Graduate Programs

Options at Penn State for PhD and Masters degrees supported by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Doctoral Programs

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Cell and Developmental Biology

Ecology

Genetics

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Molecular Medicine

Molecular Toxicology

Neuroscience

Physiology

Plant Biology

Masters Programs

Master of Biotechnology

Faculty Spotlight: George Kesidis

Professor of Electrical Engineering

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News: Penn State graduate students study plant stress in the Arizona desert
At the Apache Root Biology Center in Willcox, Arizona, graduate students from the Huck Institutes' Plant Biology program and the Penn State Department of Plant Science study plants' responses to the stresses of growing in drought and low-nitrogen conditions. Penn State graduate students study plant stress in the Arizona desert - Full article; In honor of Lloyd Huck: the Huck Fellowship brings exceptional young scientist-scholars to the Huck Institutes and Penn State
The inaugural Lloyd Huck Fellows – and the chairs of the Huck Institutes' Ecology, Molecular Medicine, Plant Biology, and Physiology graduate programs – discuss the privilege and possibilities conferred by the Huck Fellowship. In honor of Lloyd Huck: the Huck Fellowship brings exceptional young scientist-scholars to the Huck Institutes and Penn State - Full article; Will you stop bugging me?
In the cover article for the current issue of the journal Evolutionary Anthropology, Huck Institutes affiliates Ken Weiss and Dan Parker discuss malaria and the evolutionary challenge that won't go away. Will you stop bugging me? - Full article

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Upcoming Events: Oct 15, 2013 Tuesday 4:00 PM

Peter Agre (Johns Hopkins University)

Title to be announced; Dec 10, 2013 Tuesday 4:00 PM

Kendall Smith (Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University)

Toward a Molecular Understanding of Adaptive immunity

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