Ross Island sits mid-Willamette just south of downtown Portland, and has a history of being built up and exploited by men, but today it is ruled primarily by nature. From Friendly House, Mike Houck, Director of the Urban Greenspaces Institute, will present his vision of how it can serve as one. Mr. Houck has been a leader in urban nature issues since 1980 when he founded the Urban Naturalist Program at the Audubon Society of Portland. He has co-founded Coalition for a Livable Future (CLF); The national Coalition to Restore Urban Waters (CRUW); The Intertwine Alliance; and The Nature of Cities forum.
HFEC-2015 The Speakers
About the Speakers
 Dr. Lisa Sardinia
Lisa Sardinia is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Pacific University. She received a B.S. in Biology from Whitworth College, a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Montana State University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Following graduate school, she was awarded a National Cancer Institute research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco studying molecular genetics before beginning a teaching career that has included stints at San Francisco State University, St. Olaf College, Foothill College and Pacific University. At Pacific University, she teaches Molecular Biology and Microbiology in the College of Arts and Sciences, Basic Science for Optometry in the College of Optometry and Genetics in the Physician Assistant Studies and Audiology programs. She has been the recipient of the Thomas J. and Joyce Holce Endowed Professorship in Science and the S.S. Johnson Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching at Pacific University. Her research with students focuses on microbiological analysis of freshwater streams in Metro’s Chehalem Ridge Natural Area. Her educational outreach activities include numerous Science Pub and Nerd Night presentations, as well as presentations to various professional and community groups on stem cell research and ethics, genetic testing, epigenetics and parasite symbioses. |
 Dr. Mitchell Turker
Dr. Turker is a Senior Scientist in the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Science and a Professor in Molecular and Medical Genetics at Oregon Health & Science University. His research interests are in genetic and epigenetic mechanisms leading to abnormal gene expression in mammalian cells. |
 Dr. Jeffrey TynerJeffrey Tyner was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. He attended undergraduate school at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis. His graduate work, focusing on asthma and respiratory viral infections, was conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Holtzman. For his post-doctoral fellowship, Jeff joined Dr. Brian Druker’s laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) where he studied molecular mechanisms of leukemogenesis. He was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at OHSU in 2010 and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology at OHSU in 2012. Jeff’s research is focused towards: 1) identification of cancer-causing gene targets in cancer patients and 2) identification of patient-tailored, gene-targeted therapies.
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