The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology would like to announce the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering. Fred M. Winston, John Emory Andrus Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, will present the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering on March 12 and 13, 2018, at the Penn State University Park campus. Winston’s lab studies…
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Congratulations Doug and Dr. Gilmour! Dear BMB Community, It is with great pleasure that I am writing to inform you that Douglas Baumann is the 2017 recipient of the Richard L. and Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (BMMB). Please join me in congratulating Doug for obtaining this honor. Best,…
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Great kickoff! Fall 2017 CEGR Retreat! Getting to know the new members of the labs in the Center, and meeting faculty in other labs over an afternoon of fun and a fabulous food buffet. A nice way to kick off the new academic year and begin some new collaborations.
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The Eberly College of Science at Penn State University invites nominees for the Eberly Research Fellowship program. Eberly Fellowships are designed to attract exceptional early career scientists to Penn State to enhance their career goals in the vibrant, highly collaborative environment of the Eberly College of Science and the broader STEM community of Penn State…
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Timothy Kunz honored as the recipient of the 2017 Fred Wedler Outstanding Undergraduate Dissertation Award July 10, 2017 – Timothy Kunz, a recent graduate of Penn State’s Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, was honored as the recipient of the 2017 Fred Wedler Outstanding Undergraduate Dissertation Award. Kunz received notification on April 26, 2017. Each year,…
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Climbing the ladder Schreyer Scholars gain valuable lab experience while helping to develop new DNA plasmids Jeff Rice May 31, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Turner Pecen didn’t have a lot of lab experience when he came to Penn State as a freshman in 2013. The project he spent much of his college career working…
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Penn State DNA ladders: inexpensive molecular rulers for DNA research Sam Sholtis May 26, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — New, license-free DNA ladders will allow researchers to estimate the size of fragments of DNA for a fraction of the cost of currently available methods. A research team of undergraduate students led by Penn State Professor…
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Invent Penn State’s Fund For Innovation helps start seven new ventures April 12, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A little less than two years after the launch of the Fund for Innovation, Invent Penn State has backed nearly 50 emerging Penn State technologies and has provided startup funding to promising new ventures that were born…
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April 8, 2017 – A guiding principle of developmental biology is the fact that differential gene expression determines the distinctive properties of each cell type. Lineage-specific transcription factors are required for these cell lineages. In the case of hematopoiesis, the GATA1-ES cells contribute to many cell types and organs but not erythroid cells — lineage-restricted transcription factors…
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