The CEGR is composed of ten 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 on…
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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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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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Eberly Office for Innovation aids tech transfer partnerships Tara Immel June 10, 2016 Across the University, researchers are continually making discoveries and creating inventions that can have real-world impact and societal benefits. Although this intellectual property (IP) and innovation often can result in improving health, developing new materials, and addressing environmental issues, among other important…
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New approach discovered for brain repair Chemical transformation of human glial cells into neurons Barbara K. Kennedy October 26, 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the first time, researchers have used a cocktail of small molecules to transform human brain cells, called astroglial cells, into functioning neurons for brain repair. Their results provide proof-of-principle that…
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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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Disabling infection-fighting immune response speeds up wound healing in diabetes Sam Sholtis June 15, 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — One of the body’s tools for fighting off infection in a wound may actually slow down the healing process, according to new research by a team of Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Penn State University…
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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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Gene Offers Clues to New Treatments for a Harmful Blood Clotting Disorder 07 May 2013 A gene associated with both protection against bacterial infection and excessive blood clotting could offer new insights into treatment strategies for deep-vein thrombosis — the formation of a harmful clot in a deep vein. The gene produces an enzyme that,…
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