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Research on key host pathways has implications for Ebola and beyond
Ebola virus in cell.

When the Hippo pathway is “off,” the downstream protein YAP (red) is localized to the nucleus. VP40 (cyan), a viral matrix protein found in the Ebola virus, simultaneously drives vigorous formation and egress of virus-like particles along the cell periphery. In addition, Ebola virus nucleoprotein directs the formation of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (yellow), also known as viral factories, in which viral RNA synthesis (transcription and replication) occurs.

(Image: Courtesy of Ronald Harty)

Research on key host pathways has implications for Ebola and beyond

A collaborative team of researchers led by Penn Vet’s Ronald N. Harty and Jingjing Liang show how the Hippo signaling pathway intersects with the virus at multiple stages of the viral life cycle.
Is algorithmic management too controlling?
a computer keyboard with the words PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT superimposed.

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Is algorithmic management too controlling?

New research from Wharton’s Lindsey Cameron looks at how gig workers are dealing with strict managers who aren’t human.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Report encourages equity in pay for people with disabilities
Two binders on top of a messy desk, one for salaries and one for payroll.

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Report encourages equity in pay for people with disabilities

New research from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine finds no significant negative impact of repealing a Depression-era law allowing companies to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage.

Eric Horvath

How to reduce partisan animosity
A cartoon elephant and donkey next to an American flag.

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How to reduce partisan animosity

Matthew Levendusky, a professor of political science in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, explains the results of a megastudy that explores whether anything could bridge the political gap between the left and right among Americans.

Michele W. Berger

Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era
A woman in a grey dress stands in front of colorful trees. She is smiling with her arms crossed.

Alexandra (Sasha) Zborovsky traveled to countries including Lithuana, Georgia, and the Netherlands for her research into Soviet Jews’ emigration from the USSR.

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Patterns of Soviet Jewish emigration in the post-Stalin era

For four decades, more than one million Jews left the USSR despite the Soviet Union’s complex bureaucracy and opposition to emigration. Doctoral candidate Sasha Zborovsky explores the intricate dynamics.
From one gene switch, many possible outcomes
Aman Husbands inspects plants in his lab

Eric Sucar

From one gene switch, many possible outcomes

A team of researchers led by Aman Husbands of the School of Arts & Sciences has uncovered surprising ways transcription factors—the genetic switches for genes—regulate plant development, revealing how subtle changes in a lipid-binding region can dramatically alter gene regulation.
Giving robots superhuman vision using radio signals
(From left) Freddy Liu, Haowen Lai, and Mingmin Zhao, assistant professor in CIS, setting up a robot equipped with PanoRadar for a test run.

(From left) Freddy Liu, Haowen Lai, and Mingmin Zhao, assistant professor in CIS, setting up a robot equipped with PanoRadar for a test run.

(Image: Sylvia Zhang)

Giving robots superhuman vision using radio signals

Engineers have developed a new tool to transform simple radio waves into detailed, 3D views of the environment.

Ian Scheffler