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Interaction of genes and environment influences obesity in children
Kathleen Keller and colleagues at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine find that while neither genes nor the environment alone can predict obesity in children, a strong relationship emerges when these factors are considered together.
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Students get unique environmental research experience in Spain
Over the past two years, Margot and Jason Kaye have coordinated trips to Madrid, Spain, for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences to conduct research in global climate change ecology.
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Individual gene differences can be tested in zebrafish
Keith Cheng and his lab are using the zebrafish to test a class of unique individual genetic differences in humans, in order to better understand the biological results of those differences.
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Lisa Gatzke-Kopp is featured in a new Research Unplugged video
This excerpt from the October 11 session of Research Unplugged features a discussion of the role of dopamine in behavioral patterns of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Penn State Profiles is launched at University Park
Software tool for research networking and expertise mining shows traditional directory information and illustrates how researchers are connected to one another in the broader community.
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Public health messages can influence infectious disease stigmas
Crafting public health messages about a disease may create stigmas that influence how likely people are to endorse certain interventions — such as isolating infected persons, forcing treatment on them, and mapping their location — according to researcher Rachel Smith.
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New method of resurfacing bone improves odds of successful grafts
Coating a bone graft with an inorganic compound found in bones and teeth may significantly increase the likelihood of a successful implant, according to researchers including Henry Donahue at Penn State's College of Medicine.
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Research looks at hydrology, soil constraints to shale-gas development
Across the Appalachian Plateau in Pennsylvania, 50 to 70 percent of shale-gas pads are being developed on slopes that could be prone to erosion and sedimentation problems, according to Patrick Drohan and other researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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ScholarSphere repository launched
Designed to collect, preserve, and share digital research content across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines and media types, ScholarSphere is now available to the Penn State University community.
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A warm, wet fall would dampen foliage colors
This summer was notable because of drought conditions in June and July, and searing heat in July, but that won't limit the beauty of Pennsylvania's fall foliage.
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DNA analysis aids in classifying single-celled algae
A group of single-celled algae known as Symbiodinium, which live inside corals and are critical to their survival, are only now being separated into species via DNA analysis by researchers including Todd LaJeunesse.
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Wolf mange is part of nature's cycle
Emily Almberg and Peter Hudson discuss the impact of mange and viral diseases on the wolf packs living in Yellowstone National Park.
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New Illumina DNA sequencers acquired by the Genomics Core Facility
A HiSeq 2000 has been obtained through a grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program, and a MiSeq has been purchased with funding from the Huck Institutes.
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Huge study of the human genome includes Penn State research
The first integrated understanding of the functioning of the human genome has finally been published—the triumphant result of a collaborative five-year project involving more than 440 researchers in 32 labs worldwide.
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In touch with Peter Hudson
The Huck Institutes' director champions a collaborative approach to life science research at Penn State.
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Announcing the John Snow Biomedical Seminars
A lecture and open forum for discussing broader issues in biomedical sciences, to be held on the first Thursday of each month at 5:15pm
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ScholarSphere repository will enable research sharing and discovery
On September 24, Penn State will launch a new online repository service which will allow users to securely collect, preserve, and share scholarly works with the Penn State community and the world.
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Gulf of Mexico research led by Penn State biologist will be honored with government award
The project, led by Penn State professor and lead scientist Charles Fisher and project manager James Brooks of TDI Brooks International, has been honored by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program with the Excellence in Partnership award.
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Darwin was right: the Eastern Pacific Barrier is virtually impassable by coral species
Iliana Baums and colleagues have discovered that a coral species found in abundance from Indonesia eastward to Fiji, Samoa, and the Line Islands rarely crosses the Eastern Pacific Barrier toward the coast of the Americas.
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Million-dollar grant will fund research into cancer-fighting nanotechnology
The Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded a $1 million research grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s CURE program, earmarked for the development of a cancer treatment with commercialization potential.
