Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Awards and Honors
New biotechnologies revealed at inaugural Penn State BioTech Discovery Day
woman pipettes at lab bench
Awards and Honors
Ying Gu named the 2019 - 2020 recipient of the 2019 - 2020 Daniel R. Tershak Memorial Teaching Award
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Awards and Honors
Emily Bell named the 2019 – 2020 recipient of the Paul M. Althouse Memorial Outstanding Instructor Award
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Awards and Honors, Research
Jean-Paul Armache awarded funding to study how a coronavirus protein takes over human protein-making machinery
Jean-Paul Armache
Faculty Announcements
Brooks named Forensic Science program director
Jason W. Brooks, associate clinical professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences and director of the Forensic Science program at Penn State
Science Journal, Summer 2020
How did life begin?
Coacervate droplets
Science Journal, Summer 2020
Bringing the team together
Team members
Research, Science Journal, Summer 2020
Origins of complexity
Tim Jegla, associate professor of biology
Science Journal, Summer 2020
Person to Person: Michelle Stone
Michelle Stone with her daughters
Science Journal, Summer 2020
Thriving without oxygen
Methanosarcina acetivorans, a single-celled methanogen
Science Journal, Summer 2020
Origins of a career in science
Kirsten Guckes
Science Journal, Summer 2020
Science should be for everyone, and so should science camp
Explore with Eberly participants examine and compare samples of trace evidence, such as an unknown white powder found at the scene.