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August 23, 2021

Here and Now: Hayes Ready to Lead Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology into the Next Phase of Impact

Cryo-STEM imagery showing the structural and chemical evolution of silicon and the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer. After the 36th cycle to the 100th cycle the silicon nanowire expands and becomes irregular, mingling with the SEI to form a soft composite structure. IMAGE: JENNIFER M. MCCANN

July 29, 2021

Novel method of imaging silicon anode degradation may lead to better batteries

Person holding a face mask.

July 16, 2021

Penn State’s Biotechnology Community Overcomes COVID-19 Challenges

The researchers discovered that a location on canine parvovirus (CPV) where dog antibodies bind — called an antibody binding site — overlaps with a location on CPV where the virus attaches to cells — called a receptor binding site — in a fashion that is similar to SARS CoV-2 and influenza viruses. As a result, when antibodies attach to this antibody binding site on the virus, they prevent the virus from then attaching to and infecting cells. The image shows an antibody attached to CPV. IMAGE: PENN STATE

June 01, 2021

New images of canine parvovirus may help predict how virus jumps to new species

Old Main with tulips in bloom.

April 06, 2021

Penn State’s Industrial Biotechnology Ecosystem Continues to Bloom

Tombros Early Career Professor Andrew Patterson has been honored "for his leadership, vision, service and dedication to the field of toxicology."IMAGE: PATRICK MANSELL

February 09, 2021

Andrew Patterson receives Society of Toxicology Achievement Award

The Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories (EESL) announced its 2020-2021 funding opportunity for Penn State students. The program, called EESL Green, is now accepting proposals for funding that will support energy and environment, materials and fermentation laboratory research. IMAGE: KEVIN SLIMAN

February 01, 2021

Student funding available for laboratory research

Yuguo “Leo” Lei joined the Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering as an associate professor and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences as the inaugural faculty director of the Sartorius Cell Culture Facility. IMAGE: PROVIDED BY YUGUO LEI

January 27, 2021

Therapeutic cell researcher joins biomedical engineering and Huck Institutes

A new cryo-EM study shows that the enzyme that makes RNA from a DNA template (RNA polymerase) is altered to slow the production of ribosomal RNA in the bacteria E. coli. The FEI Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope at the Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (left). Cryo-EM image of the RNA polymerase and DNA complex (greyscale, right) with color insets of the 3-D reconstructions of the RNA polymerase closed complex (top) and the RNA polymerase and promoter complex with DksA (bottom). IMAGE: MURAKAMI LABORATORY, PENN STATE

January 22, 2021

Regulating the ribosomal RNA production line

Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a leading international supplier of products and services that enable the biopharmaceutical industry to develop and manufacture drugs safely and efficiently. IMAGE: ©SARTORIUS AG. IMAGE PROVIDED COURTESY OF SARTORIUS AG

January 21, 2021

Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s $1.5M gift creates cell culture facility

The researchers have created a streamlined sample-collection protocol that only requires a single leaf disc. The leaf discs are preserved in a solvent that prevents degradation of clovamide, allowing large-scale sampling in greenhouses and fields without the need for refrigeration. IMAGE: BEN KNOLLENBERG/PENN STATE

December 23, 2020

Discovery of chemical clue may lead to solving cacao's black pod rot mystery

10x Genomics Chromium

December 18, 2020

Genomics Core Unveils New Capabilities

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