{"id":1541,"date":"2023-11-03T21:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2023-11-07T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:27:12","slug":"november-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/newsletter\/november-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Words from the Dean<\/strong>
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Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am thrilled to finally arrive on campus this week to join your Science community as incoming dean. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to work alongside you as we collaborate to extend the College\u2019s reach and impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first order of business is to express my gratitude to Vrushali Bokil for her outstanding leadership as interim dean over the past year. She has steered the College forward in implementing the new strategic plan, and in recruiting and hiring new leaders, researchers and educators. She also guided the College through a new budgetary system and worked through countless challenges with wisdom and grace. And her careful attention to equity and justice issues in every one of those actions is an incredible example for all of us. I feel fortunate that she remains a key leader in our College as the associate dean of research and graduate studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am eager to get to work as your dean and will be tackling some of the urgent challenges that you have already presented me with right away. But I will also be taking time to meet and talk with as many faculty, staff, and students as possible so that I can understand your collective and personal aspirations and look for places where I can best help guide the College forward. My overall goal is to nurture a warm and collaborative culture where every one of us has the support and the tools we need to excel at what excites us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to seeing you at the Meet-and-Greet today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor Feingold<\/strong>
Dean, College of Science<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Please submit news, honors and awards, discoveries, events, research funding, student news, alumni updates and more. Just send us a quick email<\/a><\/strong> by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tetrahydroxanthohumol, a derivative of a chemical found in hops, combats metabolic syndrome by reducing the population of Oscillibacter<\/em> in the gut microbiome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Adrian Gombart<\/strong> is part of a research group that discovered, in a mouse model and lab cultures, that a compound derived from hops reduces the abundance of a gut bacterium associated with metabolic syndrome. An estimated 35 percent of the U.S. adult population suffers from the syndrome. Their work<\/a> was published in the journal Microbiome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research by microbiologist Jerri Bartholomew<\/strong> and her colleagues conveyed<\/a> that the world\u2019s largest dam removal and restoration project currently underway on the Klamath River will aid salmon populations, however, it will not fully alleviate challenges faced by the species. Bartholomew worked with the scientists at Hoopa, the Yurok Tribe, the Klamath and Karuk Tribes, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HP shared an article<\/a> highlighting their brand-new piece of technology used in Claudia Maier\u2019s<\/strong> biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Center. The HP D100 Single Cell Dispenser can isolate living cells from specimens so scientists can study which proteins are implicated in aging, dementia and certain cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A study<\/a> directed by biochemist Juan Vanegas<\/strong> reveals new insight into the effect of physical stimuli on the structural properties of the AT1 receptor. Vanegas and his team used Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego and Anton 2 at the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center to conduct their research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microbiologist Allison N. Evans<\/strong> worked on a collaborative team with U.S. Geological Survey researchers to understand Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, deficiency in wild animal populations. Their work is vital in preventing catastrophic population crashes and helping conservation efforts! Watch this video to learn more about their discovery regarding the source of thiamine deficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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