Meredith Defelice honored with Distinguished Service Award
Image of Meredith Defelice

Meredith Defelice has been named a recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Service Award from the Eberly College of Science.

Q&A with Scott Showalter and Emery Usher
Showalter and Usher with tall lab equipment

A Q&A with Penn State chemists describes how two proteins work together turn on and off the gene that codes for insulin.

A potential new antiviral drug for COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab

The experimental drug TEMPOL may be a promising antiviral treatment for COVID-19, according to a new study including Penn State researchers

New images of canine parvovirus may help predict how virus jumps to new species
antibody attaching to canine parvovirus
Stop the genetic presses!
Model of Nus-dependent transcription termination

A new Penn State led study shows that 88% of intrinsic transcription termination sites are Nus-dependent in Bacillus subtilis

Searching for a safeguard
Illustration of Penn State boat headed for Earth in life saver

Penn State researchers mobilized quickly to study the COVID-19 virus.

Undergraduate Diego Santos honored with 2021 Oswald Award
Joaquim Diego Santos in Greece
Melissa Rolls honored with 2021 Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award
Melissa Rolls, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology

Melissa Rolls has been selected as the 2021 recipient of Penn State's Graduate School Alumni Society Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award

Squire Booker named inaugural Fellow of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Squire Booker with lab equipment
Manuel Llinás receives 2021 Faculty Scholar Medal
Manuel Llinas

Manuel Llinas has received a 2021 Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement.

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