by Mira | Sep 27, 2018 | Informative, Media, News, Research
Written by Samantha Velazquez, Edited by Mira Zimmerman and Sue Ishaq If you were to guess what someone might be carrying in their pockets, a cell phone would be a safe choice. It is almost not a guess at all; these days it is rare to be surrounded by people and not...
by Mira | Sep 22, 2018 | Informative, Media, News
BioBE is warmly welcoming back Gwynne Mhuireach, but this time as a Postdoctoral Researcher! She earned her PhD in Landscape Architecture this spring, focusing on outdoor microbiology. As a doctoral candidate, she worked for BioBE on projects including daylighting...
by Mira | Aug 2, 2018 | Informative, News, Research
Recent Biology graduate Willem Griffiths is dedicating his summer to river rafting and building material testing. For his senior thesis work last year, Willem began studying how the chemical structures of materials, such as concrete and plaster, affect microbial...
by sueishaq | Jul 7, 2018 | Informative, Media, News
For his first teaching assignment at the University of Oregon, Mark Fretz taught an advanced technology course to architectural students at the University of Oregon, Portland, called “Design the Unseen”. Mark is the Director of Knowledge Exchange at the...
by sueishaq | Jul 5, 2018 | Informative
To study DNA or RNA, there are a number of “wet-lab” (laboratory) and “dry-lab” (analysis) steps which are required to access the genetic code from inside cells, polish it to a high-sheen such that the delicate technology we rely on can use it,...
