News
Review on health in the built environment
Hot off the press, a new review on health in the built environment is available today! The article is found here, but an open-access, view-only version is available here. ...
Publication on the urban microbiome
Dr. Gwynne Mhuireach published one of the chapters from her dissertation, on evaluating bacteria found in air from vegetated or paved areas in an urban setting! Mhuireach,...
Willem Griffiths: Material Testing and Microbes
Recent Biology graduate Willem Griffiths is dedicating his summer to river rafting and building material testing. For his senior thesis work last year, Willem...
Congratulations to Our Graduates!
As our graduates begin their careers in various fields, we want to congratulate them on their contributions to the science and design communities. They have been an...
Design the Unseen Course
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,...
A perspective on tackling contamination in microbial ecology
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...
BioBE Receives New UO-OHSU Seed Funding Award
BioBE has received funding for a new project as part of the new University of Oregon - Oregon Health Sciences University (UO-OHSU) Collaborative Seed Grant Program! BioBE's...
Open Post-Doc position with BioBE!
BioBE (and ESBL) are looking for a post doc to come join our dynamic group of interdisciplinary scholars.! Application and details here. Department: ESBL/BioBE...
BioBe is Heading to the Gordon Research Conference on the Microbiology of the Built Environment
BioBE is heading to the Gordon Research Conference on the Microbiology of the Built Environment! Jessica L. Green, our co-director, will be Vice Chair, leading the...
Dr. Sue Ishaq will be presenting at the International Society for Microbial Ecology!
Dr. Sue Ishaq has been accepted to give a poster presentation at the 17th meeting of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME). The meeting,...
Dr. Roo Vandegrift will be presenting at the International Mycological Congress
BioBE's Dr. Roo Vandegrift will be presenting at the 11th International Mycological Congress, in Puerto Rico July 16-21, 2018! This meeting is particularly exciting as it...
BioBE/ESBL Welcomes Mira to the Team!
Hello! My name is Mira Zimmerman, and I am the new BioBE/ESBL blogger and web designer! I will be helping with social media and BioBE/ESBL website management. ...
#BuildHealth2018 Meeting Announced
BioBE is gearing up for the second-annual Industry Consortium event on May 17th and 18th in Portland. Last year, BioBE and ESBL held the inaugural Health + Energy Research...
US Federal Agencies Announce Strategic Plan for Microbiome Research
A number of Federal agencies have announced a strategic plan to fund and shape the future of microbiome research , and the Built Environment is one of the priority areas! ...
BioBE postbac Mitch Rezzonico is headed to grad school!
Mitch Rezzonico, who recently obtained his baccalaureate from the University of Oregon in 2017, has been learning bioinformatics with Dr. Sue Ishaq in the BioBE lab since...
BioBE joins UO’s newly-launched Institute for Health in the Built Environment
The Institute for Health in the Built Environment has officially launched at the University of Oregon, and BioBE is pleased to announce it has joined as a founding...
Rich case studies
I recently gave a lecture on research methods to Siobhan Rockcastle's ARCH 410/510 Human-Centric Environments course at the University of Oregon. Choosing the design of the...
Upcoming presentations at Indoor Air 2018
BioBE researchers will be giving two oral presentations at the Indoor Air 2018 conference this summer! This will be the 15th Conference of the International Society of...
Tour of the Baker Lighting Lab
BioBE researchers spend quite a bit of time writing grant proposals. In particular, over the last few months I (Sue Ishaq) have been co-writing proposals which expand our...
Participate in a research survey online
Looking to participate in research? Amir Nezamdoost, a graduate research fellow in Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, is collecting survey data for his PhD...
Mushroom hunting with Bill Walton
Last week, BioBE's resident mycologist, Dr. Roo Vandegrift, and Dr. Bitty Roy, a Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution here at UO (and Roo's advisor during his...
ESBL/BioBE welcome new Assistant Professor of Architecture!
ESBL and BioBE are thrilled to announce that Dr. Siobhan "Shevy" Rockcastle has joined the team as a new Assistant Professor of Architecture, and Chair of the Baker Lighting...