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Illustration of lipid nanoparticles carrying mRNA
Research + Innovation

Penn’s Siloxane-Enhanced Nanoparticles Chart a New Path in Precision mRNA Medicine

Penn Engineers have discovered a novel means of directing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the revolutionary molecules that delivered the COVID-19 vaccines, to target specific tissues, presaging … Read More ›

Posted on October 1, 2024October 1, 2024
A strand of RNA assembling itself
Grants, In the News, Research + Innovation

Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research

In a typical foundry, raw materials like steel and copper are melted down and poured into molds to assume new shapes and functions. The U.S. … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2024June 2, 2025
Sidney Wong stains equine cartilage at a lab bench, using chemicals under a fume hood.
Research + Innovation, Students

Student Builds on Zhiliang Chen’s Osteoarthritis Research

Roughly one in three Americans suffers from osteoarthritis, a progressive disease that causes joint cartilage to break down in a vicious cycle. The less cartilage, … Read More ›

Posted on August 26, 2024August 27, 2024
A rendering of the human intestines with bacteria outlined in bright colors.
Research + Innovation

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›

Posted on August 19, 2024August 15, 2024
From left: Bradley Richards (C’92, LPS’17), Director of Alumni Relations; Lyle Brunhofer (ENG’14, GEN’14), Vice President and Senior Design Chair of the Engineering Alumni Society; and Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering
Alumni

Empowering Future Engineers: Lyle Brunhofer and the Impact of Senior Design

Today, Lyle Brunhofer (EAS’14, GEng’14) advises companies on digital transformations, applying the skills he learned at Penn Engineering to modernize firms’ understanding of customers in … Read More ›

Posted on August 15, 2024August 12, 2024
A hand encase in a rubber glove holds a sample of the flexible biomaterial.
Research + Innovation, Students

A 3D-printed Band-Aid for the Heart?

In the quest to develop life-like materials to replace and repair human body parts, scientists face a formidable challenge: Real tissues are often both strong … Read More ›

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024
A colorful representation of different pieces by Bach, shown as networks.
Research + Innovation

The Structure of Sound: Network Insights into Bach’s Music

Even today, centuries after he lived, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the world’s most popular composers. On Spotify, close to seven million people stream … Read More ›

Posted on August 8, 2024August 5, 2024
A cube on a blue background. The cube is green and gray, with a mixed pattern, showing what a bicontinuous hydrogel looks like.
Research + Innovation

Highways to Health: Bicontinuous Structures Speed Up Cell Migration

One of the most important but least understood aspects of healing is cell migration, or the process of cells moving from one part of the … Read More ›

Posted on July 17, 2024July 16, 2024
From left: Jamie Moffa, Konrad Kording, Kaela Singleton and Arjun Raj
In the News, Research + Innovation

From Chance to Certainty: Solving Science’s Reproducibility Crisis

One of the pillars of science is the idea that experimental results can be replicated. If they cannot be reproduced, what if the findings of … Read More ›

Posted on July 10, 2024July 17, 2024
Lasya Sreepada stands with her arms crossed, looking into the distance, with trees and campus buildings in the background
Research + Innovation, Students

Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease

Lasya Sreepada has always been fascinated by the brain and the underlying biology that shapes how people develop and age. “My curiosity traces back to … Read More ›

Posted on July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

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