Life Sciences

New faculty spring 2026
A person in a blue button-up shirt stands outdoors with trees and foliage in the background.
Undergraduate students to present at ENVISION: STEM Career Day Supporting Young Women
Presenter in a red suit giving a talk beside a screen showing freshman-year fieldwork photos.
Okafor awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship
Denise Okafor looks at computer monitor
Skeleton ‘gatekeeper’ lining brain cells could guard against Alzheimer’s
Ruobo Zhou points at technology, stands next to Jinyu Fe
Deep Learning, Image Processing, and Cyro-EM
cryo-em image of sirt6 enzyme in complex with nucleosome

AI helps researchers determine structure of “dancing” molecules.

Using AI to Deal with Data
Ed O'Brien speaks at launch ceremony for NCEMS center

How AI can help researchers processes ever-increasing amounts of data.

Who Needs a Membrane?
Marina Feric and student work at lab bench
From University Park to Tarangire
school students in Tanzania fill out worksheets
A Lifelong Love of the Ocean
Colin Howe snorkling in water
Science Matters: New Spotlight Sessions Allow Alumni to Converse with Eberly Scientists
Nikki Crowley speaking at the Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions at the Franklin Institute
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