Scientists and Health Professionals Change the World: Find Out How to Become One


This LionSide Chat is part of our “Majorly Prepared Series.” Please join us for an overview of majors and career opportunities in the Health Sciences.

Majors: Pre-Med, Allied Health, Physician’s Assistant, Medical Laboratory Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Life Science, Pre-Vet & Dental

This LionSide Chat will be hosted by:
Dr. Ike Shibley, Associate Professor in Chemistry
Dr. Justin DiAngelo, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Learn How Science Can Change the World: A Chat about the Biology, Biochemistry and Life Science degrees at Penn State Berks 

This LionSide Chat is part of our “Majorly Prepared Series” and will focus on the Science degrees offered at Penn State Berks, what students need to be successful in the programs, what opportunities they have once in the program and future directions after they complete the programs.

Majors: Biology, Biochemistry, Life Science, Natural Science, Prospective students

This LionSide Chat will be hosted by:

Dr. Justin DiAngelo
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State Berks

Dr. Maureen Dunbar
Associate Professor of Biology
Penn State Berks

It’s a Small World, After All: The Life of a Virus

Viruses represent the largest biomass on earth outweighing elephants, killer whales even humans. Viruses are non-living organisms because they need a host to divide and survive. They have interesting life cycles. While we have heard that viruses can create catastrophes and pandemics, not all are bad, some are quite beneficial.

This LionSide Chat will be presented by Tami Mysliwiec, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology

Additional Resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://virusinfo.psu.edu/