Congratulations Olivia and Julia – Eberly Undergraduate Researcher grant recipients

Congratulations to Frank Pugh’s Undergraduate student researchers on receiving Eberly College of Science’s Office of Science Engagement award! http://scienceengagement.psu.edu/undergraduate-research/ Julia is a Sophomore at Penn State majoring in Biochemistry. Julia is new to Pughlab and still exploring the world of epigenetics to determine her future research. Olivia is a Junior at Penn State majoring in…

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Feiyue Lu, a graduate student in Dave Gilmour’s lab, won the BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Poster Award at the 2018 ASBMB Symposium on Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin and RNA Polymerase II held in Snowbird UT October 4th-8th

Feiyue Lu wins poster award at at the 2018 ASBMB Symposium on Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin and RNA Polymerase II Feiyue Lu, an MCIBS graduate student in Dave Gilmour’s lab, won the BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms Poster Award at the 2018 ASBMB Symposium on Transcriptional Regulation by Chromatin and RNA Polymerase II held in Snowbird UT October…

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CEGR 2018 Fall Retreat

#CEGRRetreat2018 is a success again this year.  Check out the photos of the great talks and posters that were presented!  Looking forward to an excellent year of science collaborations. Great kickoff! Fall 2018 CEGR Retreat!  Getting to know the new members of the labs in the Center, and meeting faculty in other labs.  Talks from the…

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ASBMB Symposium 2018

ASBMB Symposoim entitled “Transcription Regulation: Chromatin and RNA polymerase II” October 4th-8th 2018 Dr. Joeseph Reese, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, is co-organizing the 8th biennial ASBMB symposium entitled; “Transcription Regulation: Chromatin and RNA polymerase II.” The Symposium is to be held in early October…

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Douglas Baumann Recipient 2018 Fred Wedler Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

April 19th – Douglas Baumann, a recent graduate of Penn State’s Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Program at Penn State, was honored with the 2018 Fred Wedler Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Baumann is also a member of Gilmour Lab in the Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (CEGR).  He describes being surprised when he received notice on…

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The Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology would like to announce the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering. Fred M. Winston, John Emory Andrus Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, will present the Russell Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering on March 12 and 13, 2018, at the Penn State University Park campus. Winston’s lab studies…

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Douglas Baumann from David Gilmour’s lab 2017 recipient of the Richard L. & Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship

Congratulations Doug and Dr. Gilmour! Dear BMB Community, It is with great pleasure that I am writing to inform you that Douglas Baumann is the 2017 recipient of the Richard L. and Norma L. McCarl Graduate Scholarship in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (BMMB). Please join me in congratulating Doug for obtaining this honor. Best,…

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