Science Market Update

New Cancer Research Building Opens at Oregon Health and Science University

Posted by Rebecca Inch-Partridge on Fri, Sep 07, 2018

Construction is done on the $190 million, seven-story Knight Cancer Research Building (KCRB), and on August 20 researchers and staff began moving in. The KCRB is part of the large Knight Cancer Institute, which includes research as well as treatment facilities. The 320,000 square foot building on South Moody Avenue will allow for the recruiting of 250 cancer researchers and physicians.

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Tags: new research building, Oregon Health and Science University, new science wet labs, Computational Biology, OHSU, Portland, cancer reserach, Knight Cancer Institute

OHSU Receives $15M for Pediatric Cancer Research Database

Posted by Laura Braden on Fri, Sep 08, 2017

OregonHealthSciUniv.jpgFor life science researchers, having easy access to data and information is essential. They can use this data to research diseases and further personal research, benefiting other researchers and patients. Oregon Health and Science University in Portland recently received a five-year grant of $15 million from the National Institutes of Health to establish a first-of-its-kind database to contain pediatric cancer and rare disease research. (Image courtesy of I, Cacophony via Wikimedia Commons)

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Tags: Oregon Health and Science University, new research funding, Computational Biology, OHSU, Portland, Knight Cancer Institute, 2017

Construction of New $160M Cancer Research Building Underway at OHSU

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Jun 27, 2016

Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR. (Image courtesy of Cacophony via Wikimedia Commons)

The Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University, a world-leader in cancer research, recently accomplished raising $1 billion in funding to help support the groundbreaking life science research being conducted at the center.

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Portland Scientists Awarded $3M for Tuberculosis Vaccine Research

Posted by Laura Braden on Mon, Feb 01, 2016

Oregon Health and Science University has received $3 million for tuberculosis treatment research.

Tuberculosis is the number one cause of death by infectious disease around the world. In 2014, this contagious bacterial infection was responsible for 1.5 million deaths worldwide. Although the disease is treatable and curable, it still persists as a global health problem that scientists continue to study, to develop new and improved treatments. 

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently granted scientists from the Oregon Health and Science University $3 million to research potential vaccines for tuberculosis

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OHSU’s $7.2M West Nile Vaccine Goes to Clinical Trials

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Aug 03, 2015

mosquito, Oregon Health and Science University, bioresearchWest Nile Virus is a debilitating disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Much like victims of malaria, and other mosquito-born pathogens, those affected by West Nile virus are at risk for serious illness or even death.

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Tags: Bioresearch, Oregon Health and Science University, vaccine research, infectious diseases, Oregon, 2015, disease research, Research Funding, NIH, OR, OHSU, Portland, NIH funding, Northwest Region, NIH grants, BioResearch Product Faire™

OHSU Sets Sights on $3.3M in NIH Funding for New Biotech

Posted by Robert Larkin on Tue, May 26, 2015

glassesResearchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Casey Eye Institute are taking a strike at the leading causes of blindness, thanks to over $3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health.

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Tags: Bioresearch, Oregon Health and Science University, Northwest, Oregon, 2015, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Biotechnology, OR, Portland, NIH funding, research grants, NIH grants

UCSF and OHSU Team Up to Tackle Childhood Leukemia

Posted by Robert Larkin on Mon, Apr 27, 2015

Scientists from UC San Francisco and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have teamed up to tackle acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that typically affects children from two to five years old.

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Tags: CA, Leukemia, Oregon Health and Science University, cancer research, Oregon, California, Pediatric Cancer Research, 2015, San Francisco, SFVS, BioResearch Product Faire Event, OR, UCSF, OHSU, Portland, UC San Francisco, Biotechnology Vendor Showcase Event

AIDS Vaccine Research at OHSU Funded by $25M from Gates Foundation Grant

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Mon, Sep 08, 2014

Once a stigmatized disease, AIDS is now a primary focus for many researchers seeking to address deadly health problems and potentially save the lives of millions of men, women and children. AIDS killed 1.5 million people worldwide last year, a staggering number that has drawn the attention of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Addressing this disease is a priority for the Gates Foundation, as is evidenced by all the work they have done to select and fund promising research. Fortunately, scientists all over the world are searching for innovative solutions to curing this disease. The Gates Foundation has found one likely contender for a vaccine that may also work as a cure in the work of a science researcher at Oregon Health and Science University.

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Tags: 2014, Oregon Health and Science University, Northwest, Life Science Funding, BioResearch Product Faire Event, OR, OHSU, Portland, new funding, AIDS vaccine research

New Research Building Opens With OHSU Life Science Funding

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Oregon Health and Science University along with two other public Oregon schools recently opened a new life sciences building, the state’s largest academic building, on Portland’s South Waterfront. The project received $110 million in life science funding from taxpayers, $92 million in funding from Oregon Health and Science University institutional funding, $83 million from OHSU philanthropy and $10 million from the TriMet regional mass transit agency. The riverfront property for the new research building was donated by the Schnitzer family to help OHSU increase its campus presence in Portland.

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$10 Million Added to OHSU for Supporting Cancer Researchers

Posted by Anita Zhang on Wed, Jun 25, 2014

This month the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) received a $10 million gift from Columbia Sportswear President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Boyle to recruit and support the next generation of cancer researchers.

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Tags: 2014, Oregon Health and Science University, Northwest, BioResearch Product Faire Event, OR, OHSU, Portland

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