Forensic scientists have a blast in Happy Valley
Trainees analyze evidence, including blood spatter patterns, at a mock crime scene and in the lab. Credit: Penn State.
Bernhard Lüscher awarded Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Bernhard Lüscher
Wendy Hanna-Rose receives Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching
Wendy Hanna-Rose
New insights into how cellulose is built could indicate how to break it apart for biofuels
Using the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, also known as thale cress, a team of researchers from Penn State have identified the main proteins that prepare plants to create cellulose – a compound used in a variety of manmade materials.
Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering scheduled for March 12 and 13
Fred Winston
New crystal structures reveal a mysterious mechanism of gene regulation by the "magic spot"
In 1969, Cashel and Gallant identified a magic spot (MS) that appeared on a chromatogram (left) made from bacteria that had been starved a key nutrient. This magic spot was later identified as ppGpp and shown to influence the expression of over 500 genes in response to stress. An innovative crystallization technique now has allowed researchers to determine the structure of ppGpp in complex with bacterial RNA polymerase and DksA (upper right). CREDIT: Murakami Laboratory, Penn State
Squire Booker selected as Holder of the Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science
Squire Booker
Three from Eberly College of Science named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows
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Keiler elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Kenneth Keiler
Forensic scientists have a blast in Happy Valley
Forensics trainees use lasers to establish projectile trajectories in a mock crime scene at the Cottages. Credit: Penn State
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