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Upcoming seminars/talks
Fri May 16 at 10:30AM in 100 Life Sciences Building: Omid Harandi (Genetics Graduate Student) — Analysis of Erythroid recovery from bone marrow transplantation » details…
Wed May 21 at 12:00PM in Lecture Room D, College of Medicine: Joel Swanson (University of Michigan) — Title to be announced » details…
Wed May 28 at 12:00PM in Lecture Room D, College of Medicine: Forest White (MIT) — Title to be announced » details…
Tue Jun 24 at 04:00PM in 100 Life Sciences Building, Berg Auditorium: Aravinda Chakravarti (Johns Hopkins University Medical School) — Title to be announced » details…
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Conferences and workshops
Wed Jun 18 to Sat Jun 21 in Life Sciences Building, University Park: Symposium: Inflammation, innate immunity, and disease — Open to faculty, postdocs, technical staff, graduate students and undergraduates. Registration required. Early-bird discount for registration before May 21. Registration deadline June 13. » details…
Training and orientation events
Mon Jun 02 to Fri Jun 13 in 203-L1 Life Sciences Building, University Park: Techniques in molecular biology: laboratory workshop — A two-week intensive laboratory workshop supplemented with lectures and discussions. No previous laboratory experience necessary. Space is limited, so apply early. » details…
Sponsored events and other types of event
Fri May 23 at 12:00PM in 301D Life Sciences Building: Shimadzu Prominence Nano and GC/MS Lunch 'n Learn — Shimadzu and the Proteomics and MS Core Facility will sponsor a two-part seminar » details…
News
HIV discovery
Penn State researchers and their collaborators have made a discovery that could lead to new treatments for HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS. Knocking out a particular enzyme (a tyrosine kinase) makes immune cells less vulnerable to infection with the virus. » Full article…
Marshall elected to National Academy of Sciences
Barry Marshall, who has a visiting appointment as the Francis R. and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Science at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. » Full article…
Initial round of CTSI projects awarded, Spring 2008
Out of 70 applications received, Penn State's Clinical and Translational Science Award Initiative has selected 13 pilot projects for funding. These projects involve 57 faculty members in 8 colleges on 3 campuses. » Full article…
Tropical reservoir for human influenza?
Analysis of more than 1300 complete genomes of human influenza A suggests that new viral strains arise in a reservoir in the tropics, and move out to temperate regions. » Full article…
Shuttle service change
From May 12, the free shuttle between University Park and Hershey will run three times daily rather than four. » Full article…
Cell membrane lipids involved in allergic response
A Penn State team is the first to show in living cells, under physiological conditions, that lipid molecules in cell membranes are involved in mammalian cells' reactions to allergens. » Full article…
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