IMB turns 50
We are celebrating our 50th birthday October 23-24 with a scientific symposium featuring some of our esteemed alumni. Additional information can be found at http://www.molbio.uoregon.edu/IMB50.
The Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon is an interdisciplinary research community, founded in 1959, dedicated to investigating biological questions at the molecular level. Our collaborative and interactive Institute brings together--from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics -- scientists using diverse approaches and state-of-the-art facilities. This rich research environment provides exceptional training opportunities for young scientists.

Neurospora crassa. Fluorescent image of a rosette of maturing asci from a herterozygous cross of a transformant engineered to express GFP-tagged histone H1. Four ascospores of each ascus show glowing nuelei (Freitag et al 2004) Credit N.B. Raju. Selker Lab
Recent IMB Research Publications
Loss of seven-up from Drosophila R1/R6 photoreceptors reveals a stochastic fate choice that is normally biased by Notch Development 135(4):707-15. Herman Lab
Direct Spectroscopic Study of Reconstituted Transcription Complexes Reveals That Intrinsic Termination Is Driven Primarily by Thermodynamic Destabilization of the Nucleic Acid Framework. J. Biol. Chem. 283:3537-49 von Hippel Lab

