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Penn Researchers Use Nanoscopic Pores to Investigate Protein Structure

Penn Researchers Use Nanoscopic Pores to Investigate Protein Structure

University of Pennsylvania researchers have made strides toward a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’s bases are read as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.  In a new study, they have shown that this technique can also be applied to proteins as way to learn more about their structure.

Evan Lerner

Penn/Arizona Team to Study Little-understood lncRNA Molecules

Penn/Arizona Team to Study Little-understood lncRNA Molecules

There is a theory that RNA, instead of DNA, is the original building block of all life. Yet many RNA molecules remain mysterious, their true nature and function little understood.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Lightning Reshapes Rocks at the Atomic Level, Penn Study Finds

Lightning Reshapes Rocks at the Atomic Level, Penn Study Finds

At a rock outcropping in southern France, a jagged fracture runs along the granite. The surface in and around the crevice is discolored black, as if wet or covered in algae.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Rising Junior From Penn Returns to Summer Camp, This Time as a Leader

Rising Junior From Penn Returns to Summer Camp, This Time as a Leader

As a child, Suzy Bernstein spent her summers at Camp Modin in Belgrade, Maine. This summer, the rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania is using her experience as a former camper and the many skills that she’s learned at Penn to further strengthen her leadership abilities. 
Studying Abroad Enriches Miranda Lupion’s Penn Experience

Studying Abroad Enriches Miranda Lupion’s Penn Experience

Miranda Lupion’s interest in Russian language, history and culture began at a young age and has deepened during her time as a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Her elementary school offered basic Russian language instruction teaching the alphabet and singing songs, and she began listening to stories in Russian in the fourth grade.

Jeanne Leong

Penn Ph.D. Student Starts Teaching Program for French Speakers at Lea School

Penn Ph.D. Student Starts Teaching Program for French Speakers at Lea School

Fiona Moreno is not from France. But the French-speaking, Ph.D. student from Switzerland, says she was and still is startled by how confidently people deem her to be French, solely based on hearing her accent. The realization that many people aren’t aware of the diversity of the Francophone world prompted her to found the Francophone Community Partnership.

Jacquie Posey

Freshman Seminar Explores Penn’s Contributions to Middle Eastern Studies

Freshman Seminar Explores Penn’s Contributions to Middle Eastern Studies

For students in a University of Pennsylvania freshman seminar on the evolution of Penn’s engagement in the study of the Middle East, research involved historic objects and materials close at hand. That's because Penn has a long historical connection to the region.

Jacquie Posey