Life Sciences

Altered light-harvesting complex in a cyanobacterium allows low-energy light use
Top, front and side views of structure of light-harvesting antenae in a cyanobacterium

Researchers determine structure of the final component of the photosynthetic apparatus in a cyanobacterium for using lower-energy light

Novel, interdisciplinary training program launched for doctoral degree students
hand holding a plant whose leaves have water drops
Q&A Science Coalition Student Video Challenge Runner Up Vivian Yifan Li
Vivan Yifan Li
Ala Stanford honored with Distinguished Alumni Award
headshot of Ala Stanford

Stanford is a pediatrician and founder of R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine and  the nonprofit Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium.

Many models are better than one for COVID-19 scenario projections, study finds
Graph showing two years of ensemble projections generated by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub and real-world COVID-19 data
Q&A GSK Fellow Edmundo Torres-González
Edmundo accepting the GSK fellowship
Brooke Sargen selected as Eberly College of Science Fall 2023 student marshal
Brooke Sargen outside Thomas building on campus
Bacteria's mucus maneuvers: Study reveals how snot facilitates infection
woman in bed with tissue. credit: Andrea Piacquadio

Thicker mucus supercharges bacteria’s ability to self-organize into swarms to spread infection

Q&A: Modeling measles amidst a global disruption in vaccine supplies
gloved hand holding syringe gives vaccine

Matt Ferrari discusses helping the World Health Organization predict measles cases and deaths across the globe.

$1.45M NSF grant to fund new research into how grasses thrive in dry climates
The model grass species Brachypodium distachyon

New $1.45M NSF grant awarded to Professor of Biology Charles Anderson to fund research into how grasses thrive in dry climates

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