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Research + Innovation

Nature’s Instructions: How Fungi Make a Key Medicinal Molecule

For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a goldmine for medicines. They’ve provided … Read More ›

Posted on December 18, 2024December 17, 2024
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Research + Innovation

Unlocking the Brain: Peptide-Guided Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA to Neurons

Penn Engineers have modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — the revolutionary technology behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines — to not only cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) … Read More ›

Posted on December 17, 2024December 16, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

A Lipid Nanoparticle Delivers mRNA Cure for Pre-eclampsia

Penn Engineers have made a critical breakthrough that bridges a major healthy equity gap for pregnant people with pre-eclampsia, a condition that arises due to … Read More ›

Posted on December 11, 2024December 9, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Shu Yang and Collaborators Receive NSF Grant for Multidisciplinary Graduate Program across Engineering and Architecture

Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), works to identify how synthetic and biological materials … Read More ›

Posted on December 3, 2024December 9, 2024
Events, In the News, Research + Innovation

Inaugural CPE4H Symposium Explores Engineering’s Role in Precision Medicine

Novel molecular and cellular therapies are being discovered and optimized through interdisciplinary approaches across medicine and engineering. Thanks to this concerted effort, technologies such as … Read More ›

Posted on November 27, 2024December 9, 2024
Events, In the News, Research + Innovation

C4R Raises the Bar in Scientific Rigor Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Rigor in how science is done and how results are analyzed and communicated is essential for science to be useful in the real world. Without … Read More ›

Posted on November 26, 2024December 9, 2024
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Research + Innovation

Cooking Up a Breakthrough: Penn Engineers Refine Lipid Nanoparticles for Better mRNA Therapies

Penn Engineers have cooked up a new way to improve mRNA delivery, developing an optimal “recipe” for ionizable lipids — key ingredients in lipid nanoparticles … Read More ›

Posted on November 22, 2024November 22, 2024
From left: Andre DeHon, Mayur Naik, Arjun Raj
Alumni, Honors + Awards

Penn Engineering Awards Three New Scholarly Professorships

A scholarly professorship, or named faculty position, is one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive from an academic institution. Such an appointment … Read More ›

Posted on November 19, 2024December 9, 2024
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Honors + Awards, In the News, Students

Penn Fourth-Year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar

University of Pennsylvania fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. The Rhodes, established in 1902, … Read More ›

Posted on November 18, 2024December 9, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

The 2024 NEMO Prize Will Support Research in Self-Administrable DNA Therapy

Imagine a new drug class that could — with one intramuscular injection at home or in a doctor’s office — treat the most common, chronic … Read More ›

Posted on November 8, 2024December 9, 2024

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