Life Sciences

Flying Lemurs are the Closest Relatives of Primates
Credit: Norman Lim, National University of Singapore Colugo mother and baby (Cynocephalus variegatus) from southeast Asia
Penn State Profiles: Reka Albert, Model Researcher
A network-based model of guard cell signaling in plants, created by physicist Reka Albert in collaboration with plant physiologist Sarah Assmann. Drought conditions cause plants to produce the hormone abscisic acid (ABA, top), which triggers guard cells to close leaf pores (bottom), conserving water.
Eberly College of Science 2007 Co-op Student of the Year Announced
Hair Untangles Woolly Mammoth Puzzle
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
Krebs Receives Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
Discovery May Help Defang Viruses
Dominant Cholesterol-Metabolism Ideas Challenged by New Research
Credit: Robert Schlegel laboratory Figure 1: Aminophospholipid translocase concentrates the phospholipid PS on the inside of the cell.
Surprising New Species of Light-Harvesting Bacterium Discovered in Yellowstone
David Strong, Penn State Amaya Garcia, a member of the team that discovered the new bacterium, stands next to the colorful microbial mats in Octopus Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
Fedoroff Named Science and Technology Advisor to the U. S. Secretary of State
Fedoroff to Receive National Medal of Science
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