New decontamination protocol permits reuse of N95 respirators
N95 masks in fume hood

A new protocol uses aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 respirators for reuse.

Joyce Jose awarded funding to search for antiviral and vaccine targets in SARS-Cov-2
Joyce Jose
Seed grants jump-start 47 interdisciplinary teams to conduct COVID-19 research
illustration of SARS-CoV-2 virus

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has awarded $2.25 million to 47 teams of researchers to study COVID-19.

Students discover the CURE
Students annotate genes collected by earlier CURE cohorts. Here Greg Broussard (right) works with a first-year student to properly annotate a phage sequence.
Two Penn State undergraduates win Goldwater Scholarships
Swope and colleagues with poster

Two undergraduates, including one majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology, were named 2020 Goldwater Scholars.

Bryant honored with Kettering Award for excellence in photosynthesis research
Don Bryant

Donald Bryant has been selected to receive the Kettering Award by the American Society of Plant Biologists.

Bevilacqua named 2020 Penn State Teaching Fellow
Philip Bevilacqua
Developing a novel oral antibiotic to treat multidrug-resistant gonorrhea
illustration of gonorrhea bacteria

A team including Penn State scientists has been awarded up to $2.86M to develop a new oral antibiotic to treat multidrug-resistant gonorrhea

Gene regulatory factors enable bacteria to kill rivals and establish symbiosis in a squid
Hawaiian bobtail squid
Moriah Szpara confronts the complexities of herpes
Szpara and students at computer
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