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.
Untitled Document
Selker Lab research
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

Nature Structural and Molecular BiologyHeterochromatin protein 1 forms distinct complexes to direct histone deacetylation and DNA methylation Nat Struct Mol Biol May 2012
News & Views
Selker Lab

IMB News

Eric Selker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! Read more...

The 2011 IMB Newsletter is now available.

Hui Zong has been awarded the Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation

Chris Doe has been awarded the Medical Research Foundation Discovery Award

Department of Physics | Department of Chemistry | Department of Biology | UO Life Sciences | University of Oregon