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Research Highlights
$116 million in grants awarded
512 proposals submitted
$109 million in research expenditures
20 inventions licensed
12 patents filed
Recent Notable Awards
![Dr. Tiffany Garcia Tiffany Garcia](https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/larch_picbox/public/lp/picbox/tiffany-garcia-bullys.jpg?itok=cJfh1AMZ)
Tiffany Garcia with Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences received $2.9M from the National Science Foundation to research the prediction of transformation of emergent freshwater networks under variable climate regimes.
![Dr. Chris Mundt Scientist man standing with cereal grass](https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/larch_picbox/public/lp/picbox/mundt.png?itok=Ty1HadCu)
Chris Mundt with Botany and Plant Pathology received $2.5M from the National Science Foundation to investigate long distance dispersal and disease spread under increased ecological complexity.
![Lisa Ballance, director of the Marine Mammal Institute, stands among the bones of a blue whale. Photo by Ellie Lafferty, Oregon State University. Lisa Ballance, director of the Marine Mammal Institute, stands among the bones of a blue whale. Photo by Ellie Lafferty, Oregon State University.](https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/larch_picbox/public/lp/picbox/lisa-ballance-whale-bones.jpg?itok=ym_MnWa9)
Lisa Ballance with the Marine Mammal Institute received $2M from the Department of Energy to perform baseline data collection on cetaceans and seabirds in the outer continental shelf and slope of Northern California and Oregon to inform offshore wind energy development.
Our Plant Breeding Programs
Recent Inventions
USDA Blackberries 'Celestial', 'Zodiac', and 'Thunderhead'
Inventors: Chad Finn, Michael Hardigan
Berry Crops Production Systems Program
OR2130755 Nimbus Wheat
Inventors: Chris Mundt, Andrew Ross, Robert Zemetra
Wheat Research Program
Hibiscus syriacus ‘ORSTHIB5x1’
Inventor: Ryan Contreras
Ornamental Plant Breeding Program
Tri-State Potato 'Becca Rose'
Inventors: Brian Charlton, Vidyasagar Sathuvalli Rajakalyan
Potato Breeding Program
Philadelphus ‘ORSTPHILx1’
Inventor: Ryan Contreras
Ornamental Plant Breeding Program
Hazelnut 'Thompson'
Inventors: Rebecca McCluskey, Shawn Mehlenbacher, David Smith, Jacob Snelling
Hazelnut Breeding Program
USDA Red Raspberry 'Finnberry'
Inventors: Chad Finn, Michael Hardigan
Berry Crops Production Systems Program
'IH13022' Hop Variety ('Luminosa')
Inventor: Michael Shaun Townsend
Aroma Hop Breeding Program
Barley Varieties 'Successor', 'Lontra', and 'Flex'
Inventors: Tanya Filichkin, Scott Fisk, Patrick Hayes, Laura Helgerson
Barley Breeding Program
Vaccinium ovatum 'Cascade Jewel'
Inventor: Ryan Contreras
Ornamental Plant Breeding Program
Styrax japonicus ‘ORSTSTYx1’
Inventors: Ryan Contreras, Ivory Knutson, Cara Still
Ornamental Plant Breeding Program
In The News
![Kwame Stephenson and Alex McBean Kwame Stephenson and Alex McBean](https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/400x290/public/lp/picbox/kwame_stephenson-alex_mcbean-jamaican_students-cropped.jpg?itok=Zs5EZLws)
KBREC Hosts Jamaican Student Interns
The Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (KBREC), a research and experimental station of Oregon State University welcomes two students...
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Taster Testers Need for OSU's Food Innovation Center
Become a taste tester at the Food Innovation Center
![Blossom blight phase where the infected blossoms are killed and more bacteria are produced as the creamy oozes (red arrow) when weather warms up. These oozes provide more source of bacteria for newer infections of the nearby tissues. Photo: Kate Lundquist Blossom blight phase where the infected blossoms are killed and more bacteria are produced as the creamy oozes (red arrow) when weather warms up. These oozes provide more source of bacteria for newer infections of the nearby tissues. Photo: Kate Lundquist](https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/400x290/public/lp/adjcol/fireblight_fig._2-800.jpg?itok=wRIgQNsH)
The Long Fight to Stop Fire Blight
At the Plant Pathology lab at Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center (SOREC) a very old fight against Erwinia amylovora...
Upcoming Field Days
Field Days are typically scheduled during the spring and summer months.