OHSU scientists Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., and Carsten Schultz, Ph.D., are leading the development of a new database and dashboard available to the world’s scientists to better understand how lipids drive disease. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU scientists Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., and Carsten Schultz, Ph.D., are leading the development of a new database and dashboard available to the world’s scientists to better understand how lipids drive disease. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

A lipid processing machine typically used to separate and purify lipid molecules or lipid-derived compounds before they are tested in cells. OHSU scientists Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., and Carsten Schultz, Ph.D., are leading the development of a new database and dashboard available to the world’s scientists to better understand how lipids drive disease. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Los científicos de OHSU Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D. y Carsten Schultz, Ph.D. encabezan el desarrollo de una nueva base de datos y tablero disponibles para los científicos del mundo para entender mejor la forma en que los lípidos impulsan las enfermedades. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Los científicos de OHSU Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D. y Carsten Schultz, Ph.D. encabezan el desarrollo de una nueva base de datos y tablero disponibles para los científicos del mundo para entender mejor la forma en que los lípidos impulsan las enfermedades. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Fikadu G. Tafesse, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at Oregon Health & Science University. (OHSU)

“We have an interesting observation, but we have a lot more to learn about the mechanisms of this disease," said Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D. (OHSU)