Skip to Content Skip to Content

Erica Moser

Science News Officer
  • ericamos@upenn.edu
  • 215-898-6751
  • Portrait of Science News Office, Erica Moser
    Articles from Erica Moser
    A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research
    Four people in front of National AIDS Memorial Quilt.

    Penn researchers affiliated with the Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) attended AIDS Walk Philly in October 2024. Pictured with the National AIDS Memorial Quilt are Deratu Ahmed, a first-year epidemiology doctoral student studying pharmacogenetics related to HIV and tuberculosis in Botswana; Dominique Medaglio, a fourth-year epidemiology doctoral student studying ways to encourage smoking cessation for people with HIV in the United States; CFAR co-director Robert Gross, professor of medicine and epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Penn Medicine; and CFAR director Ronald Collman, professor of medicine and microbiology.

    (Image: Courtesy of Ronald G. Collman)

    A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research

    Ronald G. Collman talks about the current state of AIDS care, work with the City of Philadelphia, and how the Center is supporting collaborations across campus.
    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.
    Wellness and well-being series looks at reproductive and family health
    Sign outside an open door reads Lactation Room, opened door reveals a rocking chair, lamp, brightly painted walls and a breast pump.

    The Lactation Room at Penn Women’s Center is open and available for any Penn affiliate, with a hospital-grade breast pump and breast pump attachments available to lend.

    nocred

    Wellness and well-being series looks at reproductive and family health

    The six-part series from Penn Today focuses on University resources for students, faculty, and staff.
    Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’
    Ramón Méndez Galain at Carnot Prize ceremony.

    Carnot Prize recipient Ramón Méndez Galain, the former energy director for Uruguay, spoke at the 2023 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony, held at the Kleinman Center Energy Forum. 

    (Image: T. Kevin Birch)

    Ten years in, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is ‘just getting started’

    Through grants, awards, events, publications, a podcast, and more, the Center provides resources and a central hub for researchers across Penn tackling the energy transition.
    Penn students get convention access in extraordinary political times
    students at the dnc pose for a group photo

    (On homepage) Eisenhower and Margolies have been taking Penn undergraduate students to the Democratic and Republican conventions every presidential cycle since 2000—except for 2020, due to the COVID pandemic—as part of their Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns course, offered every four years.

    (Image: Lex Gilbert)

    Penn students get convention access in extraordinary political times

    Undergrads who attended the Republican or Democratic convention this summer are breaking down their experiences during the Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns course, taught by David Eisenhower, Marjorie Margolies, and Craig Snyder.
    Airbnbs associated with more crime in London, new study shows
    Police officers patrolling Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus in central London

    “The fact that we still find an increase in crime despite Airbnb’s efforts reveals the severity of the predicament induced by the rise of home sharing,” says David Kirk, professor of criminology at Penn, who co-authored a study with University of Cambridge criminologist Charles C. Lanfear to study the impacts on crime of Airbnb lettings across London.

    (Image: iStock/Paolo Paradiso)

    Airbnbs associated with more crime in London, new study shows

    Since its founding in 2008, the short-term homestay platform Airbnb has expanded to 100,000 cities in more than 220 countries, and, according to data from the company, 1.5 billion guests had stayed in Airbnb-listed properties through 2023.
    Load More