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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Douglas Baumann from David Gilmour’s lab 2017 recipient of the Richard L. & Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship

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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About Us

The CEGR is composed of eleven laboratories with over 70 students and staff. We aim to provide a conducive learning environment for making cutting edge discoveries on fundamental mechanisms of eukaryotic gene regulation. Most labs share common space to promote a community of interactions. Academic Environment The research interests of all CEGR members are focused…

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2016 CEGR Fall Retreat

2016 CEGR Fall Retreat Every year, the PIs leading the labs in The Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (CEGR) invite their staff and families to a Fall retreat. Our faculty host a Center-wide activity outside of normal collaborative lab work and the Megameeting on Tuesdays.  This year’s event will be hosted at the Civil Engineering Lodge on Lake…

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2015 CEGR Fall Retreat

2015 CEGR Fall Retreat Every year, the PIs leading the labs in The Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (CEGR) invite their staff and families to a Fall retreat. Our faculty host a Center-wide activity outside of normal collaborative lab work and the Megameeting on Tuesdays.  This year’s event will be hosted at Shaver’s Creek on Friday, October 16th…

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2014 CEGR Fall Retreat

The principal investigators for the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, specifically Dr. Mahony, Dr. Bai, Dr. Wang, Dr. Gilmour, Dr. Reese, Dr. Pugh, Dr. Hardison, Dr. Llinas, Dr. Showalter, and Dr. Tan, all collaborate to have a Fall outing.  They provide for this event each Fall in order to have the newer graduate students, new…

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David Gilmour receives C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching

David Gilmour receives C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching March 22, 2011 David Gilmour, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, has been honored with the 2010 C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching, sponsored by the Alumni Society of the Eberly College of Science at Penn State. Instituted in 1972…

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CEGR Opening October 5, 2009

Opening Reception On October 5, 2009, the Penn State Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation opened its doors in newly renovated space on the 4th floor of North Frear Laboratory. To mark this occasion, renown biochemist Dr. Ali Shilatifard from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research delivered a special lecture on “Lessons Learned from Yeast about…

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