2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences awarded to mRNA pioneers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó
Weissman and Karikó are honored for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines.
Research News
Focus On: Cancer Research
Breast cancer diagnosis in the ‘between’ year: Body mass index matters
The cancer fighters: John Glick and a legacy of a half century in oncology
New program inspires underrepresented young women to cancer research
Improving patient experiences in cancer clinical trials
Focus On: Innovation
Respiratory care program allows patients with neuromuscular disorders to thrive at home
2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences awarded to mRNA pioneers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó
The best new implants may be a piece of you
Packaging-free design quadruples microbatteries’ energy density
Focus On: Nanotechnology
2021 cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows for Academic Diversity named
Researchers reach new heights with light-based levitation
Researchers identify potential nanoparticles for therapeutic mRNA delivery before birth
A new platform for creating material blends
Focus On: Robotics
Focus On: Artificial Intelligence
From ‘Indiana Jones’ to medieval robots
Benjamin Shestakofsky finds interconnections between humans and machines
Localizing epilepsy ‘hotspots’
Penn Engineering and Nursing partner with Hillrom on Internet-of-Things Technology
Focus On: Neuroscience
Restoring ‘chaperone’ protein may prevent plaque buildup in Alzheimer’s
Brain powered: Neuroscience research at Penn Medicine’s Pavilion
Damian Pang may have discovered a new type of memory
Decoding how the brain accurately depicts ever-changing visual landscapes
Big Ideas
A look at a few of our big picture priorities that improve Penn as we create knowledge to benefit the world.
Haiti in turmoil
Perry World House Visiting Fellow Henri-Paul Normandin, former Canadian ambassador to Haiti, reflects on the current situation and where Haiti goes from here.
In These Times: Race and repair
OMNIA’s final episodes look into how institutions have perpetuated racial hierarchies, how the past reverberates through the present, and consider what justice looks like.
Supreme Court decision rules Arizona’s laws constitutional
In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the Supreme Court ruled that Arizona’s election laws—pertaining to out of precinct ballots and whether or not third parties can pick up and deliver absentee ballots—do not violate the Voting Rights Act.
What you need to know about the protests in Cuba
Penn GSE’s Amalia Dache traveled to Cuba in 2018 and 2019 to research the Afro Cuban experience, and the opportunities that existed—or were closed off from—the island nation’s significant Black population.
In These Times: Race and repair
OMNIA’s final episodes look into how institutions have perpetuated racial hierarchies, how the past reverberates through the present, and consider what justice looks like.
Supreme Court decision rules Arizona’s laws constitutional
In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the Supreme Court ruled that Arizona’s election laws—pertaining to out of precinct ballots and whether or not third parties can pick up and deliver absentee ballots—do not violate the Voting Rights Act.
A COVID vaccine for kids
Jeff Gerber, who is heading the clinical trial of the Moderna vaccine in kids under 12 at CHOP, speaks with Penn Today about the trial and why getting children vaccinated is so essential.
The long view on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy
Penn researchers weigh in on the regulatory and scientific efforts to track COVID-19 vaccines.
Higher COVID-19 mortality among Black patients linked to unequal hospital quality
If Black patients were admitted to the same hospitals that serve a majority of white patients, Penn Medicine researchers show their risk of death would drop by 10%.
Identifying an elusive molecule key to combustion chemistry
Researchers made the most direct observation of a key intermediate formed during the breakdown of hydrocarbons during combustion and in the atmosphere, results that could help in the future design of fuels that burn more efficiently.
‘Cities in water’
Architect and landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and anthropologist Nikhil Anand are collaborating on questions of design and human practices to create new ways of thinking about low-lying coastal cities in India and around the world.
Climate change-resistant corals could provide lifeline to battered reefs
Corals that withstood a severe bleaching event and were transplanted to a different reef maintained their resilient qualities, according to a new study led by Katie Barott of the School of Arts & Sciences.