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Equipment grants

Input is sought on life sciences equipment that is needed and could be purchased on upcoming grants.

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.

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.

Time Tree: the timescale of life

TimeTree is a public knowledge-base for information on the evolutionary timescale of life.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Huck students win poster contest

Li-Lun Ho and Mankit Law were the winners of the 2009 Graduate Exhibition poster contest.

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.

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.

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.

Drug delivery via motor proteins

Researchers are working to use motor proteins as a nanoscale delivery method for introducing drugs into cells.

Bioinformatics programmer opening

Dr. Claude dePamphilis' lab has an opening for a bioinformatics programmer.

Stephen Benkovic honored

Stephen J. Benkovic will be honored as the recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science.

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.

MSD instrument available

A MSD instrument for simultaneous analyses of several cytokines, chemokines, and other markers is now available in 120 Noll Lab.

Is plastic dangerous?

Research conducted by Penn State molecular toxicology professor, Jeffrey Peters indicates concern for some types of plastic.

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.

Breast Cancer Research Fellowship Announcement

Announcement from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) regarding the fiscal year 2009 offerings ($150 million appropriation).