Life Sciences

Theory and Application
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Nicole Lazar

Penn State statistician Nicole Lazar studies theoretical foundations of statistical inference and applies them to the analysis of functional

Why Does Our Memory Decline as We Age, and Could It Be Reversible?
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Janine Kwapis

Janine Kwapis, assistant professor of biology at Penn State, studies the molecular mechanisms of memory formation.

Teaching Biotech Better
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Students in the master of biotechnology degree program process samples in the lab. Photo provided courtesy of Loida Escote-Carlson, Penn State.

Close ties with industry fuel success for Penn State’s master of biotechnology degree program

Teaching Human Anatomy with Care and Respect
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The Eberly College of Science Cadaver Lab supports a variety of courses at Penn State and encourages thoughtful, respectful interactions.

Stronger Together
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Ron Markle, director of Science and Premedicine majors, meets with a student in Ritenour Building, home to Eberly’s Office for Undergraduate Students, Penn State University Park. Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State.

Penn State students and alumni join forces to create the PMM Alumni Scholarship

Better Health Care, One Student at a Time
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premed students working in a lab

Penn State's hub for the health professions, the Eberly College of Science is raising the bar in preparing students across the University fo

Overestimating population immunity contributed to US Delta variant surge
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New research suggests the recent COVID surge may be related to overestimating how many people were immune to the virus.

Seth Bordenstein named director of the Penn State Microbiome Center
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Seth Bordenstein

Seth Bordenstein will begin as director of the Penn State Microbiome Center on Aug 1.

Does herpes simplex virus change during transmission?
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illustration of pairs of partners and herpes cell clusters that represent genetics
Okafor receives ICDS seed grant to explore protein transcription
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