Life Sciences

Newly identified protein helps flowers develop all the right parts
Images of wild-type and mutant flowers from the model plant species Arabidopsis

A newly identified protein, involved in gene processing, is required for proper flower development in Arabidopsis.

Summer Translational Cardiovascular Science Institute now accepting applications
two people in lab coats look at computer monitor in lab

The program allows undergraduates with an opportunity to conduct research related to cardiovascular disease

Penn State, QIAGEN announce strategic partnership to advance microbiome sciences
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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
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