Erin Kelly wins Peter T. Luckie Award for Outstanding Research for all STEM posters

Erin Kelly, in Manuel Llinas lab, won the Peter T. Luckie Award for Outstanding Research for all STEM posters at the Undergraduate Research Exhibition 2020. Congratulations Erin! Erin Kelly STEM Poster

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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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Joseph Reese Named Editor-in-Chief of Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Joseph Reese Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. The journal publishes timely reviews and opinions on articles published within the past two years on the topics of cancer genomics,  genome architecture and expression, molecular…

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Scott Showalter Receives Two New Grants to Support Gene Regulation

CEGR faculty member Scott Showalter has been awarded two new grants to support gene regulation research at Penn State. Dr. Showalter has received a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop 13 C direct-detect nuclear magnetic resonance experiments that will define the impact of protein phosphorylation and methylation on structure and interactions…

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CEGR Annual Fall Retreats

Our 2024 CEGR Fall Retreat took place on October 13th, 2024   Annual CEGR Fall Retreats CEGR retreats are held annually each fall to kick off the new academic year. Our retreats help Center members interact through planned activities, scientific and social discussions. The retreats and our regular weekly Megameetings encourage collaborative initiatives as well…

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Penn State Summer Symposium on Eukaryotic Gene Regulation

The Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation will host the 38th Penn State Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology on the topic of “Chromatin and the Epigenetic Regulation of Transcription” from July 30  to August 2, 2019.

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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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CEGR Faculty Scott Showalter Promoted to Full Professor

Let us congratulate Scott Showalter Ph.D., of the Eberly College of Science, was promoted to full professor as of July 1st!!  Scott is a Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State University.

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Tori Bonnell awarded Paul M. Althouse Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Please join us in congratulating the following community member for their outstanding contributions to our educational mission. Tori Bonnell, from Dr. Llinas’ Lab is the 2019 recipient of the Paul M. Althouse Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award!!   Each year the department recognizes the outstanding teaching of a BMMB graduate assistant by presenting the Althouse Teaching…

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