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New ways to modulate cell activity remotely
3D rendering of cells on a blue backdrop

Cells are dynamic, fast-changing, complex, tiny, and often hard-to-see in environments that don’t always behave in predictable ways when exposed to external stimuli. Now, researchers led by Lukasz Bugaj of the School of Engineering and Applied Science have found new ways to modulate cell activity remotely.

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New ways to modulate cell activity remotely

Penn researchers use temperature to guide cellular behavior, promising better diagnostics and targeted therapies.
New quantum sensing technology reveals subatomic signals
The minute nucleic differences detectable using the form of nuclear quadrupolar resonance.

A rendering of the minute nucleic differences detectable using the form of nuclear quadrupolar resonance.

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New quantum sensing technology reveals subatomic signals

Penn Engineers have created a novel approach to detect tiny variations in individual atoms, enabling protein research in drug development.

Ian Scheffler

Breakthroughs in gene editing and expression control with mvGPT
Tyler Daniel using a pipette in a bioengineering lab.

Sherry Gao, Tyler Daniel (pictured), and their coauthors have developed a new tool that can simultaneously and independently edit multiple genes and regulate their expression.

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Breakthroughs in gene editing and expression control with mvGPT

Penn Engineers have created a gene editing tool that can address different genetic diseases in the same cell.

Ian Scheffler

Violent language in film has increased

Violent language in film has increased

A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that violent speech in movies is increasing over time, even in non-crime films.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years
Scientists holding a model of something (forthcoming)

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Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years

The University’s nexus for technology transfer supports researchers in their innovative efforts, from CAR T to mRNA advancements that have dramatically reshaped the world.
Perry World House student fellows explore global policy solutions
A group of students sits around a rectangular table in a discussion. A man stands next to a pad of paper on an easel preparing to take notes.

A team of Perry World House Student Fellows discuss actions and policies during the 2024 crisis simulation at Perry World House, facilitated by Tom Ellison (standing), deputy director of the Center for Climate and Security at the Council on Strategic Risks.

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Perry World House student fellows explore global policy solutions

Through global trips and weekly seminars, the program centers students’ interests in global policy to help solve real-world problems, and the students gain one-of-a-kind experience along the way.
Unlocking the brain: Peptide-guided nanoparticles deliver mRNA to neurons
Emily Han, a doctoral student in the Mitchell Lab.

Emily Han is a doctoral student in the Mitchell Lab in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Unlocking the brain: Peptide-guided nanoparticles deliver mRNA to neurons

Researchers in the lab of Michael Mitchell in Penn Engineering have developed a method for delivering lipid nanoparticles across the blood-brain barrier specifically to targeted neurons.

Ian Scheffler

How fungi make a key medicinal molecule
A petri dish of fungal matter in a lab.

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How fungi make a key medicinal molecule

New research from Penn Medicine has uncovered the catalyst that creates a compound in fungi whose derivatives are applied to treatments for cancer and inflammation.

Ian Scheffler

Robert Gifford’s breakthroughs in real-time system safety
Flight control panel on a plane.

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Robert Gifford’s breakthroughs in real-time system safety

The doctoral candidate with the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering Center at Penn Engineering is revolutionizing real-time systems on modern multicore computers.

From Penn Engineering

Q&A: Dean Kumar and the ‘drone’ sightings
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For more than a month, residents in New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania, and New York have spotted unidentified flying objects, which local residents refer to as “drones,” hovering over neighborhoods, critical infrastructure and even restricted sites. To learn more about the mysterious flying objects, Penn Today spoke with local expert Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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    • Q&A: Dean Kumar and the ‘drone’ sightings

    Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar discusses the mysterious flying objects, or “drones,” hovering around parts of the East Coast.