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Research + Innovation

Scientists Unlock Frogs’ Antibacterial Secrets to Combat Superbugs

Frogs have thrived for hundreds of millions of years, spreading across virtually every corner of the earth, from tropical jungles to subarctic forests. Throughout their … Read More ›

Posted on March 25, 2025March 18, 2025
Honors + Awards

Ravi Radhakrishnan Named AIChE Fellow

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has named Ravi Radhakrishnan, Professor and Herman P. Schwan Department Chair of Bioengineering and Professor in Chemical and … Read More ›

Posted on February 20, 2025February 17, 2025
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Honors + Awards, In the News

César de la Fuente, Jason Altschuler Named Sloan Research Fellows

The University of Pennsylvania’s Jason Altschuler, César de la Fuente, Liang Wu, and Anderson Ye Zhang have each been selected to receive a 2025 Sloan … Read More ›

Posted on February 18, 2025June 2, 2025
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Academics, Students

Building Tomorrow’s Innovators: Inside Penn’s Widjaja Entrepreneurship Fellows Program

The room hums with anticipation. A group of would-be founders shifts in their seats, scribbling last-minute notes and readying their pitch decks. The lights dim … Read More ›

Posted on February 13, 2025February 26, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Borrowing Nature’s Blueprint: How Scientists Replicated Bone Marrow

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells. This vital function … Read More ›

Posted on January 30, 2025January 31, 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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