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News and updates about people, programs, centers, institutes, facilities and initiatives associated with the Huck Institutes. Articles are listed in reverse date order, with newer articles at the top and older articles at the bottom.
Equipment grants
Input is sought on life sciences equipment that is needed and could be purchased on upcoming grants. » full article
Vacancy: Faculty appointment in infectious disease - the evolution & dynamics of pathogens
We are seeking interactive, interdisciplinary candidates who are Mathematicians, Physicists, Statisticians, Climate Modelers or Biologists, to work across disciplines and identify novel insights and solutions to managing the disease burden. » full article
Beth Shapiro receives MacArthur Fellow award
Beth Shapiro was one of 24 recipients of a $500,000 grant as part of the MacArthur Fellow award. » full article
Time Tree: the timescale of life
TimeTree is a public knowledge-base for information on the evolutionary timescale of life. » full article
Peter Hudson interviewed on emerging diseases
Huck Institutes director, Peter Hudson, was interviewed by WPSU on emerging diseases and what's being done to stop the spread of infectious diseases. » full article
Melissa Rolls honored as Pew Scholar
Melissa Rolls, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been selected as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. » full article
Researchers Schuster and Webb on TIME's Top 100 Most Influential People
Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller have ranked in the TIME Magazine Top 100 Most Influential People of 2008. » full article
Earth's earliest flowering plants
Claude dePamphilis hosted the final Research Unplugged conversation of the spring season in the gallery of Penn State's Downtown Theatre discussing lessons from Earth’s oldest flowers. » full article
Huck students win poster contest
Li-Lun Ho and Mankit Law were the winners of the 2009 Graduate Exhibition poster contest. » full article
SLEIC open house
The ribbon has been cut and the new Social, Life, and Engineering sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC) is ready to serve the PSU community. » full article
Naturally fluorescent molecules could help identify cancer
Dr Heikal's research could provide a non-destructive way of looking at the health of a cell and providing early detection serious health problems. » full article
Dr. Peters to present at NIH lecture series
Dr. Peters, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, has been selected to present at the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture series. » full article
Drug delivery via motor proteins
Researchers are working to use motor proteins as a nanoscale delivery method for introducing drugs into cells. » full article
Bioinformatics programmer opening
Dr. Claude dePamphilis' lab has an opening for a bioinformatics programmer. » full article
Stephen Benkovic honored
Stephen J. Benkovic will be honored as the recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science. » full article
Darwin honored with birthday celebration
Thursday, February 12th marked the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. The celebration at Penn State included Darwin-themed presentations and a tea party. » full article
MSD instrument available
A MSD instrument for simultaneous analyses of several cytokines, chemokines, and other markers is now available in 120 Noll Lab. » full article
Is plastic dangerous?
Research conducted by Penn State molecular toxicology professor, Jeffrey Peters indicates concern for some types of plastic. » full article
Extinct Tasmanian Tiger's genes sequenced
The research marks the first successful sequencing of genes from this carnivorous marsupial, which looked like a large tiger-striped dog and became extinct in 1936. » full article
CCD 2008 highlights
In its first year, the Center for Cellular Dynamics at Penn State, hosted speakers, workshops and brainstorms. » full article