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Audubon ‘Birds’ exhibit takes flight at Van Pelt
Patrons of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center can catch a glimpse of one of the most rare books and nuanced depictions of scientific documentation in the world. “The Birds of America,” a book of detailed, life-size illustrations by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, is on permanent display on the first floor of Van Pelt, next to the Information Desk.
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Targeting individual cells in their natural tissue environments
The instructions for making all the proteins the body needs are encoded in DNA and found in every cell. But every cell is different and the proteins they need to produce at a given time change based on environmental cues. This information can be gleaned from messenger molecules known as RNA, which ferry protein-making instructions from DNA to the cellular factories where proteins are assembled.
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New Penn Index Detects Early Signs of Deviation from Normal Brain Development
Researchers at Penn Medicine have generated a brain development index from MRI scans that captures the complex patterns of maturation during normal brain development.
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Ice Hockey at Penn Welcomes Winning Streak
Ice hockey is hardly something new at the University of Pennsylvania. It dates back to the century before last – 1898, to be precise.
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Liquid Crystal Turns Water Droplets Into ‘Gemstones,’ Penn Research Shows
Liquid crystals are remarkable materials that combine the optical properties of crystalline solids with the flow properties of liquids, characteristics that come together to enable the displays found in most computer monitors, televisions and smartphones.
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Penn to Release Annual Report Ranking the World’s Top Think Tanks Jan. 22
WHO: Presenter: Dr. James McGann, director, University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program Panelists: Warren Krafdink, director, International Budget Partnership
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Student Spotlight with Jasmin Smoots
BUSY BEE: Jasmin Smoots has a lot on her plate—the sophomore is involved in everything from Penn Spectrum and the campus branch of NAACP, to her jobs at the Rodin College House information desk and Kite and Key Society—but through it all, she consciously incorporates sustainable habits into h
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Same Cell Death Pathway Involved in Three Forms of Blindness, Penn Team Finds
Gene therapies developed by University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have worked to correct different forms of blindness. While effective, the downside to these approaches to vision rescue is that each disease requires its own form of gene therapy to correct the particular genetic mutation involved, a time consuming and complex process.
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Infusing classes with environmental sustainability
In 2012, Penn’s Green Campus Partnership established a program as an avenue for University faculty to invigorate current and new courses by incorporating environmental sustainability in their classrooms.
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Penn Medicine: Unraveling Misfolded Molecules Using "Reprogrammed" Yeast Protein Could Lead to New Brain Disease Therapies
At the heart of brain diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease is protein misfolding, in which distorted proteins are unable to perform their normal functions. At present, there is no known way to reverse protein misfolding.