Frank Pugh Honored as an Evan Pugh Professor at Penn State

Frank Pugh Honored as an Evan Pugh Professor at Penn State 09 May 2014 B. Franklin Pugh, Willaman Professor in Molecular Biology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University, has been honored by the University with the title of Evan Pugh Professor. The title is the highest honor that Penn State…

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Packaging Process for Genes Discovered in New Research

Packaging Process for Genes Discovered in New Research 19 May 2011 Scientists at Penn State University have achieved a major milestone in the attempt to assemble, in a test tube, entire chromosomes from their component parts. The achievement reveals the process a cell uses to package the basic building blocks of an organism’s entire genetic…

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CEGR Opening October 5, 2009

Opening Reception On October 5, 2009, the Penn State Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation opened its doors in newly renovated space on the 4th floor of North Frear Laboratory. To mark this occasion, renown biochemist Dr. Ali Shilatifard from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research delivered a special lecture on “Lessons Learned from Yeast about…

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