Steven Adamou

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Current Program Year: Grad 1

M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine

Biography

Research interests: Protein structural biology. Biophysics. Electrophysiology

Clinical interests: Internal medicine, cardiology

Steven graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 2015 with a degree in chemistry. Prior to matriculating into the MSTP at OHSU, he worked as a material scientist at FEI and Intel between 2015 and 2020 as well as a core scientist at OHSU from 2020 until 2023. 

Steven’s research focuses on leveraging biophysical techniques to study the structural and physiological basis of disease. He has a particular interest in structural diseases of the heart.

Education and training

B.A., 2015, Lewis & Clark College

Memberships and associations:

  • American Medical Association
  • American Heart Association
  • American Physician Scientist Association
  • Oregon Medical Association

Honors and awards

Ruth L. Kirschstein T32 MSTP training grant, 2023-present 

EMSL project award 50562 – Structure and function of the gap junctions, 2018

Miller Research Award, Lewis & Clark College, 2013

Leadership and Service Scholarship, Lewis & Clark College, 2011-2015

Miller Research Award, 2014

Publications

Selected publications

Adamou S, Vanarsdall A, Johnson D. Pseudorabies Virus Mutants Lacking US9 Are Defective in Cytoplasmic Assembly and Sorting of Virus Particles into Axons and Not in Axonal Transport. Viruses. 2023 Jan;15(1):153. PubMed PMID: 9866217.

 Stempinski E, Pagano L, Riesterer J, Adamou S, Thibault G, Song X, Chang Y, López C. Automated large volume sample preparation for vEm. Methods in Cell Biology, May 2023;177:1-32. PubMed PMID: 37451763