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A microscopic image of cells stained blue.
Research + Innovation

New ways to modulate cell activity remotely

Imagine being at a big marquee event at an arena, like the Super Bowl, with the roar of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs, … Read More ›

Posted on January 29, 2025January 27, 2025
A man in a blue lab coat wearing rubber gloves and glasses holds a spherical container of white liquid and looks towards the camera while sitting in front of a fume hood.
Research + Innovation

Escaping the Endosome: BEND Lipids Improve LNP mRNA Delivery and Gene Editing

Every time a shuttle docks with the International Space Station (ISS), a delicate dance unfolds between the shuttle’s docking system and its counterpart on the … Read More ›

Posted on January 28, 2025January 27, 2025
A group of researchers sit at lab benches and desks.
Research + Innovation, Students

Spaces That Spark Discovery: A Look Inside One uCity Square

The importance of proper laboratory space is hard to understate. In the earliest labs, in places like ancient Egypt, alchemists, metallurgists and pharmacists might have … Read More ›

Posted on January 14, 2025February 19, 2025
A man uses a micropipette at a lab bench to transfer fluid to a test tube.
Research + Innovation

A New Era in Genetic Engineering: Breakthroughs in Gene Editing and Expression Control with mvGPT

Influential inventions often combine existing tools in new ways. The iPhone, for instance, amalgamated the telephone, web browser and camera, among many other devices. The … Read More ›

Posted on January 8, 2025January 8, 2025
Two women in white lab coats manipulate scientific equipment.
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
A woman in a white lab coat uses a micropipette
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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