advisors honored at the Winter 2019 Teaching and Advising Awards in the College of Science.