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Side by side headshots of Jasna Kovac and Ed Dudley

Q&A: How does technology help track foodborne pathogens and outbreaks?

October 16, 2026

Verónica Román-Reyna teaching students Tony Vozzella and Lauren Hendricks

Genome detectives: Students sequence the genome of a harmful plant pathogen

October 15, 2026

a graphic rendering of pilot rapid test for syphilis on a background graphically rendering bacterium

One-step rapid syphilis test detects infection earlier, researchers report

October 15, 2026

Lance Lian, smiling warmly at the camera, stands outdoors in front of a tree.

Engineers at Penn State contribute to national $20M liver bioprinting project

October 15, 2026

Microscopic imaging showing a numberous individual droplets in a petri dish joining together to form a larger network of interconnected nodes

Tiny droplets can form soft networks for brain-inspired computing

October 12, 2026

A photo of Esther Gomez standing outside.

$1.9M NIH award to fund study of how mechanical signals control cell fate

October 08, 2026

A collage of images of different kinds of bee species.

Colombian bees detailed in one of the first annotated checklists of its kind

October 07, 2026

three people hold giant checks

College of IST announces winners of first 'AI in Research Symposium'

October 06, 2026

Penn State CTSI launches four fellowship opportunities for 2027-28

October 06, 2026

Chemistry graduate student Amanda Gramm examines a sample during her assistantship in the 2025-26 academic year

Huck Institutes core facility assistantships available for spring semester

October 06, 2026

Chad Brunswick points to computer screen while Janine Kwapis looks on

NIH grant to fund research on how aging affects long-term memory

October 05, 2026

Ashley Shay, director of the metabolomics core facility; Sergei Koshkin, Assistant Research Professor; Andrew Patterson, professor of molecular toxicology and associate director of the Huck Institutes

Modern Methods in Biological Research course to be offered in spring 2027

October 05, 2026

Microbiome Sciences Students and Staff

Microbiome sciences doctoral program celebrates first graduate

September 29, 2026

Shaun Mahony, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and Huck Chair in Genomics and AI

Mahony named Huck Chair in Genomics and AI

September 28, 2026

Sharples named Huck Early Career Chair in Movement Neuroscience

September 25, 2026

Age, not feed additives, affects antimicrobial resistance genes in chickens

September 25, 2026

Liver, gut bacteria alter food molecules, influence body’s biological activity

September 23, 2026

two frogs on a white background

Frog's coat of bacterial armor helps protect it from fungal disease

September 23, 2026

$3.8M NIH grant to explore regulators of cell fate

September 23, 2026

illustration of portion of mouse skull, brain, vertebral column and abdominal muscles, inset shows how contracting abdominals increases pressure in blood vessels

Engaging the core could be regulating blood flow in the brain

September 23, 2026

Jean Paul Allain poses outdoors with an award plaque.

Engineering professor receives DOE Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award

September 18, 2026

The tower of Old Main, partially blocked by trees with orange and red leaves.

Oct. 15 symposium to explore AI's role in life sciences research

September 17, 2026

One Health Microbiome Center Leadership Presenting Awards

One Health Microbiome Center announces 2026 award recipients

September 17, 2026

gears on a blueprint background with text, A Comprehensive Blueprint for Mentoring Graduate Students at Penn State, on it

Fox Graduate School creates Mentoring Blueprint to support student success

September 14, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

NSF STAIR curriculum expands Penn State’s ACES research administration program

September 10, 2026

A person looks through a slit in a white translucent. well-lit box while a screen above displays an image of the veinous structure of a placenta

‘Ex-Utero’ project uses art, science to explore regenerative medicine

September 10, 2026

two children smile over shared laptop

Peer-led computing camps engage children, study finds

September 09, 2026

cacao tree with seed pods

Could plant scientists breed heavy metal contamination out of cacao?

September 09, 2026

A diagram showing the walking styles of a chimpanzee on all fours, an early human walking upright and a modern person walking heel-to-toe.

‘Heel-strike’ allowed early humans to walk farther at cost of high impact forces

September 08, 2026

Penn State Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos speaking at the Huck Institutes' 30th anniversary event.

Huck Institutes mark 30 years of interdisciplinary life sciences research

September 04, 2026

Corn plants in a field

Specific cover crops may help attract insects that target harmful pests

August 27, 2026

Neela Yennawar, director of instrumentation grant initiatives at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Neela Yennawar named Huck director of instrumentation grant initiatives

August 27, 2026

researchers at microscope

Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows

August 27, 2026

A 3D visualization of blood moving throught the body, with some cells appearing as infected cells among the standard red blood cells.

New approach cuts sepsis diagnosis from days to hours, researchers report

August 26, 2026

small brown bat sitting on a rocky surface

The secret to bats’ longevity linked to immune response to viruses and cancer

August 26, 2026

Audience members watching a speaker at the 2023 Neuroscience Institute retreat

Penn State Neuroscience Institute announces fall 2026 speakers

August 25, 2026

Cover of the CTSI 5-Year Impact Report featuring external advisory board members and partner representatives

Penn State CTSI releases 5-year impact report

August 25, 2026

study first author

Adaptation and a ‘Noah’s Ark for trees’ offer hope for endangered black ash

August 25, 2026

Jonas Rubenson crouches beside a treadmill. On the treadmill is the metabolic chamber, a Lucite box with tubes for airflow.

Bird bulking: Exercise in youth decreases energy used for moving as an adult

August 24, 2026

a golf course with green grass

After 30 years of research, Penn State startup reinvents the putting green

August 20, 2026

A 3D rendition of color-coded RNA

Messy life-producing cellular process caught in action for first time

August 20, 2026

Facility director recognized for metabolomics work

August 18, 2026

A research figure shows a photo of the team's spheroids arranged in a specific grid pattern inside of a microgel scaffold

Genetic ‘switches’ could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth

August 18, 2026

A researcher figure showing six microscopic images of cell clusters, or islets. The top three images show islets with a relatively smooth texture, while the bottom three images show cells with a rough texture as a result of the team's new research development

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

NSF CAREER Award: Understanding how the brain learns complex skills

August 12, 2026

Andrew Patterson named H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair

August 11, 2026

2 researchers with plants

Soilless farming system design can determine microbial growth, impact on crops

August 04, 2026

White, brown, and black chickens walking through folliage.

How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

August 03, 2026

Amir Sheikhi holding an award plaque

Chemical engineering professor honored for work on plant-based tissue scaffolds

July 31, 2026

Graduate student shoveling soil.

Doctoral student leads grain processing project for Team Pennsylvania

July 29, 2026

Life Sciences Building

Huck Institutes announces recipients of nine interdisciplinary seed grants

July 28, 2026

IIF Three Recipients

One Health Microbiome Center awards Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowships

July 28, 2026

Many honey bees on honey comb

Diets high in a particular type of fat help protect bees against pesticides

July 28, 2026

Zika grant Jason Rasgone

NIH grants $2.8M to develop tools for study of mosquito-microbe interactions

July 24, 2026

Headshots of Erika Ganda, Jasna Kovac, and Wenrui Hao

Ganda, Kovac and Hao named Huck chairs

July 20, 2026

Dawn Witherspoon, CERAP co-director, welcomes attendees to the CERAP Summer Institute while standing behind a podium.

Community-engaged research unit awards seed grants

July 20, 2026

A sample of a microbe collected on campus grows on an agar plate.

$2.8M NIH grant to study effect of PFAS on the gut microbiome

July 20, 2026

headshots of thirty six Fox Graduate School scholarship recipients

Fox Graduate School awards 36 graduate students Fox scholarships

July 14, 2026

A close up shot of a bioelectrode painted to look like a shark on the side of a researcher's curled fist

Paintable electrodes could power creative and colorful wearable sensors

July 13, 2026

Master Gardener at Ag Progress Days

Penn State Master Gardeners to share gardening expertise at Ag Progress Days

July 10, 2026

A professor of chemical engineering receives his award from the director of NIIMBL.

Team led by Penn State researcher receives national biopharmaceutical award

July 07, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 6

July 06, 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher Gwendolyn Burgess

Postdoctoral fellow earns NIH award to study neurological effects of alcohol

July 06, 2026

researchers in Chile

Newly discovered corn trait may help improve crop drought tolerance

June 25, 2026

Evelyn Mastaglio stands in a hallway

Q&A with Penn State neurobiology student Evelyn Mastaglio

June 24, 2026

A view of Old Main in summer.

GAP funding awarded to 12 Penn State research commercialization projects

June 22, 2026

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Side by side headshots of Jasna Kovac and Ed Dudley

Q&A: How does technology help track foodborne pathogens and outbreaks?

October 16, 2026

Verónica Román-Reyna teaching students Tony Vozzella and Lauren Hendricks

Genome detectives: Students sequence the genome of a harmful plant pathogen

October 15, 2026

a graphic rendering of pilot rapid test for syphilis on a background graphically rendering bacterium

One-step rapid syphilis test detects infection earlier, researchers report

October 15, 2026

Lance Lian, smiling warmly at the camera, stands outdoors in front of a tree.

Engineers at Penn State contribute to national $20M liver bioprinting project

October 15, 2026

Microscopic imaging showing a numberous individual droplets in a petri dish joining together to form a larger network of interconnected nodes

Tiny droplets can form soft networks for brain-inspired computing

October 12, 2026

A photo of Esther Gomez standing outside.

$1.9M NIH award to fund study of how mechanical signals control cell fate

October 08, 2026

A collage of images of different kinds of bee species.

Colombian bees detailed in one of the first annotated checklists of its kind

October 07, 2026

three people hold giant checks

College of IST announces winners of first 'AI in Research Symposium'

October 06, 2026

Penn State CTSI launches four fellowship opportunities for 2027-28

October 06, 2026

Chemistry graduate student Amanda Gramm examines a sample during her assistantship in the 2025-26 academic year

Huck Institutes core facility assistantships available for spring semester

October 06, 2026

Chad Brunswick points to computer screen while Janine Kwapis looks on

NIH grant to fund research on how aging affects long-term memory

October 05, 2026

Ashley Shay, director of the metabolomics core facility; Sergei Koshkin, Assistant Research Professor; Andrew Patterson, professor of molecular toxicology and associate director of the Huck Institutes

Modern Methods in Biological Research course to be offered in spring 2027

October 05, 2026

Microbiome Sciences Students and Staff

Microbiome sciences doctoral program celebrates first graduate

September 29, 2026

Shaun Mahony, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and Huck Chair in Genomics and AI

Mahony named Huck Chair in Genomics and AI

September 28, 2026

Sharples named Huck Early Career Chair in Movement Neuroscience

September 25, 2026

Age, not feed additives, affects antimicrobial resistance genes in chickens

September 25, 2026

Liver, gut bacteria alter food molecules, influence body’s biological activity

September 23, 2026

two frogs on a white background

Frog's coat of bacterial armor helps protect it from fungal disease

September 23, 2026

$3.8M NIH grant to explore regulators of cell fate

September 23, 2026

illustration of portion of mouse skull, brain, vertebral column and abdominal muscles, inset shows how contracting abdominals increases pressure in blood vessels

Engaging the core could be regulating blood flow in the brain

September 23, 2026

Jean Paul Allain poses outdoors with an award plaque.

Engineering professor receives DOE Secretary’s Distinguished Service Award

September 18, 2026

The tower of Old Main, partially blocked by trees with orange and red leaves.

Oct. 15 symposium to explore AI's role in life sciences research

September 17, 2026

One Health Microbiome Center Leadership Presenting Awards

One Health Microbiome Center announces 2026 award recipients

September 17, 2026

gears on a blueprint background with text, A Comprehensive Blueprint for Mentoring Graduate Students at Penn State, on it

Fox Graduate School creates Mentoring Blueprint to support student success

September 14, 2026

Old main with trees in shadows

NSF STAIR curriculum expands Penn State’s ACES research administration program

September 10, 2026

A person looks through a slit in a white translucent. well-lit box while a screen above displays an image of the veinous structure of a placenta

‘Ex-Utero’ project uses art, science to explore regenerative medicine

September 10, 2026

two children smile over shared laptop

Peer-led computing camps engage children, study finds

September 09, 2026

cacao tree with seed pods

Could plant scientists breed heavy metal contamination out of cacao?

September 09, 2026

A diagram showing the walking styles of a chimpanzee on all fours, an early human walking upright and a modern person walking heel-to-toe.

‘Heel-strike’ allowed early humans to walk farther at cost of high impact forces

September 08, 2026

Penn State Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos speaking at the Huck Institutes' 30th anniversary event.

Huck Institutes mark 30 years of interdisciplinary life sciences research

September 04, 2026

Corn plants in a field

Specific cover crops may help attract insects that target harmful pests

August 27, 2026

Neela Yennawar, director of instrumentation grant initiatives at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Neela Yennawar named Huck director of instrumentation grant initiatives

August 27, 2026

researchers at microscope

Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows

August 27, 2026

A 3D visualization of blood moving throught the body, with some cells appearing as infected cells among the standard red blood cells.

New approach cuts sepsis diagnosis from days to hours, researchers report

August 26, 2026

small brown bat sitting on a rocky surface

The secret to bats’ longevity linked to immune response to viruses and cancer

August 26, 2026

Audience members watching a speaker at the 2023 Neuroscience Institute retreat

Penn State Neuroscience Institute announces fall 2026 speakers

August 25, 2026

Cover of the CTSI 5-Year Impact Report featuring external advisory board members and partner representatives

Penn State CTSI releases 5-year impact report

August 25, 2026

study first author

Adaptation and a ‘Noah’s Ark for trees’ offer hope for endangered black ash

August 25, 2026

Jonas Rubenson crouches beside a treadmill. On the treadmill is the metabolic chamber, a Lucite box with tubes for airflow.

Bird bulking: Exercise in youth decreases energy used for moving as an adult

August 24, 2026

a golf course with green grass

After 30 years of research, Penn State startup reinvents the putting green

August 20, 2026

A 3D rendition of color-coded RNA

Messy life-producing cellular process caught in action for first time

August 20, 2026

Facility director recognized for metabolomics work

August 18, 2026

A research figure shows a photo of the team's spheroids arranged in a specific grid pattern inside of a microgel scaffold

Genetic ‘switches’ could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth

August 18, 2026

A researcher figure showing six microscopic images of cell clusters, or islets. The top three images show islets with a relatively smooth texture, while the bottom three images show cells with a rough texture as a result of the team's new research development

Cell ‘invisibility cloaks’ could offer side-effect-free diabetes treatment

August 14, 2026

NSF CAREER Award: Understanding how the brain learns complex skills

August 12, 2026

Andrew Patterson named H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair

August 11, 2026

2 researchers with plants

Soilless farming system design can determine microbial growth, impact on crops

August 04, 2026

White, brown, and black chickens walking through folliage.

How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

August 03, 2026

Amir Sheikhi holding an award plaque

Chemical engineering professor honored for work on plant-based tissue scaffolds

July 31, 2026

Graduate student shoveling soil.

Doctoral student leads grain processing project for Team Pennsylvania

July 29, 2026

Life Sciences Building

Huck Institutes announces recipients of nine interdisciplinary seed grants

July 28, 2026

IIF Three Recipients

One Health Microbiome Center awards Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowships

July 28, 2026

Many honey bees on honey comb

Diets high in a particular type of fat help protect bees against pesticides

July 28, 2026

Zika grant Jason Rasgone

NIH grants $2.8M to develop tools for study of mosquito-microbe interactions

July 24, 2026

Headshots of Erika Ganda, Jasna Kovac, and Wenrui Hao

Ganda, Kovac and Hao named Huck chairs

July 20, 2026

Dawn Witherspoon, CERAP co-director, welcomes attendees to the CERAP Summer Institute while standing behind a podium.

Community-engaged research unit awards seed grants

July 20, 2026

A sample of a microbe collected on campus grows on an agar plate.

$2.8M NIH grant to study effect of PFAS on the gut microbiome

July 20, 2026

headshots of thirty six Fox Graduate School scholarship recipients

Fox Graduate School awards 36 graduate students Fox scholarships

July 14, 2026

A close up shot of a bioelectrode painted to look like a shark on the side of a researcher's curled fist

Paintable electrodes could power creative and colorful wearable sensors

July 13, 2026

Master Gardener at Ag Progress Days

Penn State Master Gardeners to share gardening expertise at Ag Progress Days

July 10, 2026

A professor of chemical engineering receives his award from the director of NIIMBL.

Team led by Penn State researcher receives national biopharmaceutical award

July 07, 2026

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — July 6

July 06, 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher Gwendolyn Burgess

Postdoctoral fellow earns NIH award to study neurological effects of alcohol

July 06, 2026

researchers in Chile

Newly discovered corn trait may help improve crop drought tolerance

June 25, 2026

Evelyn Mastaglio stands in a hallway

Q&A with Penn State neurobiology student Evelyn Mastaglio

June 24, 2026

A view of Old Main in summer.

GAP funding awarded to 12 Penn State research commercialization projects

June 22, 2026

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