Four Penn Staters nominated for Goldwater Scholarship
Undergraduate Breiuana White awarded Fannie Lou Hamer-W.E.B. DuBois Service Scholarship
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Breiuana White wearing lab coat

Penn State undergraduate Breiuana White has been awarded the 2022 Fannie Lou Hamer-W.E.B. DuBois Service Scholarship.

Manuel Llinás named Distinguished Professor
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Manuel Llinas

Manual Llinás has been named Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and of Chemistry at Penn State.

New, targeted method for probing the function of 3D chromosomal structure
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Cells showing chemically induced chromosomal interactions

A new method--chemically induced chromosomal interaction--can induce interactions in the genome to test function of 3D chromosome structure

The key to a powerful antibiotic’s formation now clear
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illustration of the enzyme TokK

The enzyme tokK helps synthesize a chain of methyl groups that allows antibiotics called carbapenems to circumvent antibiotic resistance.

Denise Okafor receives 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
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Denise Okafor

Denise Okafor, assistant professor of BMB at Penn State, has been honored with a CAREER award from National Science Foundation.

How a cyanobacterium makes far-red light mean ‘go’
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illustration of sunlight getting to cyanobacteria

New structures show location of changes in the photosynthetic apparatus of some cyanobacteria that allow them to grow using far-red light

Distortion: Researchers discover new strategy for antibodies to disable viruses
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Illustration of how an antibody neutralizes both Zika and dengue viruses
Grad School: The Pandemic Year
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Molly Rathbun for the Winter 2021 issue of the Science Journal.

Penn State graduate students reflect on how the pandemic changed their research routines.

Eberly’s undergraduate research exhibition a success
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Eberly Diversity in STEM Corporate Partners Program logo

Spotlight on student science excellence, Latinx faculty

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