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Samuel Garcia, who is seated and wears a mask, looks straight ahead as he receives a COVID-19 vaccine into his upper arm from a health care worker.

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Reading resident Samuel Garcia gets the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination from Penn State Health staff nurse Kachiri Shaffer on the Penn State Health St. Joseph ― Downtown Campus.

A portrait of Jeremiah Keyes, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, in a lab at Penn State Behrend.

Jeremiah Keys in Behrend biology lab

Jeremiah Keyes, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, studies the complex signaling networks that control a cell’s response to stimuli. He previously worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California at San Diego.

A portrait of Ashley Russell, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, in a lab at Penn State Behrend

Ashley Russell in Behrend biology lab

Ashley Russell, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, studies extracellular vessicles, which allow cells to communicate with one another. She also studies the effects of chronic stress during pregnancy.