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Penn State researchers have received a new grant to analyze the factors underlying measles and Ebola outbreaks in the Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their tools will allow researchers to assess vulnerability to a variety of disease outbreaks in other areas of the world. Pictured here, a health care worker in DRC vaccinates a man who has been in contact with someone affected by Ebola Credit: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau. All Rights Reserved.

Penn State team awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response

An interdisciplinary team from Penn State has been awarded $2.3M from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation’s joint Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) program to evaluate the vulnerability of certain populations to disease outbreaks, with the goal of improving outbreak response and preventing future outbreaks.

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Alenka Hafner, left, graduate student in biology, worked closely with lead researcher Hardik Kundariya, senior researcher in the Eberly College of Science, on this project. Here they are assessing Arabidopsis plants that show epigenetically enhanced growth vigor. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code

When plants sense environmental challenges such as drought or extended periods of extreme temperatures, they instinctively reprogram their genetic material to survive and even thrive.

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Xiaojun (Lance) Lian led research that enables better implementation of gene editing tools into stem cells, which could help scientists study neurological or cardiovascular diseases in the lab. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Studying diseases with better delivery of gene-editing tools

Using gene-editing tools with stem cells can be challenging because their delivery into cells can be inefficient, time-consuming, or expensive. A Penn State-led team of interdisciplinary researchers has developed a method that improves the lifespan and efficiency of CRISPR gene-editing tools after delivery.

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The researchers sampled soils under cover crops belonging to three plant functional types at plots that are part of a long-term cover-crops experiment at Penn State’s Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center in central Pennsylvania. Credit: Michael Houtz/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Sep 21, 2022

Mixed cover crops capture carbon in soil, could help mitigate climate change

When it comes to adding carbon to the soil, all cover crops don’t perform equally, according to a team of researchers whose new study revealed the disparity for the first time.

Sarah Bordenstein, director of "Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project," and associate research professor in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Sep 20, 2022

Heard on Campus: Sarah Bordenstein, The Wolbachia Project

Sarah Bordenstein, associate research professor in the Eberly College of Science, and director of Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project, spoke at the Millennium Café on Sept. 13.

Sep 19, 2022

Lazar, Weyrich selected as inaugural Huck Leadership Fellows

Designed to be an opportunity for professional development and exposure to senior leadership, the new Huck Leadership Fellows Program is being piloted in the 2022-23 academic year, and will run for each academic year thereafter.

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Sep 21, 2022

Mixed cover crops capture carbon in soil, could help mitigate climate change

When it comes to adding carbon to the soil, all cover crops don’t perform equally, according to a team of researchers whose new study revealed the disparity for the first time.

Sep 20, 2022

Heard on Campus: Sarah Bordenstein, The Wolbachia Project

Sarah Bordenstein, associate research professor in the Eberly College of Science, and director of Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project, spoke at the Millennium Café on Sept. 13.

Sep 19, 2022

Lazar, Weyrich selected as inaugural Huck Leadership Fellows

Sep 16, 2022

Millennium Café series to feature special editions in October, November

The Millennium Café, held every Tuesday by the Materials Research Institute (MRI) featuring two talks by Penn State researchers that serve as an exchange of ideas and solutions, will hold three special sessions in October and November.

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Wednesday Sep

From Research to Policy

Wednesday Sep

Chemometric Approaches to Natural Product Bioactive Compound Discovery: A Case Study with Ocimum (Basil) Dried Products

Center for Chemical Ecology , Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , Metabolomics Core Facility , Microbiome Center , Plant Institute , Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility

Thursday Sep

CIDD Seminar: Gut Bacterial Symbionts of the Chagas Disease vector "Rhodnius prolixus"

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

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Wednesday Sep

From Research to Policy

Wednesday Sep

Chemometric Approaches to Natural Product Bioactive Compound Discovery: A Case Study with Ocimum (Basil) Dried Products

Center for Chemical Ecology , Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis , Metabolomics Core Facility , Microbiome Center , Plant Institute , Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility

Thursday Sep

CIDD Seminar: Gut Bacterial Symbionts of the Chagas Disease vector "Rhodnius prolixus"

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Friday Sep

Microbiome Center Luncheon

Microbiome Center