The Mentor: Kimberly Beatty
Kimberly Beatty, Ph.D., at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, is focused on using new chemical probes to illuminate cancer at the molecular level.
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Beyond ADHD
Joel Nigg, PhD, is one of the world’s top ADHD researchers. He aims to understand the different causes and influences for ADHD, find ways to detect it better and develop more effective treatments.
Rebecca Spain, MD: Transforming MS treatment
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable disease. The cause is unknown, and people who suffer experience a range of symptoms that come and go over time. Although scientists are making progress on more affordable, effective treatments, the sense of uncertainty when dealing with this disease is hard to ignore. So, when Rebecca Spain, MD, MSPH, received […]
Stefanie Kaech Petrie, PhD: Seeing is believing
Stefanie Kaech Petrie, PhD, helps researchers use microscopes to shed light on the structure and function of cells, leading to advancements in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer.
Up close and cryo-EM
Imagine standing on the moon and looking through a telescope so powerful, you can see what someone on Earth is texting on their cell phone. That’s the type of analogy that can be made to describe cryo-EM, a new imaging technology being used at OHSU that allows researchers to zoom in on cells at nearly […]
Meet the cryo-EM scientists
Cryo-EM is a new imaging technology being used at OHSU that allows researchers to zoom in on cells at nearly the atomic level. Here are a few of the places where cryo-EM is making an impact at OHSU. Neuroscience In the Gouaux lab, investigators are using cryo-EM to study the structure and function of chemical […]
