Life Sciences

Students expand perspectives, build confidence at Graduate Exhibition
Liber presents poster to bystander

Penn State graduate students presented their research during the 2023 Graduate Exhibition.

Bryan Manzano selected as Eberly College of Science Spring 2023 student marshal
Bryan Manzano wearing suit

Biology and music performance major Bryan Manzano will be honored as student marshal for the Penn State Eberly College of Science.

A blinking fish reveals clues as to how our ancestors evolved from water to land
Two mudskippers in shallow water
How “master regulators” of cells make DNA accessible for gene expression
structure of Cbf1 connected to DNA and histones in nucleosome

New Penn State research reveals how proteins called pioneer factors can open up dense genetic complexes called nucleosomes.

Penn State Forum Speaker Series hosts wildlife biologists Derek Lee, Monica Bond
Newborn giraffes with large and irregularly shaped spots survive better during their first few months of life, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State. Credit: Derek Lee, Wild Nature Institute/Penn State

Penn State biologists Derek Lee and Monica Bond will present a talk at the Penn State Forum Speaker Series.

Victoria Bonnell receives Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award
Victoria Bonnell outside holding plaque

Eberly graduate student Victoria Bonnell has received the Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award.

Two Eberly graduate students honored with Alumni Association Dissertation Award
Emily and Siddharth pose at reception table

Eberly graduate students Emily Howerton and Siddharth Vishwanath have received the 2023 Alumni Association Dissertation Award.

Structured Nucleic Acids Day, Robert Simpson and Sons Lecture set for April 18
Karen Vasquez, professor and division head of pharmacology and toxicology in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin

A half-day symposium on structured (noncanonical) nucleic acids will be held on April 18, 2023, in Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library.

How does an aging-associated enzyme access our genetic material?
cryo-em image of sirt6 enzyme in complex with nucleosome

New images of the SIRT6 sirtuin enzyme from Penn State researchers help explain how it is able to access genetic material within the cell.

Three Eberly graduate students earn prizes at 2023 Graduate Exhibition
students explain their posters to passersby and judges

Three graduate students from the Eberly College of Science received awards at the 2023 Graduate Exhibition at Penn State.

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