Recent Events

Our own Anna Brogan was named a Goldwater Scholar! Congratulations also to our collaborator Sojung Kim, who won as well.

Alexis was chosen as one of the first Beckman Scholars at Penn State. This prestigious award comes with a substantial scholarship and research support. Way to go Alexis!

Emily Snell won Best Life Science Poster at the Undergraduate Exhibition (2019).  Congratulations Emily!

Tyler DP Goralski successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on November 14, 2018! Best of luck in the future!

          

Heather presented an awesome defense talk, titled “A Nonstop Challenge to Life on Earth: Ribosome Rescue is Essential in Bacteria and Human Mitochondria” on June 3rd. We are so proud of you, Dr. Feaga!

Sydney Miller joined us earlier this year and is working this summer under the BMB SURF program. She is trying to find molecular targets for trans- translation inhibitors that were found in the high-throughput screen conducted in our lab (Ramadoss, PNAS 2013). Sydney is a rising junior and is excited about learning methods of research. Welcome!

Keeping ribosomes stuck may stop virulent bacteria strain in its tracks | Penn State University