Manyu Du joins CEGR faculty

We are excited to welcome Manyu (Mandy) Du to the CEGR faculty as of February 2025.  Dr. Du studies the molecular mechanism of transcription and 3D genome organization using cutting-edge technologies including single-molecule super-resolution live-cell imaging and advanced lattice light sheet imaging.  Her postdoctoral research with Dr. Ibrahim Cisse at the Max Planck Institute of…

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Homecoming for CEGR alumni

Past trainees of CEGR reunite at the Summer Symposium on chromatin and Transcription. From left to right Bede Portz (Gilmour), Arnob Dutta (Reese), Tom Owen-Hughes (Workman), Brooks Crickard (Reese), Rob McGinty (Tan), Ho Sung Rhee (Pugh), Jian Li (Gilmour).

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CEGR Alum Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship

Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation alum, Bede Portz Ph.D., wins $200,000 postdoctoral fellowship from the BrightFocus Foundation to study RNA phase transitions in neurodegenerative disease. Click here to learn about Dr. Portz and a summary of his research!

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Penn State Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Alumni named to Top Young Scientist list and one of the recipients of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Prestigious Fellowship Awards

July 25, 2017 – J. Brooks Crickard, Ph.D. was named to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation’s Top Young Scientist List in a report from the Foundation on July 14, 2017. The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting innovative early career researchers, named Crickard as one of the 18 new Damon Runyon Fellows at its spring Fellowship Award Committee…

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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Grants Prestigious Fellowship Awards to 18 Top Young Scientists

July 14, 2017 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Grants Prestigious Fellowship Awards to 18 Top Young Scientists Grants totaling nearly $4.16M give early career investigators independence to pursue novel ideas New York, NY (July 15, 2017) – The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting innovative early career researchers, named 18…

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