How to conduct an engaging lab experiment in the time of COVID: Brew beer Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer How to conduct an engaging lab experiment in the time of COVID: Brew beer Biology instructors at Penn assembled and mailed hundreds of lab kits to students to aid virtual learning. “It’s important to get students off of their computers and using some of the tools and techniques that are used by scientists,” said Linda Robinson of the School of Arts & Sciences. Solution to a decades-old mitochondria mystery could lead to new disease treatments Solution to a decades-old mitochondria mystery could lead to new disease treatments Perelman School of Medicine scientists identified a key protein involved in fueling the cells’ power plants. Middle-aged individuals may be in a perpetual state of H3N2 flu susceptibility Middle-aged individuals may be in a perpetual state of H3N2 flu susceptibility Individuals’ immunological imprint from early childhood infection likely lessens the virus’ severity, but does not prevent infection. Major advancement in islet cell transplantation for treating Type-1 diabetes Major advancement in islet cell transplantation for treating Type-1 diabetes Penn researchers invent a method for keeping donor insulin-producing cells alive long-term under the skin of patients. Engineers develop laser-controlled, cell-sized robots One of the researchers’ robot next to a paramecium. (Image: Penn Engineering) Engineers develop laser-controlled, cell-sized robots Researchers at Penn Engineering are creating microscopic robots with semiconductor processing that can be controlled, and made to walk, as small as biological cells. The perfect balancing act of inflammation rests on a single molecule The perfect balancing act of inflammation rests on a single molecule A new Penn study reveals a molecular mechanism that helps the body mount balanced responses to deadly infections. Are very long-lived trees immortal and what can they teach humans? Penn In the News ABC Australia Are very long-lived trees immortal and what can they teach humans? Brenda Casper of the School of Arts & Sciences said it’s hard to measure age-related deterioration in trees that are older than 1,000 years. “It’s not just internal physiology per se but it’s the interaction of the tree with its environment,” she said. ‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies A translucently colored embryonic stem (ES) cell and its differentiating derivatives. (Image: Penn Medicine News) ‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies A Penn study uncovers new roles of chaperone-mediated autophagy in how stem cells repair or regenerate damaged organs. Advancing knowledge on archaea Biologists found that the archaeon Haloferax volcanii rapidly forms honeycomb structures in response to changes in its environment. They hope to gain more insights into the microbes through a new initiative, the Archaeal Proteome Project. (Image: Courtesy of the Pohlschroder lab) Advancing knowledge on archaea An open-source data platform for researchers studying archaea is paving the way for new insights and educational opportunities. 300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path In a new report, paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack re-examine the “enigmatic and strange” prehistoric fish Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri. (Image: Nobu Tamura) 300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a “primitive” vertebrate, according to paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack. Load More
Solution to a decades-old mitochondria mystery could lead to new disease treatments Solution to a decades-old mitochondria mystery could lead to new disease treatments Perelman School of Medicine scientists identified a key protein involved in fueling the cells’ power plants.
Middle-aged individuals may be in a perpetual state of H3N2 flu susceptibility Middle-aged individuals may be in a perpetual state of H3N2 flu susceptibility Individuals’ immunological imprint from early childhood infection likely lessens the virus’ severity, but does not prevent infection.
Major advancement in islet cell transplantation for treating Type-1 diabetes Major advancement in islet cell transplantation for treating Type-1 diabetes Penn researchers invent a method for keeping donor insulin-producing cells alive long-term under the skin of patients.
Engineers develop laser-controlled, cell-sized robots One of the researchers’ robot next to a paramecium. (Image: Penn Engineering) Engineers develop laser-controlled, cell-sized robots Researchers at Penn Engineering are creating microscopic robots with semiconductor processing that can be controlled, and made to walk, as small as biological cells.
The perfect balancing act of inflammation rests on a single molecule The perfect balancing act of inflammation rests on a single molecule A new Penn study reveals a molecular mechanism that helps the body mount balanced responses to deadly infections.
Are very long-lived trees immortal and what can they teach humans? Penn In the News ABC Australia Are very long-lived trees immortal and what can they teach humans? Brenda Casper of the School of Arts & Sciences said it’s hard to measure age-related deterioration in trees that are older than 1,000 years. “It’s not just internal physiology per se but it’s the interaction of the tree with its environment,” she said. ‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies A translucently colored embryonic stem (ES) cell and its differentiating derivatives. (Image: Penn Medicine News) ‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies A Penn study uncovers new roles of chaperone-mediated autophagy in how stem cells repair or regenerate damaged organs. Advancing knowledge on archaea Biologists found that the archaeon Haloferax volcanii rapidly forms honeycomb structures in response to changes in its environment. They hope to gain more insights into the microbes through a new initiative, the Archaeal Proteome Project. (Image: Courtesy of the Pohlschroder lab) Advancing knowledge on archaea An open-source data platform for researchers studying archaea is paving the way for new insights and educational opportunities. 300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path In a new report, paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack re-examine the “enigmatic and strange” prehistoric fish Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri. (Image: Nobu Tamura) 300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a “primitive” vertebrate, according to paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack.
‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies A translucently colored embryonic stem (ES) cell and its differentiating derivatives. (Image: Penn Medicine News) ‘Self-eating’ stem cell process may be the key to new regenerative therapies A Penn study uncovers new roles of chaperone-mediated autophagy in how stem cells repair or regenerate damaged organs.
Advancing knowledge on archaea Biologists found that the archaeon Haloferax volcanii rapidly forms honeycomb structures in response to changes in its environment. They hope to gain more insights into the microbes through a new initiative, the Archaeal Proteome Project. (Image: Courtesy of the Pohlschroder lab) Advancing knowledge on archaea An open-source data platform for researchers studying archaea is paving the way for new insights and educational opportunities.
300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path In a new report, paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack re-examine the “enigmatic and strange” prehistoric fish Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri. (Image: Nobu Tamura) 300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a “primitive” vertebrate, according to paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack.