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The Millennium Science Complex has been awarded a prestigious LEED® green building certification. read more
In honor of Lloyd Huck: the Huck Fellowship brings exceptional young scientist-scholars to the Huck Institutes and Penn State. read more
An interdisciplinary research team makes strides toward restoring bighorn sheep in the American West. read more
A new model of brain lateralization for movement could dramatically improve the future of rehabilitation for stroke patients. read more
A grant from the World Health Organization will fund infectious disease research in Tanzania's Maasai Steppe. read more
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May 22, 2013 Wednesday 10:30 AMGreg Gonye ( NanoString)Nanostring Seminar: Multiplexed Digital Quantification of Nucleic Acids
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May 23, 2013 Thursday 2:00 PMKathy Lee (Affymetrix)Synergies Between Next-Generation Sequencing and Microarrays
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Oct 15, 2013 Tuesday 4:00 PMPeter Agre (Johns Hopkins University)Title to be announced
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- News
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Robert Brooks, a wetlands scientist at Penn State and a Huck Institutes faculty affiliate, has received the 2013 National Wetlands Award for Science Research. Environmental Law Institute recognizes Penn State wetlands scientist - Full article
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Nerve injury is a major health problem, with 12,000 new injuries occurring in the U.S. each year. Recovery can be difficult or impossible, which is why Huck Institutes affiliate Mohammad Reza Abidian is focusing his research on special materials called “conducting polymers,” which could one day offer a solution to these injuries. Penn State professor finding new ways to repair nerve injuries - Full article
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According to a team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Penny Kris-Etherton, consumption of whole walnuts or their extracted oil can reduce cardiovascular risk through a mechanism other than simply lowering cholesterol. Whole walnuts and their extracted oil improve cardiovascular disease risk - Full article
