Erin McCarthy selected as the recipient of the 2018 Richard L. and Norma L. McCarl Scholarship
Erin McCarthy
Undergraduate Researcher Emily Snell presents at The Eberly College of Science Poster Exhibition
Emily Snell
Anna Brogan, a BMB undergraduate researcher, takes part in Poster Session Exhibition
Anna Brogan
Hot temperatures can trigger an RNA response in plants
A new study used rice seedlings to demonstrate that the stress of hotter temperatures may trigger a response in a plant’s RNA to manage the change in its environment. Photo Credit: Peter Nguyen
To market, to market, to buy a teeny tiny molecule?
Hafenstein (left) consults with assistant research professors Jennifer Gray (center) and Danielle Hickey (right) in the main control room for the Titan/Krios microscope. Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State.
Pathogens may evade immune response with metal-free enzyme required for DNA replication
A metal-free ribonucleotide reductase, an enzyme required for DNA replication, from bacterial pathogens uses a post-translationally modified amino acid (pictured) to initiate an essential DNA biosynthesis reaction. Credit: Gavin Palowitch, Penn State
2017 Climate and Diversity Awards
Randi Neshteruk, Wendy Hanna-Rose, and Meridith Bartley Credit: David Blehi, Penn State.
Person to Person: Nicole Hackenbrack
Nicole Hackenbrack
Resolution Revolution
SUSAN HAFENSTEIN WITH THE TITAN/KRIOS microscope at Penn State, which allows researchers to quickly create atomic-resolution 3D models of biological, chemical, and synthetic structures through a process called cryo–electron microscopy, or cryoEM. Hafenstein is the director of the cryoEM facilites at the Penn State University Park campus. Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State
Girirajan awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
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