Center News
META CENTER SYMPOSIUM EXPLORES MICROBIOME MODELS TO MEDICINE
Earlier this summer, biologists and physicians from all over the country convened in Eugene, Oregon, to discuss the cutting edge of host-microbiome systems research. This year’s symposium was the third such hosted by the University of Oregon’s (more…)
October 5, 2016
META CENTER STUDY SHOWS THAT THE GUT CAN PROMOTE INTERBACTERIAL CONFLICT
A research team from the META Center led by postdoctoral fellow Travis Wiles, student Matthew Jemielita*, and faculty members Judith Eisen, Karen Guillemin, and Raghuveer Parthasarathy has discovered that intestinal peristalsis is a major (more…)
August 1, 2016
META Center Symposium Final Program
Registration for the symposium is now closed. The final program for the META Center Symposium is now available to view. We look forward to your participation. For more information about the (more…)
July 18, 2016
2016 META Center for Systems Biology Symposium
Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual META Center for Systems Biology Symposium being held at the Eugene Hilton Hotel from August 5-7 (Friday evening-Sunday noon). This year’s (more…)
May 13, 2016
2016 META Center for Systems Biology Symposium
The 3rd Annual META Center for Systems Biology Symposium will be held at the Eugene Hilton Hotel from August 5-7 (Friday evening-Sunday noon). This year’s symposium, entitled “Host-Microbe Systems: Models to Medicine”, will explore (more…)
March 29, 2016
Major gift to support zebrafish research, genomics, and imaging
Columbia Sportswear CEO, Tim Boyle, and his wife, Mary, have made a $10 million gift that greatly supports and expands UO’s groundbreaking work in the life sciences. The gift will endow funding for the UO’s aquatic animal care facility, fund the (more…)
February 29, 2016
META Center paper models host responses to microbiota
META Center postdoc Annah Rolig, student Adam Burns, and faculty members Raghuveer Parthasarathy, Brendan Bohannan, and Karen Guillemin have published a new study that uses gnotobiology and mathematical modeling to describe the (more…)
November 18, 2015
META Center PI Eisen honored with MRF Discovery Award
META Center PI Judith Eisen was in the spotlight Nov. 12 during the annual awards banquet of the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon in Portland. Eisen received the foundation’s Discovery Award “for her seminal work in transforming the aquatic vertebrate model, the zebrafish, into a groundbreaking research model for biomedical science.”
November 18, 2015
META Center’s Jessica Green contributes to Unified Microbiome Initiative
META Center PI Jessica Green participated in the recently published proposal for a unified microbiome initiative. The goal is “to discover and advance tools to understand and harness the capabilities of Earth’s microbial ecosystems.†(more…)
October 29, 2015
Live-Imaging of Chemical Reporters
The labs of META PI Raghuveer Parthasarathy and UO Chemistry professor Michael Pluth published a paper recently* on a new fluorescent reporter of hydrogen sulfide, which can be imaged inside live larval zebrafish. Hydrogen sulfide is increasingly (more…)
October 2, 2015
Exploring Microbial Mysteries at META 2015
The META Center 2nd Annual Symposium on Host-Microbe Systems Biology was well attended and generated high-quality scientific talks on the advances that have been made in the field of host-microbe biology systems. (more…)
September 24, 2015
META Center Symposium Final Program
Registration for the symposium is now closed. The final program for the META Center Symposium is now available to view. We look forward to your participation. For more information about the venue, transportation, and dining, please visit (more…)
July 16, 2015
META Center Preliminary Program
We’re pleased to announce the preliminary program for the META Center Symposium. We are still accepting meeting registration and poster abstract submissions until July 6th. Registration is free and hotel rooms are still available. Don’t miss this exciting meeting.
June 30, 2015
META Center Symposium Registration Open
The META Center for Systems Biology will host its second annual symposium in Eugene, Oregon on July 31-August 2, 2015. The Symposium on Host-Microbe Systems Biology will focus on the theme of “Synthesis and Selection of Host-Microbe Systems”. We will explore the properties of host-microbe (more…)
April 28, 2015
Imaging Gut Microbes and Their Surroundings
Observing gut microbes in zebrafish, a model organism, provides insights into how microbial communities nucleate, develop, and interact with each other and with their host. To achieve high-resolution, three-dimensional live imaging in vivo, (more…)
January 27, 2015