American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 2-6, 2025
Clockwise upper left to right: Rudranil Dutta (OSU), Amala Soumyanath (OHSU), Alex Speers (OHSU) presenting posters on analysis, bioactivity and pharmacokinetics of compounds from Withania somnifera or Centella asiatica.
2025 BENFRA Symposium, Portland, Oregon, June 16, 2025
On Monday June 16, a symposium was held at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to celebrate the achievements of the BENFRA Botanical Dietary Supplements Center.
Neurology Research Day, Portland, OR, May 8, 2025
Luke Marney, MD, presenting his poster on Identification and Quantitation of Bioactive Alkaloids in Withania somnifera
Lucas Kuhnau presenting his poster on the role of triterpenes and caffeoylquinic acids from Centella asiatica on its beneficial effects on age related changes in learning and memory.
Botany Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, June 15–19, 2024
Sarah Barr of UNCW won the Julia F. Morton Award through the Society of Ethnobotany as well as the Best Phytochemistry Poster award through the Botanical Society of America (BSA) at the Botany 2024 conference.
OHSU Research Week, Portland, OR May 6–10, 2024
Olivia Monestime presenting a poster on immunohistochemistry of brains from mice treated with Centella asiatica
Noah Gladen Kolarksy presenting a poster on effects of Ashwagandha in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease
International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health, Cleveland, OH, April 9–14, 2024
Dr. Benjamin Zimmerman with his poster on effects of Centella asiatica on cerebrovascular function in mice
American Society of Pharmacognosy conference in Bethesda, MD 2023
Clockwise upper left to right: Dr. Angela Calderon and graduate student Zarna Raichura (Auburn University); Dr. Liva Rakotondraibe (The Ohio State University), Dr. Amala Soumyanath (BENFRA, OHSU) and Dr. Lukasz Ciesla (University of Alabama); Graduate student Sara Neiheisel and Dr. Liva Rakotondraibe (The Ohio State University); Dr. Nora Gray (BENFRA, OHSU); Graduate student Md Nure Alam (Oregon State University)
NIH CARBON 2023 meeting in Bethesda, MD
Left to right: Dr. Patrick Still (NIH), Dr. Liva Rakotondraibe (The Ohio State University), Dr. Lukasz Ciesla (University of Alabama), Dr. Claudia Maier, (BENFRA, Oregon State University), Dr. Barbara Sorkin (NIH), Dr. Amala Soumyanath, (BENFRA, OHSU), Dr. Wendy Strangman (UNC Wilmington), Dr. Nora Gray, (BENFRA, OHSU)
