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Record Research Dollars Benefit Oregon
A record-breaking $90.2 million in
contracts and grants earned by University
of Oregon researchers in 2004 promises
innovative solutions to health, social and
other concerns and, as an attractive side
benefit, expanded job opportunities for
Oregonians. read more >>
UO Connects Research, Innovation, Jobs
Kaibridge, Inc. markets software that accurately depicts movement of
virtual animals, including dinosaurs. It is one of three companies that
"spun out" of UO research in FY 2004.
The Riverfront Research Park, a cooperative effort of the University of
Oregon and private developers, landed seven new tenants during fiscal
year 2003-4. The companies are dedicated to research-and-development
activities in the fields of neuroscience, biotechnology, behavioral science,
early reading preparation, artificial intelligence, healthcare, alternative
fuel sources, software, and language learning. read more >>
Making Treaties More Effective
If Ron Mitchell's research is successful, some of the "guesswork" of
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Associate Professor of Political Science Ron Mitchell
negotiating
environmental
treaties could be
eliminated. read
more >>
Oregon Stakes claim on 'Next Industrial
Revolution'
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Peter DeFazio look on as
Skip Rung, Director of ONAMI, acknowledges the research funding
secured by OregonÕs congressional delegation.
Unprecedented collaboration, breakthrough innovations and major
research funding are strengthening Oregon's claim-to-fame on
nanotechnology--a field that the National Science Foundation leadership
has said represents "the next industrial revolution." read more >>
Assaying Discoveries
The UO's Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
(CAMCOR) houses an array of sophisticated instruments that are as vital
to the nanotechnology "gold rush" as assayers were to the miners of
California. read more >>
Innovation Leads to Understanding
Researchers at the UO who are seeking ways to help people recover
from strokes and brain trauma or to overcome behavior disorders
reached another important milestone in research technology this year.
read more >>
Partnership Addresses Heart Disease
A new UO partnership is taking aim at America's number one killer:
cardiovascular disease. The Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute (OHVI)
combines more than eight decades of research and expertise in human
physiology at the UO with Sacred Heart Medical Center's reputation as
one of the nation's top 100 hospitals for cardiac services. read more >>
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Spring 2003 Articles
John Halliwill's (standing, in back) research on the relationship of blood
pressure and exercise will benefit from the UO's partnership in the
Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute. Also pictured are assistant
professor Christopher Minson and doctoral student Britta Torgrimson.
Gifts and Grants Enhance Learning, Scholarship
Paul Elstone, director of corporate and foundation relations in the UO
Office of Development.
Donations to the University of Oregon from foundations and corporations
topped $8.5 million last year, helping to make college affordable and
enriching the university experience. read more >>
Innovative New Institute Tackles Policy Issues
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Spring 2003 Articles
UO President Dave Frohnmayer (seated, on left) speaks with
stakeholders at the Institute for Policy Research and Innovation's Urban
Rural Dialogue.
As its first project, the UO's newly created Institute for Policy Research
and Innovation (IPRI) hopes to bridge Oregon's urban-rural divide.
IPRI's approach will be to rely on Oregon's rich tradition of innovative
public policy, emphasizing policy-relevant research, and to create and
disseminate knowledge about classes of problems or issues. read more
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Innovation Leads to
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1281 University of Oregon,
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Susan Brown, Executive
Assistant
Phone: 541-346-2090
Fax: 541-346-2023
Technology Transfer
Record Research Dollars Benefit
Oregon
A record-breaking $90.2 million in
contracts and grants earned by University
of Oregon researchers in 2004 promises
innovative solutions to health, social and
other concerns and, as an attractive side
benefit, expanded job opportunities for
Oregonians.
Awards earned by UO faculty members
last year mark a 56 percent increase in
sponsored research at the university in
just three years. The funding supports
hundreds of scholarly projects, many that
impact Oregon and the nation, such as
political scientist Ron Mitchell's study
on the effectiveness of environmental
treaties, psychology assistant
professor Ed Vogel's work on
attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, and human physiology
assistant professor John Halliwill's
research on heart health.
U.S. News and World Report again ranked
UO College of Education faculty members
the most productive educational
researchers in the nation, with nearly $1.5
million in competitive grants per tenured
or tenure-track member in 2003-4. One
project by faculty researchers Rob
Horner and George Sugai is improving
safety in schools across the country.
More than 85 percent of the UO's research
funding in 2003-4 came directly or
indirectly from federal agencies, such as
the departments of Education (33
percent) and of Health and Human
Services (32 percent), and the National
Science Foundation (16 percent).
UO research funding makes a direct
contribution to Oregon's economy,
supporting 40 jobs per $1 million in
funding, according to the U.S. Department
of Commerce; drawing top graduate
students to Oregon; and, in the long term, resulting in new inventions,
spin-off companies and new or enhanced industries in the state.
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Phone: 541-346-2090
Fax: 541-346-2023
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UO Connects Research, Innovation,
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Kaibridge, Inc. markets software that accurately depicts movement of
virtual animals, including dinosaurs. It is one of three companies that
"spun out" of UO research in FY 2004.
The Riverfront Research Park, a cooperative effort of the University of
Oregon and private developers, landed seven new tenants during fiscal
year 2003-4. The companies are dedicated to research-anddevelopment
activities in the fields of neuroscience, biotechnology,
behavioral science, early reading preparation, artificial intelligence,
healthcare, alternative fuel sources, software, and language learning.
In total, the park now has twenty-one tenants with approximately 300
employees, helping to further diversify and expand the region's
economic base.
Licensing of UO inventions and creative works was also active, bringing
in nearly $1.93 million in licensing income during fiscal year 2003-4, a
pace that ranks the UO among the nation's top research institutions per
research dollar expended. In all, university researchers spun off three
new companies in the fiscal year, disclosed a record forty new
inventions, and produced an all-time high twenty-eight license and
option agreements.
"These indicators illustrate that, per research dollar, the UO's ability to
connect to economic development, and to translate research discoveries
into practical applications, is running at a level that is competitive with
top research universities nationally," said Richard Linton, vice president
for research and graduate studies. "The results for our citizens are
educational, medical and scientific accomplishments that improve lives
and support Oregon's knowledge-based economy."
The UO produced about five inventions and $200,000 in licensing
income per $10 million in research during the last fiscal year. The
numbers compare favorably to a 2002 report by the Chronicle of Higher
Education that showed U.S. research institutions produced a median of
four inventions and $100,000 of licensing income per $10 million of
research during the technology boom in the latter half of the 1990s.
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Technology Transfer Income Sets Record
Licensing income from University of Oregon inventions grew to nearly $2 million in
fiscal year 2003-4, ranking the UO among the top tier of the nation's research
institutions per research dollar expended.
The university disclosed a record 40 new inventions last year, up from 36 in fiscal year 2002-03. The
number of new UO license and option agreements also climbed to an unprecedented 28, compared to 25 the
previous year.
"These technology transfer indicators illustrate that, per research dollar, UO research scholars translate
basic discoveries into practical applications at a level that is competitive with top research universities
nationally," said Richard Linton, vice president for research and graduate studies. "The results are
educational, biomedical and scientific accomplishments that improve lives and support Oregon's knowledgebased
economy."
Income from inventions licensed to the UO topped $1.92 million in FY 2004, up from $1.78 million in
2002-03. A record-setting $1.75 million, or more than 90 percent of the licensing income, was reinvested in
UO research by distributing it to faculty inventors and academic programs. Research resulted in the creation
of three new spin-off companies in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2004. Those companies are:
-MitoScience, LLC, is a spin-off of research by Roderick Capaldi, professor of biology, and Michael
Marusich, the director of the Monoclonal Antibody Facility that is part of the UO's Neuroscience Institute.
In their university research, Capaldi and Marusich study the energy production powerhouses in cells
called "mitochondria" and search for mutations of the DNA inside mitochondria that are believed to cause
common late on-set human ailments such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, as well as non-insulindependent
diabetes. Their research led to the creation of scores of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that
recognize specific mitochondrial structures. The UO has licensed certain commercialization rights for the
mAbs to MitoScience.
-Kaibridge, Inc., is a spin-off based on the DinoMorph software developed by Kent Stevens, professor of
computer and information science. Kaibridge markets engaging and authentic three-dimensional digital
animals. Commercialized products in development, according to Kaibridge co-founder Dan Mayhew, are
"virtual" pet dinosaurs, and other animals made available over the Internet, as well as educational kiosks for
museums.
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-Eugene Software Solutions, Inc.'s GradWeb is fully customizable web-based education software that was
developed at the UO by Graduate School Associate Dean Toby Deemer and software consultant Asif Suria.
By providing a medium for electronic interaction by the graduate school, departments, students, faculty
members and the registrar's office, GradWeb eliminates the need for dozens of paper forms and hundreds of
hours of administrative work.
UO innovations singled out for special recognition during 2003-4 include UO biology professor Eric
Selker's discovery of the anti-cancer properties of "Zebularine," a potential new anti-cancer drug that was
heralded in a National Institute of General Medical Sciences report to Congress as one of the 10 most
significant innovations arising nation-wide from NIGMS-funded research in 2003. Chemistry professor
James Hutchison and collaborators in the UO's Materials Science Institute received a U.S. patent for their
"green" synthesis of metallic nanoparticles with the potential to enable construction of nanometer-sized
structures using frameworks of DNA. The UO is exploring the creation of new start-up companies around
both of these innovations.
During the technology boom in the latter half of the 1990s, U.S. research institutions produced a median of
four inventions and $100,000 of licensing income per $10 million of research, according to a 2002 study by
the Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2003-4, the UO produced about five inventions and $200,000 in
licensing income per $10 million in research expenditures.
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Making Treaties More Effective
Associate Professor of Political Science Ron Mitchell
If Ron Mitchell's
research is
successful, some of
the "guesswork" of
negotiating
environmental
treaties could be
eliminated.
An associate
professor of political
science at the UO,
Mitchell knows he'll
never eliminate the
politics of
international
negotiations, but
more realistically,
he does hope his research will give politicians better insight into how to
protect the global environment. He has a three-year, $280,000 grant
from the National Science Foundation to identify specific characteristics
common to successful treaties.
"If there are initially 100 possible options," Mitchell says, "politics may
preclude the acceptance of 97 of them, but I hope my research can help
the parties choose which one of the remaining three is most likely to be
successful for them."
Mitchell has spent ten years studying the influence of environmental law
on the behavior of states and people. He's creating a systematic and
comprehensive catalog of some 2,500 treaties. It will provide
negotiators, scholars, students, and interested citizens with a reliable list
of all historic and current international environmental treaties and begin
to help identify the common characteristics of those that performed well.
Mitchell's work could make both existing and future agreements more
effective. With fifteen to twenty organizations entering into new treaties
every month, his research has prompted interest from scholars
worldwide.
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This website provides information related to the IEA Database, a project dedicated to creating a comprehensive database
of international environmental agreements.
Creating and maintaining the IEA Database involves considerable time and effort and I therefore ask that those who use
the information in their research, please cite the information as follows:
Data derived from Ronald B. Mitchell. 2003. International Environmental Agreements Website. Available
at: http://www.uoregon.edu/~iea/ and described in Ronald B. Mitchell. 2003. "International Environmental
Agreements: A Survey of Their Features, Formation, and Effects." Annual Review of Environment and
Resources 28 (November).
Major navigation links, available here and in the banner at the top of every page, are:
l Overview of project
l Personnel and Advisory Board for project
l Definitions and operationalization of terms used in constructing the database
l IEA Database: a database of all multilateral IEAs, bilateral IEAs, and secretariats
m Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA): over 700 MEAs (using the definitions above) which
attempts to be both comprehensive and current.
m Bilateral Environmental Agreements (BEA) Lists: initial list of BEAs (using the definitions above) which
is explicitly recognized as incomplete due to the difficulties of identifying all bilateral agreements. The
page provides access to the dataset of BEAs already identified as well as an additional list of sites that
contain one or more bilateral environmental agreements that have not yet been incorporated into this
listing.
m Secretariats: A list of over 200 intergovernmental secretariats that address environmental agreements with
links to their websites, where available.
l Annual Review Article related links
m A description and initial analysis of the database is forthcoming in "International Environmental
Agreements: A Survey of Their Features, Formation, and Effects" Annual Review of Environment and
Resources 28 (November 2003) and a link to that article will be available as soon as it is published.
m PDF version of the article
m Web-links identified in the article
m Time Trends in IEAs - graphs not included in the article
n Time Trends of Multilaterals by Agreement Type (1879-present)
n Time Trends of Multilaterals by Subject of Agreement (1879-present)
l Sources used in identifying the list of agreements in the database
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l Acknowledgements of people, organizations, institutions, and funding agencies (American Philosophical Society,
University of Oregon, and National Science Foundation) that have generously helped support creation of this
database
l Disclaimer regarding responsibilities for quality of database
l Data sets: websites with data that can be used to identify the impacts, consequences, and effectiveness of some of
the IEAs listed here. This is a preliminary set of links - please contact me if you know of additional data sets that
may be useful for analysis.
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Fax: 541-346-2023
Technology Transfer
Oregon Stakes claim on 'Next
Industrial Revolution'
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Peter DeFazio look on as
Skip Rung, Director of ONAMI, acknowledges the research funding
secured by OregonÕs congressional delegation.
Unprecedented collaboration, breakthrough innovations and major
research funding are strengthening Oregon's claim-to-fame on
nanotechnology--a field that the National Science Foundation leadership
has said represents "the next industrial revolution."
The accomplishments are part of the Oregon Nanoscience and
Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) that is focused on capturing part of
the nanotechnology industry--development of materials and devices
measuring billionths of a meter long--that is estimated to reach $1
trillion by 2015.
ONAMI unites the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and
Portland State University with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
the state of Oregon, private industry and Oregon's congressional
delegation.
Among the ONAMI breakthroughs announced this year were two by Jim
Hutchison, a UO chemistry professor, who developed an environmentally
benign nanofabrication method and discovered a key step in the
manufacture of a new type of nano-electronic devices.
Oregon's congressional delegation gave ONAMI a boost by securing $5
million in federal research funding, bringing the statewide total for
nanotechnology research awards in the past five years to $60 million.
Signature research facilities backed by $20 million allocated by the state
legislature moved forward in 2004. ONAMI-OSU opened in May at a
building donated by Hewlett-Packard, while the UO began planning its
ONAMI facility to focus on university-industry relationships and services
to prepare and characterize materials at the nano-scale. PSU is
renovating and expanding lab facilities in two buildings.
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Phone: 541-346-2090
Fax: 541-346-2023
Technology Transfer
Assaying Discoveries
The UO's Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon
(CAMCOR) houses an array of sophisticated instruments that are as vital
to the nanotechnology "gold rush" as assayers were to the miners of
California.
CAMCOR's state-of-the-art equipment is used to validate discoveries in
many fields, and is available to faculty and industry researchers
throughout the Northwest.
"We think of CAMCOR as a high tech 'extension service' that provides
dividends," says Dave Johnson, center director who is a UO professor of
chemistry. "Providing access to our sophisticated equipment and
expertise helps others, makes efficient use of the equipment and creates
an atmosphere of collaboration and a cross-pollinating of ideas."
Five laboratories and more than twenty instruments measure physical
and chemical properties, such as purity, size, uniformity, composition,
crystal structure and shape of materials to nanometer specifications.
In 2000, a $550,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
funded four devices for surface and microscopic analysis. The latest
grant, from the National Science Foundation, provided $402,000 for an
electron beam lithography system that will be a cornerstone of the UO's
nanofabrication research.
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Dean of the Graduate School
1281 University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403-1281
Susan Brown, Executive
Assistant
Phone: 541-346-2090
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Technology Transfer
Innovation Leads to Understanding
Researchers at the UO who are seeking ways to help people recover
from strokes and brain trauma or to overcome behavior disorders
reached another important milestone in research technology this year.
The Brain, Biology, and Machine Initiative (BBMI) combines
interdisciplinary research with sophisticated imaging equipment and high
performance computing. Faculty members from the fields of biology,
chemistry, psychology, and human physiology have collaborated on
projects.
A combination of $14.3 million in congressional interest funding, $20
million in competitive federal awards and $10 million pledged by UO
alumni Robert and Beverly Lewis have been instrumental in advancing
BBMI by establishing the Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, the Center for
Mammalian Genetics, and the Neuroinformatics Center.
This year, Congress appropriated another $3 million in federal funding to
investigate genetic factors that influence human behavior and cognitive
processes.
The evolution of BBMI has placed the UO at the forefront of brain
research nationally. The following is a sampling of BBMI projects and
technological achievements this year.
Memory Affects Attention
Research at the UO has demonstrated for the first time a direct
relationship between brain activity and memory capacity that could have
implications for sufferers of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.
A study by researchers Edward Vogel, a UO assistant professor of
psychology, and graduate student Maro Machizawa, recently published
in Nature magazine, observed subjects in a visual awareness task and
found brain activity that was specifically related to holding items "in
mind."
Some people are capable of being aware of more objects than others,
Vogel says, "and this greatly influences how good we are at performing
many complex tasks such as reasoning, mathematics and following
directions."
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Stroke Recovery Examined
An American Heart Association-funded project now underway by Paul
van Donkelaar is studying how stroke victims recover function. An
associate professor of human physiology, van Donkelaar is examining
the effects of an intensive form of physical therapy called "constraint
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induced therapy."
The researchers will use brain imaging to discover how this functional
recovery program correlates to alterations in brain activation patterns.
They hypothesize that there is some relation to the degree of
"handedness" (or the amount of dependency individuals have on their
favored side) that determines the capacity for both functional recovery
and brain activation alterations.
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New Tool Aids Cancer Research
Researchers can analyze 20,000 DNA samples with the DNA microarray
designed UO assistant biology professor Eric Johnson.
An innovative tool developed at the UO is helping researchers determine
how oxygen supply, or lack of it, affects cancer cells in humans. With
support from the National Science Foundation and the American Cancer
Society, researchers in the lab of Eric Johnson, a biology assistant
professor, designed a DNA micro-array, which allows analysis of
complex assemblages of DNA.
The micro-array is a grid of 20,000 miniscule spots of DNA, each about
the size of a human hair, printed onto glass slides. This allows
researchers to compare efficiently the effects of low oxygen on
thousands of fruit fly genes. Since genes involved in oxygen responses
in flies are virtually identical to human genes, researchers' findings hold
potential for an easy transfer of discoveries from fly biology to human
medical research.
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Technology Improves Research
New supercomputing technology is providing researchers in the Brain,
Biology, and Machine Initiative with enhanced tools to visualize and
interpret complex data generated at the UO Neuroinformatics Center
and the Lewis Center for Neuro-imaging.
Projects such as the computational modeling of the electrical properties
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of the human brain, including both electrical and optical transmission,
are benefiting from the Integrated Cognitive Neuroscience, Informatics
and Computation (ICONIC) grid installed last year.
Made possible by a $1 million grant from the National Science
Foundation, the ICONIC grid integrates three advanced IBM computing
architectures. It helps researchers gain better access to and use of the
large volume of data generated during diagnostic imaging work by
harnessing the collective processing power of the school's computing
systems.
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Psychologist Predicts Memory Capacity
A new tool developed at the University of Oregon is opening a window on how the brain stores visual
information. An article to be published April 15 in Nature magazine by Edward Vogel, a UO assistant
professor of psychology, describes how his lab is able to predict an individual's memory capacity.
"Despite our feeling of having a detailed perception of our immediate environment, we are aware of only
about three objects at any given time," Vogel explains. "Some people are capable of being aware of
more objects than others, and this ability greatly influences how good we are at performing many
complex tasks such as reasoning, mathematics and following directions." Vogel and Maro G.
Machizawa observed subjects performing a visual awareness task and found brain activity that was
specifically related to holding items "in mind." This activity reveals the limitations of awareness for each
person, and provides a window into how the brain controls our awareness. This is the first time
researchers have been able to demonstrate a direct relationship between neural activity and memory
capacity. The UO study opens the door to studying a broad range of aspects of how people hold objects
in their awareness. Machizawa assisted with Vogel's research while completing his master's degree in
psychology and is continuing to work in the lab.
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Research in the Eye-Hand Lab is designed to gain a better understanding of how the human brain transforms
sensory signals into appropriate motor output and how different perceptual and attentional factors influence this
transformation. We address this issue using several different types of movement including oculomotor smooth
pursuit, saccades, and manual pointing.
To better define the contribution of different cortical areas to the sensorimotor transformation process we use
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). TMS allows one to briefly disrupt the activity in selected regions of the
brain while a subject is producing a particular response. By characterizing how TMS perturbs performance we can
make inferences about the specific contribution of the cortical area being stimulated to the task under investigation.
In addition, we are making use of the fMRI facilities at the Lewis Center for Neuroimaging on campus to gain further
insight into the brain mechanisms underlying sensorimotor control during functional recovery following stroke and
concussion.
RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE
KVAL 13 TV (July 2004) Stroke research study
Eugene Registar-Guard (Oct. 2004) Concussion study
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Eugene Registar-Guard (Feb. 2003) fMRI research on recovery of function following stroke
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Attentional Deficits in Concussion (2004 Society for Neuroscience)
Motor Evoked Potentials in Dominant and Nondominant Motor Cortex (2004 Society for Neuroscience)
Frontal Eye Field TMS and Smooth Pursuit (2004 Society for Neuroscience)
Attentional Deficits in Concussion (2004 World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
van Donkelaar, P., Langan, J., Rodriguez, E., Drew, A.S., Halterman, C., Osternig, L.R., & Chou, L.-S. (2005).
Attentional deficits in concussion. Brain Injury, in press.
Parker, T.M., Osternig, LR., Lee, H.-J., van Donkelaar, P., & Chou, L.-S. (2005). The effect of divided attention on
gait stability following concussion. Clinical Biomechanics, 20, 389-395.
van Donkelaar, P., & Adams, J. (2005). Gaze-dependent deviations in pointing induced by TMS over the human
posterior parietal cortex. Journal of Motor Behavior, 37, 157-163.
van Donkelaar, P. (2005). On the virtues of virtal lesions. Cortex, 41, 85-86.
van Donkelaar, P., & Dassonville, P.R. (2004). Further evidence for, and some against, the planning-control
dissociation. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 27, 52-53.
van Donkelaar, P., Siu, K.-C., & Walterschied, J. (2004). Saccadic output is influenced by limb kinetics during eyehand
coordination. Journal of Motor Behavior, 36, 245-252.
van Donkelaar, P., & Drew, A.S. (2002). The role of attention during smooth pursuit eye movements. The Brain's
Eyes: Neurobiological and Clinical Aspects of Oculomotor Research. J. Hyönä, D. Munoz, W. Heide, & R. Radach
(Eds), 140: 267-277.
van Donkelaar, P., Lee, J.-H., & Drew, A.S. (2002). Cortical frames of reference for eye-hand coordination. The
Brain's Eyes: Neurobiological and Clinical Aspects of Oculomotor Research. J. Hyönä, D. Munoz, W. Heide, & R.
Radach (Eds), 140: 301-310.
van Donkelaar, P., Lee, J.-H., & Drew, A.S. (2002). Eye-hand interactions differ in the premotor and parietal
cortices. Human Movement Science, 21, 65-74.
van Donkelaar, P., & Müri, R. (2002). Craniotopic updating of visual space across saccades in the human posterior
parietal cortex. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 269, 735-739.
Lee, J.-H., & van Donkelaar, P. (2002). Dorsal and ventral visual stream contributions to perception-action
interactions during pointing movements. Experimental Brain Research, 143: 440-446.
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CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT
2004-2007: American Heart Association Grant-in-Aid - " Cortical correlates of functional recovery following stroke
rehabilitation" Role: Principal Investigator.
2002-2006: Centers for Disease Control Research Grant - "Biomechanical/sensory motor functions after
concussion" Role: Co-Principle Investigator.
2003-2008: NIH R01 Research Grant - "Dynamic balance in children with cerebral palsy" Role: Co-Investigator.
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Eric Johnson
Eric
Johnson
Assistant
Professor of
Biology
B.A., Grinnell College;
Ph.D., University of
Iowa
Member of:
l Institute of
Molecular Biology
Office: Streisinger Hall Room
312
Telephone: 541-346-5183
Lab: Streisinger Hall Room
315
Telephone: 541-346-5994
Email: eric-johnson@molbio.
uoregon.edu
Research Interests
We are interested in how an organism adapts to the physiological challenges of
daily life and what this tells us about the physiological and developmental responses
to disease in humans. The particular challenge we study is the response to low
oxygen. When faced with inadequate oxygen (hypoxia), animals undergo a series of
transient and longer-term changes to increase their access to oxygen and decrease
their need for it. If oxygen homeostasis is not restored, death or serious tissue
damage can result. In humans, serious pathology can also result when the hypoxic
responses are inappropriately activated, as in rapidly proliferating tumors that turn
on hypoxia-response programs that promote tumor angiogenesis and growth.
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How does a cell
sense oxygen?
We are studying the
sensing and response
to low oxygen in
Drosophila
melanogaster. The
key regulator of the
hypoxic response is
shared between the
fly and humans, and
we are taking genetic
approaches to dissect
the molecular
pathways that allow a
cell to measure
oxygen need and
quickly respond when
the oxygen supply is
limiting.
Airway
branches
(arrows)
proliferate on
a hypoxic
muscle
(bracket).
Cells
experiencing
oxygen debt
activate a
fluorescent
reporter gene
which can be
observed in
living
animals.
How does an organism respond to
low oxygen?
The genetics of Drosophila is
complemented by the ability to take
genomic approaches as well. We have
been part of initiating the use of
microarray technology, in which the
transcriptional activity of every gene in
the genome is measured
simultaneously, and have used it to
assay the rapid and complex changes in
response to low oxygen. Other stresses
evoke similar patterns of gene
expression, so computational
approaches are employed to find highly
significant response genes and
understand the biology of these
changes.
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A Drosophila microarray reflecting the
transcriptional activity of over 6000 genes.
Each dot represents a single gene, and the
color indicates the amount of that transcript
in hypoxic animals.
Cell and developmental
biology of the response
Although many responses to
low oxygen are at the cellular
level, we are also studying
longer-term developmental
changes. One mechanism for
adaptation is the outgrowth
of airway branches to hypoxic
regions by a fibroblast
growth factor signaling
pathway. We have also
identified a novel cellular
response to hypoxia--the
formation of long epidermal
projections that grow out to
nearby airway branches. The
signals that control this
behavior are unknown.
Hypoxic
epidermal
cells form
filopodia
(arrow) that
reach out to
nearby
tracheal
cells.
Many developmental pathways have been extensively studied in Drosophila.
Physiological pathways, which are just as crucial for survival of an organism, are
still poorly understood. We use the traditional strength of Drosophila (genetic
screens) combined with emerging strengths (cell biology and genomics) to learn
more about the biologically interesting and medically important question of oxygen
sensing and response.
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Selected Publications
Johnson, E., P. Estes, S. Crews, and M.A. Krasnow. Conservation and function of the
HIF-1 hypoxia response pathway in living Drosophila. Manuscript in preparation.
Cho N.K., L. Keyes, E. Johnson, J. Heller, L. Ryner, F. Karim, and M.A. Krasnow.
(2002) Developmental control of blood cell migration by the Drosophila VEGF
pathway. Cell 108:865-76.
Arbeitman, M., E. Furlong, F. Imam, E. Johnson, B. Null, B. Baker, M.A. Krasnow,
M. Scott, R. Davis, and K. White. (2002) Gene Expression During the Life Cycle of
Drosophila melanogaster. Science 297: 2270-5.
Johnson, E., J. Jarecki, and M.A. Krasnow. (1999) Oxygen regulation of airway
branching in Drosophila is mediated by Branchless FGF. Cell 99:211-20.
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'ICONIC Grid' Speeds Brain Wave Analysis
The University of Oregon, Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (EGI), and IBM have announced a new project that
uses grid computing, Linux and IBM supercomputer technology to speed and improve the diagnosis of
Epilepsy, stroke, depression and other brain conditions.
In 2003, researchers at the University of Oregon Neuroinformatics Center received a $1-million grant
from the National Science Foundation to build advanced grid computing infrastructure to apply highperformance
computing to diagnosing and treating brain-related conditions.
The Integrated Cognitive Neuroscience, Informatics and Computation (ICONIC) grid facilitates more
rapid diagnosis by harnessing the collective processing power of the school's computing systems. In
addition, the grid offers the ability to better respond to temporary spikes in demand for computing
horsepower and helps researchers gain better access to and control over the large volume of data
generated during diagnostic imaging work.
EGI is a private medical device and imaging software developer based in the Riverfront Research Park
adjacent to the UO campus. EGI is working with the Neuroinformatics Center to further study the
commercial possibilities for using grid and Linux-based systems to speed and improve brain-wave
monitoring at hospitals and research centers.
"With the multiple architectures provided by IBM's products, we can conduct research on ways of
optimizing the medical informatics demands for high performance computing," said Neuroinformatics
Center Director Allen Malony." At the same time, we can evaluate all of these architectures running the
Linux operating system, simplifying our system administration and improving our reliability."
"Grid computing technology from IBM will play an important role in helping EGI provide doctors and
researchers with on-demand access to critical patient data," said Donald Tucker, CEO, Electrical
Geodesics, Inc. "We believe grid computing not only brings performance capacity, but allows the patient
security and accountability required for critical medical applications."
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John Halliwill's (standing, in back) research on the relationship of blood
pressure and exercise will benefit from the UO's partnership in the
Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute. Also pictured are assistant
professor Christopher Minson and doctoral student Britta Torgrimson.
A new UO partnership is taking aim at America's number one killer:
cardiovascular disease. The Oregon Heart & Vascular Institute (OHVI)
combines more than eight decades of research and expertise in human
physiology at the UO with Sacred Heart Medical Center's reputation as
one of the nation's top 100 hospitals for cardiac services.
The partnership will give physicians access to the UO's pioneering
research in human physiology, and researchers, in turn, will have the
opportunity to conduct joint projects with nationally recognized
physicians.
John Halliwill, assistant professor of human physiology, is eager to
exploit the new, collaborative opportunities. His research seeks to
understand why certain cell receptors turn on following exercise, telling
blood vessels to relax and lowering blood pressure.
"Our findings could result in development of medication that turns those
receptors on," he says.
So far, Halliwill has been able to study young, healthy individuals using
non-invasive methods.
"This partnership will provide the physician oversight needed to conduct
clinical research on specific groups of patients, using a variety of
research methods. It's the type of research that typically occurs only in
a medical school," he says.
The Department of Human Physiology has evolved from the UO's
Department of Physical Education, which was the first degree-granting
program in the nation to focus on health and exercise. Today, it
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investigates factors and interventions that contribute to cardiac and
vascular health, spanning the spectrum from molecular-based research
to direct patient care.
Collaborations between the UO and Sacred Heart already result in cosponsored
medical education/research seminars, student clinical/surgery
observations and physician engagement in the classrooms.
OHVI will facilitate and expand opportunities by developing and
distributing information and supporting educational activities about heart
and vascular health that emphasize rehabilitation and disease
prevention.
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Paul Elstone, director of corporate and foundation relations in the UO
Office of Development.
Donations to the University of Oregon from foundations and corporations
topped $8.5 million last year, helping to make college affordable and
enriching the university experience.
"Corporate funding for scholarships can literally open the door to a
college education for some students," said Paul Elstone, director of
corporate and foundation relations in the UO Office of Development.
"Funding for internships allows students to apply theory to practice, and
grants for advanced equipment can provide the means for breakthrough
research."
Corporate and foundation giving to the UO is up 78.5 percent since fiscal
year 1997-98 and includes gifts and grants from an ever-broadening
range of organizations.
Support from national organizations last year included a $600,000 grant
from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to analyze changes in health
care financing and $100,000 from the Korea Foundation for art
installation and programming at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Strong links to the corporate world bring additional benefits to UO
students and faculty.
In the past year, Intel contributed more than $90,000 to the UO,
including grants for curriculum development and an undergraduate
"summer boot camp" in the Materials Science Institute (MSI). Intel also
sponsored the Lundquist College of Business's (LBC) nationally
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renowned New Venture Championship--a business plan competition that
attracts students from some of the best business schools in the nation
and abroad.
"Intel's relationship with the UO is important in a number of areas, and
we continue to see our involvement evolve due to the excellent students
and strong programs," said JoZell Johnson, program manager for higher
education at Intel.
Corporate investments are often only the beginning of the relationship
between businesses and the UO. Intel, for instance, is one of several
high tech firms that recruit and hire students from MSI and LBC.
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UO President Dave Frohnmayer (seated, on left) speaks with
stakeholders at the Institute for Policy Research and Innovation's Urban
Rural Dialogue.
As its first project, the UO's newly created Institute for Policy Research
and Innovation (IPRI) hopes to bridge Oregon's urban-rural divide.
IPRI's approach will be to rely on Oregon's rich tradition of innovative
public policy, emphasizing policy-relevant research, and to create and
disseminate knowledge about classes of problems or issues.
"Oregon has been a leader in addressing a variety of public issues, from
the 'Oregon system' of direct democracy to environmental management
to health care to strategic planning," said IPRI's director Michael
Hibbard.
The mission of IPRI, he says, is to encourage the long-term health of
Oregon's innovative approaches to public policy.
"These are critical to the future of the state and will also benefit other
states and nations that look to Oregon as a source of ideas and
inspiration," he says.
IPRI is itself taking an innovative approach by using its research to
kindle serious, informed public dialogues around policy issues. The new
institute organized an Urban Rural Dialogue, bringing together a small
group of stakeholders from around the state who spent three days
discussing how the issues that divide Oregon can be surmounted for the
benefit of the entire state. A second dialogue is scheduled for the spring.
IPRI is associated with the Department of Planning, Public Policy and
Management (PPPM) whose faculty members and students study at the
junction of public policy, community problem-solving, and nonprofit
organizations.
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Points of Pride
Great Education Value. The twenty-first edition of the Fiske Guide to
Colleges says the "UO may be the best deal in public education on the
West Coast." The UO ranked among the nation's "best buys" in higher
education for the seventh consecutive year in the prestigious guide.
Recognition from Peers. The Journal of Financial Economics ranks the
UO Lundquist College of Business's finance department tenth based on
the frequency with which its research is cited in articles published in that
journal over the past twenty-five years.
Making Schools Safer. More than 2,670 schools in thirty states have
reduced behavior and discipline referrals by as much as 60 percent
using Positive Behavior Supports developed by College of Education
professors Rob Horner and George Sugai. Read more: http://
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Among the World's Best. A Swiss research center has ranked the
University of Oregon 44th among the world's universities in terms of
publications impact. The UO earned the ranking based on the scope and
citation of published research articles its faculty had placed in top
scholarly journals.
Environmental Improvements. Nanotechnology fabrication became
"greener" due to a faster, cheaper and environmentally benign method
developed by Jim Hutchison, a chemistry professor, and made public
earlier this year. Read more: http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/
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Among the Nation's Elite. Peter von Hippel, a UO professor emeritus
of chemistry whose research describes how proteins bind to DNA, was
elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2004, one the highest
academic honors in the nation.
One of the World's Best. In September, the British Royal Society of
Chemistry awarded its prestigious Spiers Medal to Geri Richmond, UO
professor of chemistry. The Richmond Team's ongoing studies on how
water reacts with the surfaces of solids are viewed as essential to a
broad range of interests, from building better semiconductors to
maintaining a healthy global environment. Read more: http://
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Federal Grant to Study PBS in High Schools
Brigid Flannery and COEâ?(tm)s Educational and Community Supports
(ECS) will work with four Oregon high schools over the next three years to
study positive behavior support in adolescence.
"Many educators in elementary and middle schools have adopted a school-wide
positive behavior support (PBS) approach. They've demonstrated that it is
possible to create and sustain positive learning and teaching environments that
are safe and promote the social development of all students," says co-principal
investigator and COE assistant professor Brigid Flannery.
"Unfortunately, the same level of school-wide PBS implementation has not been
demonstrated and validated at the high school level," says Flannery.
And fortunately for Oregon high schools, faculty in the College of Education's
Educational and Community Supports (ECS) have just been awarded a
federally funded grant to do just thatâ?"to study and develop positive behavior
support systems for the high school. University of Oregon faculty in ECS along
with their colleagues in educational research across the country have developed
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and implemented PBS in more than 500 schools in 12 states nationwide. The
result is a system of educating both students and staff in the functional
processes of making school buildings positive learning environments which has
a proven track record of success at the elementary and middle school levels.
OSEP Award Exceeds Half Million
Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of
Education (OSEP), the new three-year project, High School Positive Behavior
Support: Increasing Success for All Students will conduct research at the schoolwide
level as well as at the level of the individual student to identify and study
the factors that contribute to and/or inhibit comprehensive school-wide systems
of PBS for all students. Because high schools have structural, operational, and
philosophical differences from elementary schools, how they view and
implement behavior support practices and systems will likely differ from the
practices that have been successful for younger students.
"High school students are also going through an important developmental
phase, adolescence. So the importance of choices, decision making, autonomy
and identification with a peer social group increases dramatically at this level,"
says Flannery.
"These student factors in combination with the structural and operational
influences may significantly affect the way a high school approaches
implementing a positive behavior support system," says Flannery.
COE faculty participating in project include co-principal investigators Brigid
Flannery and George Sugai, along with Jeff Sprague, Tary Tobin and
former faculty member Geoff Colvin. By establishing and studying several
intensive demonstrations of high school level implementations of school-wide
PBS, researchers will validate the effective behavior support systems for the
high school environment in other school districts.
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Patent Enhances Green Nanotechnology
A new patent issued to the University of Oregon focuses on an environmentally benign solution to an
important challenge in the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology.
A process developed by Chemistry Professor Jim Hutchison eliminates the need to use two highly toxic
chemicals in the production of functionalized gold nanoparticles. His innovation is part of the
university's effort to develop safer manufacturing processes for nanoscale materials, those measuring
less than 100 billionths of a meter.
Nanoscience researchers create new materials through chemical assembly of molecular building blocks.
Researchers traditionally use diborane, a highly toxic, odorless and colorless gas that auto-ignites near
room temperature, and the toxic solvent benzene to synthesize an important class of metal nanoparticles.
Hutchison and his students developed a new synthetic procedure that eliminates the use of diborane and
benzene for that process. In addition to being safer for the chemists and the environment, Hutchison's
process takes just a few hours, instead of days, and significantly reduces the cost of making these
nanoparticles.
The patented process is a major step toward establishing "green" nanotechnology practices. The
pioneering work in the Hutchison labs applies green chemistry principles to the field of nanoscience.
Green chemistry principles focus on reducing, recycling or eliminating the use of toxic chemicals in
chemistry by finding creative ways to minimize the human and environmental impact without stifling
scientific progress.
"UO is a recognized leader in the emerging field of green chemistry that has eliminated the use of many
toxic materials in chemistry labs throughout the nation," said Richard Linton, UO's vice president for
research and graduate studies. "This innovation demonstrates the UO's capabilities in green
nanotechnology and is an enabling step toward making production of nanoscale materials more
practical."
Now that the patent has been issued, Linton says, a spin-off company may be created to market the
process to nanotechnology researchers worldwide. Potential applications for Hutchison's process include
research and development of nano-electronics, including tiny transistors, sensors and diagnostic assays.
The UO is a partner in the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI), a
collaboration involving Portland State University, Oregon State University, the Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory and high-tech private industry that is leveraging the state of Oregon's strengths in
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For more information about Hutchinson and green chemistry, visit http://www.uoregon.edu/~hutchlab/.
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Fax: 541-346-2023
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James Perkins, a past president of Cornell
University, stated, "The acquisition of
knowledge is the mission of research, the
transmission of knowledge is the mission of
teaching and the application of knowledge is
the mission of public service."
At the University of Oregon, the scholarly
endeavors of our faculty, staff and students
span the full cycle of innovation, from basic
research, to inspired pedagogy, to applications
that improve our quality of life. The
importance of discovery and its connection to
our broader society are fundamental
cornerstones of the UO's strategic vision as a
leading research university.
The following pages illustrate our extraordinary progress in attracting
external funding for scholarly activities, transferring basic discoveries
into the marketplace and sharing expertise in service to the citizens and
communities of Oregon.
Our commitment to scholarship spans the spectrum of arts, humanities,
sciences, and the professions to create a rich tapestry of discovery,
encompassing issues such as human security, public policy, educational
practices, the treatment of disease, and technological innovations
fueling the knowledge-based economy.
Richard Linton is the vice president for research and graduate studies,
and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Oregon
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