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digital drawing of a brown bat with its wings wide against a forested green background

February 23rd 2023

Portland State graduate student identifies new species of bat in Cameroon

Portland State graduate student Amanda Grunwald made an exciting discovery...

green and yellow rocks venting a cloud of dark gray liquid under the ocean

January 23rd 2023

PSU study discovers immense diversity and interdependence in high temperature deep-sea microorganism communities

A new study by researchers at Portland State University and the University...

November 7th 2022

Portland State study finds diet high in saturated fat can reprogram immune cells in mice

A new study by Portland State University researchers is the first to show...

August 26th 2022

PSU-led project to overhaul biology ed will impact thousands of undergrads, future faculty

A Portland State University researcher says an overhaul of biology education...

July 6th 2021

With NSF grant, PSU to do internal deep dive to identify systemic inequalities among STEM faculty

The numbers don't lie: Women and minorities have historically, and continue to be, underrepresented in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and it's no different at Portland State. Beyond the numbers is a more complicated picture of why some faculty stay...

June 22nd 2021

The Oregon Bioscience Association

Founded in 1989, the Oregon Bioscience Association (Oregon Bio), a 501(c)(6)...

October 6th 2020

Learning from a Fish Out of Water (and Air)

Few animals have a lifecycle as unique as the annual killifish (Austrofundulus...

October 5th 2020

In defense of plants

The smell of mint and black pepper, orange, cinnamon, thyme. They're scents...

October 5th 2020

In the cellular machine shop

It's chapter one, page one of Biology 101, cells are the basic unit of...

July 24th 2019

PSU professor gets $1.25M grant to study effect of Western diet on immune system

A Portland State University biology professor will continue her research into the effect of the Western diet on the immune system and disease outcomes, thanks to a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Brooke Napier, an assistant biology professor in PSU's College...

July 22nd 2019

PSU biology professor awarded $600K grant to investigate unique virus' structure

Researchers from Portland State University and the University of Texas Medical Branch have been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to generate a clearer and more detailed structure of Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1, a virus that thrives in high-temperature...

April 29th 2019

PSU study shows green roofs have minimal effect in improving indoor ozone pollution

Despite popular belief that green roofs – roofs that are planted with...