Three students from the class of ’21 successfully completed the neuroscience major this year.  We are thrilled to help celebrate our first three neuroscience graduates.  Congratulations, Aiko, Youri, and Minh!

Learn more about neuroscience at UO in this immersive feature story.

Read about UO cognitive neuroscience Professor Brice Kuhl’s research on memory interference here.

Watch Professor Kuhl showcase his lab’s research on “mind reading” in this episode of Mind Field.

The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a five-year, $5 million grant to a team of UO neuroscientists.  The grant will allow the neuroscientists to conduct research on the neural processes that underlie the ability to shift attention between different tasks.  Read more about the team and their research on cognitive flexibility here.

The Lewis Center for Neuroimaging (LCNI) is thrilled that the installation of a second MRI scanner has been successfully completed to support research needs at the University of Oregon. The technological advances in the new magnet ensure that neuroimaging students will have access to the most technologically advanced research magnet available, a Siemens 3T Prisma. This new magnet will be crucial in supporting users across all departments. Students who choose to enroll in the new Neuroscience major, in particular, will have access to hands-on experience in the collection of neuroimaging data, as well as 1:1 training by a full-time MR technologist. LCNI staff also includes a physicist to help with novel sequence design and data analysis questions.

For users wanting to collaborate with other sites that already have a Prisma, and collect data across sites using the same magnet model and protocol, they now have access to the premier magnet model in demand for neuroimaging research. Possession of a second magnet will ensure continued excellence in meeting the needs of all research labs at UO, and their students, who wish to design cutting-edge neuroimaging research.

Listen to Professor Greenhouse discuss his lab’s research on action control on the Roscoe’s Wetsuit podcast.

Professor Jonathan Reeder, who has recently joined the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, is working on new technologies that have many potential applications for neuroscientists.  Read the “Around the O” coverage here.

Watch as UO developmental neuroscientist Professor Pfeifer debunks some common myths about adolescents and the teenage brain.

Read more about UO neuroscientist Professor Tim Gardner and his research team’s fascinating work creating implantable neural devices here.

UO cognitive neuroscientist Professor DuBrow studies how we learn about the structure of our environment and how that structure is used to organize our memories and inform our decisions.  Read about her Sloan Research Fellowship here, and check out her lab website.

Watch UO computational neuroscientist Professor Mazzucato talk about what happens in your brain when you think about food.

Read all about the new neuroscience major here.