Don gives keynote talk at NWRSS 2022

Don talked about the genetic analysis of human spermatogenetic failure at the he 18th Northwest Reproductive Sciences Symposium, held at the Skamania resort in Washington.

Nicole successfully defends her PhD thesis!

Although Nicole missed out on presenting in front of an amphitheater full of people due to COVID restrictions, defending via zoom gave people all over the country the opportunity to tune in to her talk. Nicole’s work focused on the origins & functional effects of postzygotic mutations throughout the human lifespan. Congratulations Dr. Rockweiler!

NIH selects OHSU to coordinate national neuroscience research involving marmosets

Oregon Health & Science University has been selected along with two other institutions to coordinate neuroscience research across the country involving marmosets, a nonhuman primate that’s ideally suited as a model for human neurological disorders and new treatments. Congratulations to Don who is the leading PI on this grant. Read the news article.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Conrad Lab!

The Conrad Lab had a Thanksgiving potluck from around the world last week celebrating our cultural diversity. We are thankful for our growing lab, fantastic people and great science!

Lab hosts high school student as part of the BRIE program

Sophia Slack, from Westview High School, attended lab meeting and shadowed Ana who was doing microscopy work on mouse testis sections. Her visit was part of the Biomedical Research Immersion Experience (BRIE), a collaboration between the West Campus and the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce’s “School to Career” program.