Life Sciences

Complex nerve-cell signaling traced back to common ancestor of humans and sea anemones
Sea anemone. Credit: Steve Rupp, National Science Foundation
Dragonfly gut infections suggest environmental role in obesity
With a grant from the National Science Foundation, a team led by Penn State researcher Ruud Schilder will examine whether the environmental conditions in which dragonflies live (left) make them susceptible to infectious protozoan parasites. Right: A dragonfly gut containing protozoans.Credit: Jim Marden, Penn State
Andrew Read named Eberly Professor in Biotechnology
Andrew Read
Albert honored with title of Distinguished Professor
Reka Albert
Research in Action: NIJ Grant Allows Penn State Scientists to Explore Heteroplasmic Variants in Mitochondrial DNA
Mitchell Holland, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, is the lead investigator on the grant.
Focus on Research: Research gives new hope for restoring cells in damaged brains and spinal cords
An artist's rendition of a human spinal cord. Credit: EMSL CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
Penn State and Geisinger Announce Establishment of Medical Bioinformatics and Genomics Research Collaborative
Marylyn Ritchie
$15 million research grant awarded to Penn State Center for Nanoscience
Image captions from upper left, clockwise: 1) A high-performance ferroelectric material that may find application in future low-loss, high-frequency cellular networks. 2) Time-lapse image of the collective expansion of a swarm of self-propelled nanomotors. 3) Newly discovered roto-distortion symmetry of an oxide lattice. 4) A porous nanostructure of semiconducting germanium (orange) infiltrated into a lattice of nanoscale silica spheres (purple). Image: Penn State University
Research in Action: With New Grant, Penn State Aims to Bring Next-Generation DNA Sequencing to Working Crime Laboratories
Jenifer Smith, Professor of Practice in the Department of Forensic Science, is Penn State’s lead investigator on this grant.
Living African group discovered to be the most populous humans over the last 150,000 years
Hunter of the Ju/'hoansi tribe in the Namibian Bush. Photo Credit: Stephan C. Schuster, Penn State University
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