Life Sciences

Messenger signals that cue plants to ‘eat’ and ‘breathe’ revealed for first time
three plants in pots viewed from above
Q&A: Boosting research with supercomputing
ICDS roar supercomputer
Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups
six panels of robots in different configurations. credit: Igor Aaronson
New class of protein misfolding simulated in high definition
Protein structures showing non-native entanglements compared to native conformations for two proteins

New all-atom computer simulations support the existence of a recently identified type of protein misfolding.

Biology department welcomes new faculty for fall 2025
Nittany Lion Shrine at University Park
Melanie McReynolds receives 2025 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Melanie McReynolds 2025
Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data
Bronze statue of health worker giving vaccine to one person as two others look on.
Heard on Campus: Big Ten Neuroscience Science Communication Panel
The media panel at the fourth annual Big Ten Neuroscience Symposium: (L-R) Jayatri Das, Jon Hamilton and Aubrey Whelan
Remembering biochemist Wesley Hymer, pioneer of health research in space
Wes Hymer in front of chalkboard
$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State
Ven diagram linking human, environmental, and agricultural health, with overlap representing One Health microbiome sciences
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