Meet Emily Hutchinson
Emily grew up in Tacoma, WA, then moved to Oregon to complete her B.A. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry at Willamette University in…
Located at the Oregon Health & Science University Chemical Physiology & Biochemistry department, with a joint appointment to the Vollum Institute, our lab uses a multidisciplinary approach involving organic chemical synthesis, electrophysiology, fluorescence imaging and rodent behavioral assays to develop and assess the ability of our technology to interface with cells or tissue with enhanced precision.
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Meet Zaafir Dulloo
Zaafir was born and raised in Mauritius, a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean. In 2015, Zaafir left his hometown of Port-Louis to attend…
Meet Zilong Liu
Zilong is from Chongqing, China, and earned his MBBS in Neurobiology from the School of Basic Medical Sciences at Peking University. At Peking University, he…
Meet Gabriella (Gabby) Calvi
Gabby is originally from Portland, OR, and earned her B.A. in Molecular Biology with a minor in Mathematics from Pomona College in 2025. At Pomona,…
Dr. Frank speaks at CPDA conference
Dr. Frank was invited to speak at the annual Chemistry and Pharmacology of Drug Abuse (CPDA) Conference in Boston James Frank, Ph.D., assistant professor in…
Dr. Frank wins R21 award
The $429,000 award from NIDA advances the Frank lab’s ongoing work James Frank, Ph.D., in July 2025 was awarded $429,000 from the National Institute on…
Paper published in Journal of American Chemical Society
JACS is a top journal in the Frank lab’s field; graduate student Sarahi Garza is lead author on the study The Frank lab had our…
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Xander moving on to Amgen
Xander was the first member of the Frank lab; moving on to be an associate scientist at a major company! Congratulations to Frank lab research…
James Frank earns scholarship for entrepreneurship course
Dr. Frank completed the course at one of the nation’s top colleges for entrepreneurship James Frank, Ph.D., received the Babson Substance Use Disorder (SUD) SPRINT…
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