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Department of Biology

Department of Biology

Devon Fisk 2015

College of Health and Human Development names Devon Fisk student marshal

squash and pumpkins

Loss of mastodons aided domestication of pumpkins, squash

Cross section of freshly cut sugar cane

Unlocking the biofuel energy stored in plant cell walls

Boulder Star Coral

Invasive microbe protects corals from global warming, but at a cost

Dragonfly gut

Dragonfly gut infections suggest environmental role in obesity

"Fast Farming" Biology professor and undergraduate research student examine Brachypodium plants in grow room.

Research to help farmers address environmental challenges of climate change

India farmers use smart phones

PlantVillage solves crop problems by democratizing science-based knowledge

Batwa young woman holding child

Pygmy phenotype developed many times, adaptive to rainforest

Heather_Hines portrait in lab

Colorful patterns of evolution mark butterflies and bumblebees

Penn State shield: A general image used to accompany some pieces of content on Penn State News.

dePamphilis discusses Earth's first flowers at April 17 Research Unplugged

cartoon with 7 people, Todd LaJeunesse & his lab

Coral reef biologist stars in comic

Penn State shield: A general image used to accompany some pieces of content on Penn State News.

Seven faculty named Fellows of AAAS

Human chromosomes segmented by rates of four types of mutations

New characterization of human genome mutability catalyzes biomedical research

A human brain, depicted in a multi-color scan

Protein changes linked to symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

Gong Chen, Penn State biologist

Gong Chen selected as Holder of the Verne M. Willaman Chair in the Life Sciences

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