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Penn State herbarium selected to participate in collections assessment program

September 30, 2024

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One Health Microbiome Center launches new video series

September 30, 2024

Francisco Dini-Andreote

Plant scientist named Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology

September 25, 2024

An image of green and blue circles in orange liquid

New material prevents mineral buildup in equipment handling water-oil mixtures

September 24, 2024

An outdoors portrait of an individual.

Q&A: Ethical decision-making around neurotechnology treatments

September 17, 2024

An image of a brain, with formulas, graphed mathematical functions, molecular structures, and other scientific diagrams on one side, and artistic blue, red, and green brush strokes on the other

Three projects receive Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed Fund grants

September 11, 2024

Illustration showing expanded view of chromosome extending from cell binding being bound by transcription factors.

Genomic pioneers collaborate to access the inaccessible

September 10, 2024

Graphic image of a person with arms spread open and birds circling his head in a calming manner

Woskob Gallery to host workshop for exhibit exploring storytelling, caregiving

September 05, 2024

Person with brown hat holding a loom

Art history doctoral candidate works to reconstruct Andean art’s ancient past

September 04, 2024

New Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders director named

August 23, 2024

A group of three researches in lab coats working at a lab bench

Cancer drug could treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, study shows

August 22, 2024

grad student sampling a small stream

$1.95M NSF grant to fund novel study of environmental DNA fate in streams

August 22, 2024

Penn State awards five new seed grants to support inter-institutional research

August 15, 2024

Blurred background of a person holding a mobile phone, which is in focus. An AI chatbot image appears atop the device.

ICDS researchers leverage models for help desk, health care predictions

August 15, 2024

Illustration of gut microbiome

Early life exposure to common chemical permanently disrupts gut microbiome

August 14, 2024

Child sleeping in bed

Less sleep and later bedtime in childhood linked to future substance use

August 13, 2024

An artistic illustration of cells

NCEMS aims to ‘build a nationwide community' and address research barriers

August 13, 2024

image of Choanoflagellate under microscope and updated evolutionary tree of ion channels

Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system

August 12, 2024

Scientist in white lab coat pipetting fluid into a vial

Memory problems in old age linked to a key enzyme, study in mice finds

August 09, 2024

A person in a white lab coat and purple gloves examines a sample in a Petri dish

Biomedical engineer to use $2M NIH grant to improve human tissue repair

August 07, 2024

Visualization of a Zebrafish's body, with multiple colors indicating different parts of its body.

$3.8M NIH grant funds 3D tissue and organism visualization project

August 02, 2024

Penn State researchers receive USDA-NIFA grant to study male cattle genetics

August 01, 2024

Artist's depiction of several important crop plants in the grass family

How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive

July 31, 2024

Research scientist sitting at a desk and looking at data sets on a computer

Genes or environment? A new model for understanding disease risk factors

July 30, 2024

three images of the vascular network in the brain

New high-resolution 3D maps show how the brain’s blood vessels change with age

July 30, 2024

Troy Sutton head shot

Troy Sutton named Huck Early Career Chair in Virology

July 19, 2024

Dairy cows in a field

Q&A: Will H5N1 avian influenza evolve to become more dangerous to humans?

July 19, 2024

Penn State professor named to advisory board of National Smell and Taste Center

July 19, 2024

Microbiome Kickstart Workshop will assist newcomers to the field

July 18, 2024

Professor Robert Sainburg opens a jar. Overlaid on him are lines indicating that both sides of the body are influenced by both hemispheres of the brain, with more influence from the opposite side.

Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients

July 11, 2024

Two people wearing masks pose together in a lab, with lab equipment and a refrigerator in the background.

Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells

July 04, 2024

two images of fruit fly brains, top glowing with a marker and bottom much darker

Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease

July 02, 2024

A circle figure shown in colors addresses the challenge of accelerating science through AI.

ICDS associate director's work driven by unanswered fundamental questions in AI

June 27, 2024

A sensor conforms to a finger as the finger bends.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

June 26, 2024

a pile of dried prunes and fresh plums on a wooden table

Got prunes? Prunes may preserve bone density and strength in older women

June 25, 2024

Penn State's graduate education training program in physiology awarded $2.75M

June 21, 2024

collage of many fruits and berries in solanum group

New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together

June 20, 2024

tree frog sits on branch

Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs

June 17, 2024

Bisanz named Huck Early Career Chair in Host-Microbiome Interactions

June 13, 2024

Biomachine sculpture in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Biomachine’ by Huck SciArt Team

June 11, 2024

Guiltinan named director of the Penn State Plant Institute

June 06, 2024

Patrick Drew named interim director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

June 04, 2024

A gloved hand pulling a part of a beehive out of its frame

Combining pest treatments may be key to helping honey bees survive the winter

June 03, 2024

Three giraffes in a field

Food, not sex, drove the evolution of giraffes’ long neck, new study finds

June 03, 2024

X and Y letters made of DNA alphabet surrounded by images of apes

Complete X and Y chromosome sequences of living great ape species determined

May 29, 2024

Portrait of a person standing in front of greenery

Denise Okafor named Huck Early Career Chair in Biophysics

May 29, 2024

Close-up image of health care professional filling syringe with medicine from a vial

Local disparities may prevent national vaccination efforts for rubella

May 29, 2024

Three people around a laptop on a lab bench.

Type 2 diabetes treatment found to impact fungal community in human gut

May 22, 2024

Video game image on left, microcoleus image on right

Exhibition showcases art and science collaborations

May 22, 2024

Nittany Lion Shrine

Five Penn Staters to receive 2024 Honorary Alumni Award

May 20, 2024

Two people standing in front of a white board

New AI algorithm may improve autoimmune disease prediction and therapies

May 20, 2024

Flock of Canadian geese flying over farm field.

H5N1 virus from 2022 mink outbreak capable of inefficient airborne transmission

May 16, 2024

A group of five individuals pose for the camera

Three Penn State staff members honored by University Staff Advisory Council

May 15, 2024

Pollinator book

Penn State pollinator experts author a new book that explores the lives of bees

May 14, 2024

Ceramic sculpture, shaped like half of a circle with multiple holes in the structure.

'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main

May 14, 2024

Nikki Crowley named director of Neuroscience Institute at University Park

May 13, 2024

A bee sits on Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa) at The Arboretum at Penn State

Q&A: Should you skip #NoMowMay and #PlantMayFlowers instead?

May 09, 2024

Daguan Nong adjusts the SCATTIRSTORM microscope

Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow?

May 07, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

'Growing Impact' podcast explores a thawing Arctic and its impacts

May 02, 2024

Fireflies lit up and flying in a dark field

Firefly populations at risk due to climate change, urban development

April 29, 2024

An artistic illustration of cells

$20M NSF grant to support center to study how complex biological processes arise

April 25, 2024

Patrick Drew stands for a photo in front of a glass entrance to a building. Drew is wearing glasses and a white button-up shirt.

Engineering professor named AIMBE fellow

April 23, 2024

Penn State biologist receives new investigator award for aging–biology research

April 23, 2024

Penn State molecular biologist, Ross Hardison, named an AAAS Fellow

April 23, 2024

black bug with orange stripes on leaf

Kissing bugs, vector for Chagas disease, successfully gene edited for first time

April 22, 2024

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Two people look at a book

Penn State herbarium selected to participate in collections assessment program

September 30, 2024

Hands holding a video

One Health Microbiome Center launches new video series

September 30, 2024

Francisco Dini-Andreote

Plant scientist named Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology

September 25, 2024

An image of green and blue circles in orange liquid

New material prevents mineral buildup in equipment handling water-oil mixtures

September 24, 2024

An outdoors portrait of an individual.

Q&A: Ethical decision-making around neurotechnology treatments

September 17, 2024

An image of a brain, with formulas, graphed mathematical functions, molecular structures, and other scientific diagrams on one side, and artistic blue, red, and green brush strokes on the other

Three projects receive Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed Fund grants

September 11, 2024

Illustration showing expanded view of chromosome extending from cell binding being bound by transcription factors.

Genomic pioneers collaborate to access the inaccessible

September 10, 2024

Graphic image of a person with arms spread open and birds circling his head in a calming manner

Woskob Gallery to host workshop for exhibit exploring storytelling, caregiving

September 05, 2024

Person with brown hat holding a loom

Art history doctoral candidate works to reconstruct Andean art’s ancient past

September 04, 2024

New Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders director named

August 23, 2024

A group of three researches in lab coats working at a lab bench

Cancer drug could treat early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, study shows

August 22, 2024

grad student sampling a small stream

$1.95M NSF grant to fund novel study of environmental DNA fate in streams

August 22, 2024

Penn State awards five new seed grants to support inter-institutional research

August 15, 2024

Blurred background of a person holding a mobile phone, which is in focus. An AI chatbot image appears atop the device.

ICDS researchers leverage models for help desk, health care predictions

August 15, 2024

Illustration of gut microbiome

Early life exposure to common chemical permanently disrupts gut microbiome

August 14, 2024

Child sleeping in bed

Less sleep and later bedtime in childhood linked to future substance use

August 13, 2024

An artistic illustration of cells

NCEMS aims to ‘build a nationwide community' and address research barriers

August 13, 2024

image of Choanoflagellate under microscope and updated evolutionary tree of ion channels

Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system

August 12, 2024

Scientist in white lab coat pipetting fluid into a vial

Memory problems in old age linked to a key enzyme, study in mice finds

August 09, 2024

A person in a white lab coat and purple gloves examines a sample in a Petri dish

Biomedical engineer to use $2M NIH grant to improve human tissue repair

August 07, 2024

Visualization of a Zebrafish's body, with multiple colors indicating different parts of its body.

$3.8M NIH grant funds 3D tissue and organism visualization project

August 02, 2024

Penn State researchers receive USDA-NIFA grant to study male cattle genetics

August 01, 2024

Artist's depiction of several important crop plants in the grass family

How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive

July 31, 2024

Research scientist sitting at a desk and looking at data sets on a computer

Genes or environment? A new model for understanding disease risk factors

July 30, 2024

three images of the vascular network in the brain

New high-resolution 3D maps show how the brain’s blood vessels change with age

July 30, 2024

Troy Sutton head shot

Troy Sutton named Huck Early Career Chair in Virology

July 19, 2024

Dairy cows in a field

Q&A: Will H5N1 avian influenza evolve to become more dangerous to humans?

July 19, 2024

Penn State professor named to advisory board of National Smell and Taste Center

July 19, 2024

Microbiome Kickstart Workshop will assist newcomers to the field

July 18, 2024

Professor Robert Sainburg opens a jar. Overlaid on him are lines indicating that both sides of the body are influenced by both hemispheres of the brain, with more influence from the opposite side.

Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients

July 11, 2024

Two people wearing masks pose together in a lab, with lab equipment and a refrigerator in the background.

Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells

July 04, 2024

two images of fruit fly brains, top glowing with a marker and bottom much darker

Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease

July 02, 2024

A circle figure shown in colors addresses the challenge of accelerating science through AI.

ICDS associate director's work driven by unanswered fundamental questions in AI

June 27, 2024

A sensor conforms to a finger as the finger bends.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

June 26, 2024

a pile of dried prunes and fresh plums on a wooden table

Got prunes? Prunes may preserve bone density and strength in older women

June 25, 2024

Penn State's graduate education training program in physiology awarded $2.75M

June 21, 2024

collage of many fruits and berries in solanum group

New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together

June 20, 2024

tree frog sits on branch

Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs

June 17, 2024

Bisanz named Huck Early Career Chair in Host-Microbiome Interactions

June 13, 2024

Biomachine sculpture in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Biomachine’ by Huck SciArt Team

June 11, 2024

Guiltinan named director of the Penn State Plant Institute

June 06, 2024

Patrick Drew named interim director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

June 04, 2024

A gloved hand pulling a part of a beehive out of its frame

Combining pest treatments may be key to helping honey bees survive the winter

June 03, 2024

Three giraffes in a field

Food, not sex, drove the evolution of giraffes’ long neck, new study finds

June 03, 2024

X and Y letters made of DNA alphabet surrounded by images of apes

Complete X and Y chromosome sequences of living great ape species determined

May 29, 2024

Portrait of a person standing in front of greenery

Denise Okafor named Huck Early Career Chair in Biophysics

May 29, 2024

Close-up image of health care professional filling syringe with medicine from a vial

Local disparities may prevent national vaccination efforts for rubella

May 29, 2024

Three people around a laptop on a lab bench.

Type 2 diabetes treatment found to impact fungal community in human gut

May 22, 2024

Video game image on left, microcoleus image on right

Exhibition showcases art and science collaborations

May 22, 2024

Nittany Lion Shrine

Five Penn Staters to receive 2024 Honorary Alumni Award

May 20, 2024

Two people standing in front of a white board

New AI algorithm may improve autoimmune disease prediction and therapies

May 20, 2024

Flock of Canadian geese flying over farm field.

H5N1 virus from 2022 mink outbreak capable of inefficient airborne transmission

May 16, 2024

A group of five individuals pose for the camera

Three Penn State staff members honored by University Staff Advisory Council

May 15, 2024

Pollinator book

Penn State pollinator experts author a new book that explores the lives of bees

May 14, 2024

Ceramic sculpture, shaped like half of a circle with multiple holes in the structure.

'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main

May 14, 2024

Nikki Crowley named director of Neuroscience Institute at University Park

May 13, 2024

A bee sits on Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa) at The Arboretum at Penn State

Q&A: Should you skip #NoMowMay and #PlantMayFlowers instead?

May 09, 2024

Daguan Nong adjusts the SCATTIRSTORM microscope

Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow?

May 07, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

'Growing Impact' podcast explores a thawing Arctic and its impacts

May 02, 2024

Fireflies lit up and flying in a dark field

Firefly populations at risk due to climate change, urban development

April 29, 2024

An artistic illustration of cells

$20M NSF grant to support center to study how complex biological processes arise

April 25, 2024

Patrick Drew stands for a photo in front of a glass entrance to a building. Drew is wearing glasses and a white button-up shirt.

Engineering professor named AIMBE fellow

April 23, 2024

Penn State biologist receives new investigator award for aging–biology research

April 23, 2024

Penn State molecular biologist, Ross Hardison, named an AAAS Fellow

April 23, 2024

black bug with orange stripes on leaf

Kissing bugs, vector for Chagas disease, successfully gene edited for first time

April 22, 2024

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