Posts Tagged ‘basic science’

The Oregon Alzheimer Disease Center (OADC) seeks applications for its pilot project program, which provides $25,000 to $30,000 to promote basic or clinical biomedical, translational, epidemiological, caregiving, educational or behavioral research on Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias, and normal brain aging. The funding is intended for the development of preliminary data for future applications for independent research support. This award is ideal for postdoctoral fellows or junior faculty, but may also be awarded to more senior … Read More

Twenty-two years ago, David Barker, M.D., PhD., F.R.S., OHSU faculty member and professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Southampton, UK, made a discovery that would change the way researchers think about chronic disease. What Dr. Barker found was that babies with lower or higher than average birth weight had a significantly higher risk for developing heart disease later in life. Fast forward to now, and Dr. Barker’s research has grown into a booming … Read More

Learn about new findings and directions on the paradox of neuroablative approaches to pain—from the lab to the operating room and back—at the OHSU Brain Institute Quarterly Forum. Participants will include: Marc Sindou, MD, DSc, professor and chair of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Leon in France. Mary Heinricher, PhD, professor and vice-chair for research, and neurological surgery professor at OHSU. The event is free and open to anyone at OHSU interested … Read More

The Pew Charitable Trust has invited OHSU to submit one candidate for this year’s Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The program offers young junior faculty $60,000 per year for four years to pursue innovative research in science related to human health. Funds may be used at the discretion of the scholar for personnel, equipment, supplies or travel (up to $10,000 per year for the Scholar’s salary and benefits). The program is open to … Read More

In a recent study co-authored by Henrique von Gersdorff, PhD, senior scientist at the Vollum Institute, OHSU researchers discovered that nerve cells in the eye require relatively high levels of vitamin C in order to function, leading them to believe that vitamin C may play a greater role in overall brain function than they had previously thought. Findings from the study were published in the June 29 edition of the Journal of Neuroscience. View the … Read More

September 2010′s School of Medicine News features “Soluble repulsive guidance molecule c/hemojuvelin is a broad spectrum bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonist and inhibits both BMP2- and BMP6-mediated signaling and gene expression” as its Paper of the Month. This month’s selection, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, is based on research by Mahta Nili, Doctoral Student, Ujwal Shinde, PhD, Associate Professor, and Peter Rotwein, MD, Professor, from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The … Read More