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Hawaiian bobtail squid. Two genetic factors that control the expression of a key gene required by the luminescent bacteria that inhabit the squid’s light organs to kill competing bacterial cells have been identified. IMAGE: NATE FOLLMER, PENN STATE

Gene regulatory factors enable bacteria to kill rivals and establish symbiosis

PSU aspiration bioprinted on the bottom of a glass Petri dish.  The spheroids of tissue can be seen. IMAGE: PATRICK MANSELL

Machine sucks up tiny tissue spheroids and prints them precisely

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All Your Coronavirus Questions Answered

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Photo of the scholarship recipients.

Nineteen Penn State students from Six Departments Earn Prestigious CSL Behring Scholarships in Industrial Biotechnology

Imtiaz Ahmad

Imtiaz Ahmad Represents Microbiome Center at Plant and Animal Genome Conference

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New Faculty Profile: Margarita Lopez-Uribe