Jun 15
CEGR Alum Rob McGinty named Pew Scholar and Searle Scholar
Congratulations to Rob McGinty, alumnus of Song Tan’s lab, on his Pew Scholar and Searle Scholar new investigator awards!
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Apr 22
Undergraduate Researchers win award at 2019 Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition
Congratulations to Ryan Santilli, Yoshitaka Shibata and John Williamson III in Song Tan’s lab for winning the “University Fellowships and Phi Kappa Phi Peter T. Luckie Award for Outstanding Research by a Junior” at the 2019 Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition held April 17, 2019.
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Aug 8
About Us
The CEGR is composed of ten laboratories with over 70 students and staff. We aim to provide a conducive learning environment for making cutting edge discoveries on fundamental mechanisms of eukaryotic gene regulation. Most labs share common space to promote a community of interactions. Academic Environment The research interests of all CEGR members are focused on…
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Aug 8
May 31
Climbing the ladder
Climbing the ladder Schreyer Scholars gain valuable lab experience while helping to develop new DNA plasmids Jeff Rice May 31, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Turner Pecen didn’t have a lot of lab experience when he came to Penn State as a freshman in 2013. The project he spent much of his college career working…
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May 26
Penn State DNA ladders: inexpensive molecular rulers for DNA research
Penn State DNA ladders: inexpensive molecular rulers for DNA research Sam Sholtis May 26, 2017 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — New, license-free DNA ladders will allow researchers to estimate the size of fragments of DNA for a fraction of the cost of currently available methods. A research team of undergraduate students led by Penn State Professor…
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Oct 10
2016 CEGR Fall Retreat
2016 CEGR Fall Retreat Every year, the PIs leading the labs in The Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (CEGR) invite their staff and families to a Fall retreat. Our faculty host a Center-wide activity outside of normal collaborative lab work and the Megameeting on Tuesdays. This year’s event will be hosted at the Civil Engineering Lodge on Lake…
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Nov 30
Seven Penn State Researchers named AAAS Fellows
Seven Penn State Researchers named AAAS Fellows By A’ndrea Elyse Messer November 30, 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Seven Penn State faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the organization announced November 23, 2015. The 2015 Fellows are Leonard S. Jefferson, Evan Pugh University Professor in Physiology;…
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Oct 10
2015 CEGR Fall Retreat
2015 CEGR Fall Retreat Every year, the PIs leading the labs in The Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (CEGR) invite their staff and families to a Fall retreat. Our faculty host a Center-wide activity outside of normal collaborative lab work and the Megameeting on Tuesdays. This year’s event will be hosted at Shaver’s Creek on Friday, October 16th…
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Jun 18
Song Tan awarded Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Song Tan awarded Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement June 18, 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Song Tan, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, has been selected to receive the 2015 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Life and Health Sciences. Established in 1980, the award recognizes scholarly…
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