Welcome to the Vollum Institute
The Vollum Institute is a privately endowed research institute at Oregon Health & Science University dedicated to basic research that will lead to new treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases. Vollum scientists have broad-ranging interests that coalesce around molecular neurobiology and cellular physiology. Their work has transformed the field of neuroscience and, in particular, have provided important advances in the study of synaptic transmission, neuronal development, neurotransmitter transporters, ion channels and the neurobiology of disease.RECENT NEWS
The Vollum Institute/OHSU Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) has evolved into one of the best-recognized neuroscience programs in the United States since its inception 20 years ago. The first interdepartmental graduate program to be launched at OHSU, the NGP provides the ideal collaborative environment, where outstanding graduate students interact closely with leading scientists whose research extends across the entire spectrum of neuroscience.
Read the OHSU School of Medicine press release
Learn more about the Neuroscience Graduate Program
Richard Goodman will be receiving the Distinguished Graduate award from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2013. Goodman was a member of the Medical Scientist Training Program at Penn from 1970–1976.
Learn more about Dr. Goodman's research
Jeannie Hunnicutt and Danielle Robinson, students in the Vollum-OHSU Neuroscience Graduate Program, received prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowships. The GRFP is the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, and many of its previous recipients have gone on to achieve high levels of success in their academic and professional careers.
Read the OHSU School of Medicine press release
Learn more about the Neuroscience Graduate Program
Eric Gouaux was chosen as the recipient of the Physiological Society's Annual Review Prize for 2013. The Physiological Society was established in 1876 and the Annual Review Prize is its most prestigious lecture.
Learn more about Dr. Gouaux's research
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
NMDA receptors at excitatory synapses throughout the brain play important roles in neural development and in memory formation. However, the molecular composition of synaptic NMDA receptors has been controversial. Studies by Ken Tovar et al. [Westbrook Lab] now identify the unique combination of receptor subunits that constitute the majority of synaptic NMDA receptors in the hippocampus. This work may spur new approaches to drug development.
Read The Journal of Neuroscience abstract
Read the OHSU press release
Upcoming Events
A Walk Through a Vollum Lab
Gary Westbrook created a three-minute video to explain the research being conducted in his lab. The video is targeted to prospective postdoctoral fellows and students.
