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Partnering with Floragenex and NOAA to investigate river herring population losses, a UO core facility repurposes tools once used for COVID-19 genomic sequencing.

After completing a contact investigation, it is believed this resident contracted omicron while traveling and it was not the result of community spread in Lane County, health officials said.

 E-Mail IMAGE: A neural stem cell and its progeny are seen under high-resolution imagery of their cell membranes in research at the University of Oregon. The stem cell is the large cell... view more  Credit: University of Oregon EUGENE, Ore. -- May 19, 2021 -- High-resolution imaging of fruit flies at the University of Oregon has captured mechanical motions that stem cells use to make neurons, the cells that make up the brain. These motions coordinate cell division with differentiatio...

A research project from the lab of University of Oregon evolutionary biologist Bill Cresko is setting out to explore the effects of a remarkable...

1:32 KLCCs Tiffany Eckert has this report on the discovery of two different COVID-19 variants--one in Lane Co. and another in Douglas Co.-announced on the same day. COVID-19 B.1.429 also dubbed the California variant, was discovered in Lane County through genetic sequencing by the Oregon Genomics and Cell Characterization Core Facility at the University of Oregon. Scientists worldwide continue to monitor changes in the COVID-19 virus, including changes to the spikes on the surface of the virus,...