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. Additional challenges in bringing research online The Devlin lab are working on creating an extremely cold environment (nearly -460 degrees Fahrenheit) so that the new Simons Observatory can detect cosmic microwave background (CMB), the residual radiation left behind by the Big Bang. Work done at the High Bay is essential for keeping the project from falling further behind after shutdown delays. nocred Additional challenges in bringing research online As research on campus slowly restarts, those whose work requires field surveys, large-scale collaborations, or travel face additional challenges in bringing their research back online. A link to pregnancy complications with assisted reproduction discovered A link to pregnancy complications with assisted reproduction discovered Researchers find that embryo culture is a factor that may lead to more specific placental defects with assisted reproduction processes. Parasites and the microbiome Researchers Meagan Rubel and Eric Mbunwe process fecal samples in a hunter-gatherer village at dusk. (Image: Courtesy of the Tishkoff laboratory) Parasites and the microbiome In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the make-up of the gastrointestinal microbiome, according to a research team led by Penn scientists. Are there zombie viruses—like the 1918 flu—thawing in the permafrost? Penn In the News NPR Are there zombie viruses—like the 1918 flu—thawing in the permafrost? Michael Zimmerman of the School of Arts & Sciences said the possibility of reviving long frozen pathogens is “extremely unlikely.” At home, but still engaged with STEM classes At home, but still engaged with STEM classes While instructional laboratories on campus are closed, students, faculty, and instructors are finding creative solutions for science, math, and engineering courses and projects. Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (Image: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH) Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Putting some of their regular research projects on the back burner, researchers around Penn are digging into unknowns about the novel coronavirus from their deep and varied perspectives. Load More
‘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.
Additional challenges in bringing research online The Devlin lab are working on creating an extremely cold environment (nearly -460 degrees Fahrenheit) so that the new Simons Observatory can detect cosmic microwave background (CMB), the residual radiation left behind by the Big Bang. Work done at the High Bay is essential for keeping the project from falling further behind after shutdown delays. nocred Additional challenges in bringing research online As research on campus slowly restarts, those whose work requires field surveys, large-scale collaborations, or travel face additional challenges in bringing their research back online.
A link to pregnancy complications with assisted reproduction discovered A link to pregnancy complications with assisted reproduction discovered Researchers find that embryo culture is a factor that may lead to more specific placental defects with assisted reproduction processes.
Parasites and the microbiome Researchers Meagan Rubel and Eric Mbunwe process fecal samples in a hunter-gatherer village at dusk. (Image: Courtesy of the Tishkoff laboratory) Parasites and the microbiome In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the make-up of the gastrointestinal microbiome, according to a research team led by Penn scientists.
Are there zombie viruses—like the 1918 flu—thawing in the permafrost? Penn In the News NPR Are there zombie viruses—like the 1918 flu—thawing in the permafrost? Michael Zimmerman of the School of Arts & Sciences said the possibility of reviving long frozen pathogens is “extremely unlikely.” At home, but still engaged with STEM classes At home, but still engaged with STEM classes While instructional laboratories on campus are closed, students, faculty, and instructors are finding creative solutions for science, math, and engineering courses and projects. Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (Image: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH) Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Putting some of their regular research projects on the back burner, researchers around Penn are digging into unknowns about the novel coronavirus from their deep and varied perspectives.
At home, but still engaged with STEM classes At home, but still engaged with STEM classes While instructional laboratories on campus are closed, students, faculty, and instructors are finding creative solutions for science, math, and engineering courses and projects.
Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (Image: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH) Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19 Putting some of their regular research projects on the back burner, researchers around Penn are digging into unknowns about the novel coronavirus from their deep and varied perspectives.