Life Sciences

Researchers identify evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2
Bats hanging from wood

Researchers have discovered that a form of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been circulating in bats for decades.

How did life begin?
Coacervate droplets
Bringing the team together
Team members
Origins of complexity
Tim Jegla, associate professor of biology

Ancient protein structures underlie modern biological innovations

Person to Person: Michelle Stone
Michelle Stone with her daughters

A Penn State alumna returns to her alma mater, managing an Eberly research lab

Person to Person: Yunqing Zhou
Yunqing Zhou in the Jegla lab

From Hong Kong to Happy Valley—an Eberly graduate student’s journey to new frontiers

Thriving without oxygen
Methanosarcina acetivorans, a single-celled methanogen
Origins of a career in science
Kirsten Guckes
New Penn State center focuses on the rule breakers of the plant world
Graduate student Elizabeth Kelly and Claude dePamphilis.
Science should be for everyone, and so should science camp
Explore with Eberly participants examine and compare samples of trace evidence, such as an unknown white powder found at the scene.

Explore with Eberly allows adults to get hands-on science experience

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