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Eberly Research Fellows at Penn State University

The Penn State Eberly College of Science invites nominees for the Eberly Research Fellowship program. Eberly Fellowships are designed to attract exceptional early career scientists to Penn State to enhance their career goals in the vibrant, highly collaborative environment of the Eberly College of Science and the broader STEM community at Penn State.

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Graduate Honors
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Emery Usher receives 2020 Richard L. and Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship.

Usher was selected based on his work, within the Showalter Laboratory, on spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression through the Pdx1 transcription factor.

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Song Tan selected as holder of the Verne M. Willaman Chair in Molecular Biology

Song Tan, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and director of the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, has been appointed as holder of the Verne M. Willaman Chair in Molecular Biology.

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Learn more about ENTI's new Bio-Tech Cluster
Bio-tech cluster added to Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor program

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) Minor now has a tenth cluster with the latest addition of the Bio-Tech option.

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Brooks named Forensic Science program director

Jason W. Brooks, associate clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences at Penn State, has been named director of the Forensic Science program in the Eberly College of Science’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, effective September 14.

Jason W. Brooks, associate clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences.
Being among the top 50 research universities, I knew that I could pursue my interests in biochemistry while being among world-class faculty.
Emily Snell, Microbiology Major, Class of 2019

 

 

 

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department

Our faculty are recognized leaders in their fields and are dedicated to their research as well as educating the next generation of scientists.

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Dr. Meredith Defelice
Meredith Defelice
Associate Head of Undergraduate Affairs & Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Kenneth Keiler
Kenneth Keiler
Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs & Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joseph Reese.
Joseph Reese
Associate Department Head for Research and Faculty Development & Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Events and Lectures
Alone in a Crowd: Development of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors in Pathogenic Vibrios
January 25, 4:00 pm - January 25, 5:00 pm

Alone in a Crowd:  Development of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors in Pathogenic Vibrios

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