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A Sept. 16 groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction on Penn State Harrisburg's 3,500-square-foot greenhouse complex for use in the study of genetically altered plants. Development of the complex has been supported by $800,000 in private donations.
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Penn State Harrisburg Interim Chancellor Mukund Kulkarni addressed guests at the Sept. 16 groundbreaking for the new greenhouse complex, the first phase of a planned biotechnology research and teaching facility.
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Michael Chennavasin, a sophomore science major at Penn State Harrisburg, is working with Assistant Professor of Biology Sairam Rudrabhatla on research aimed at developing cold- and drought-tolerant plant species.
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The Sept. 16 groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction on Penn State Harrisburg's 3,500-square-foot greenhouse complex for use in the study of genetically altered plants.
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The Sept. 16 groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction on Penn State Harrisburg's 3,500-square-foot greenhouse complex for use in the study of genetically altered plants. Development of the complex has been supported by $800,000 in private donations.
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Assistant Professor of Biology Sairam Rudrabhatla is Penn State Harrisburg's lead researcher on a project designed to alter the oil-rich jatropha plant to flourish in Pennsylvania's climate. The new greenhouse complex on campus will aid this and other Penn State Harrisburg research.
