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: Vivek Kapur

Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

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News: Vivek Narayan and Walter Jackson III receive IID travel awards
Vivek Narayan and Walter Jackson III, two Ph.D. candidates in the Huck Institutes' Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID) program, were the recipients of recent IID travel awards. Vivek Narayan and Walter Jackson III receive IID travel awards - Full article; Huck Institutes IID graduate student awarded for innovative research
Walter Jackson III, a Ph.D. candidate in the Huck Institutes' Immunology and Infectious Diseases (IID) program, is the recipient of the 2013 Robert T. Simpson Graduate Award for Innovative Research. Huck Institutes IID graduate student awarded for innovative research - Full article; Mosquito behavior may be immune response, not parasite manipulation
What appears to be parasite manipulation may simply be part of malaria-carrying mosquitoes' immune response, according to a group of Penn State entomologists including Huck Institutes affiliates Lauren Cator, Simon Blanford, Courtney Murdock, Tom Baker, Andrew Read, and Matt Thomas. Mosquito behavior may be immune response, not parasite manipulation - 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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