Life Sciences

Scientists Determine the Structure of Highly Efficient Light-Harvesting Molecules in Green Bacteria
The image shows a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park Montana, a site where bacteria containing chlorosomes can be found in the brightly colored mats. Credit: Donald Bryant, Penn State
A Pair of Penn State Scientists is Named Among TIME Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People
Penn State University genomicists Webb Miller and Stephan C. Schuster, in front of the Roche / 454 Life Sciences' Genome Sequencer 20 System that was used to sequence mammoth mitochondrial DNA from the hair of 10 woolly mammoths. Credit: Lynn Tomsho, Penn State
Center To Investigate Plant Cells for Better Biomass Fuels
Daniel J. Cosgrove
Evolution-Proof Insecticides May Stall Malaria Forever
Researchers are Finalists for Time's 'Top 100 Most Influential' List
Penn State University genomicists Webb Miller and Stephan C. Schuster, in front of the Roche / 454 Life Sciences' Genome Sequencer 20 System that was used to sequence mammoth mitochondrial DNA from the hair of 10 woolly mammoths. Credit: Lynn Tomsho, Penn State
Hundreds of Natural-Selection Studies Could be Wrong, Study Demonstrates
The image depicts the structure of the bovine rhodopsin protein. The blue circles represent amino acid sites that have undergone natural selection as determined through experiments, while the red circles represent amino acid sites that have undergone natural selection as determined through statistical analyses. Credit: Masafumi Nozawa, Penn State (Adapted from Yokoyama et al. 2008 PNAS)
Miller Wins International Award in Bioinformatics
Webb Miller
Bollinger Wins Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Research
Bollinger Honored with Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award
Research Feature: Trouble in Paradise
Todd LaJeunesse peering into a tide pool.
Researchers Discover Biomarker Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Researchers Discover Biomarker Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
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