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Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants
A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
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Matt Ferrari named director of Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Matt Ferrari, who was closely involved with multiple aspects of University and community efforts to address COVID-19, has been tapped as the new head of CIDD.
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Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s $1.5M gift creates cell culture facility
Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international partner of the biopharmaceutical industry, has committed $1.5 million to Penn State to create the Sartorius Cell Culture Facility, which will expand Penn State’s biotechnology ecosystem.
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Apr 14, 2021
USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation
A Penn State-led research team has received a nearly $950,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create the next generation of an online decision-support tool designed to help conserve pollinator populations across the United States.
Apr 12, 2021
Physiology Graduate Student Wins Top Prize at Graduate Exhibition
Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee President Isabel da Silva was given top honors in the Health & Life Sciences category of the 2021 Graduate School Exhibition
Apr 08, 2021
Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants
A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
News
Apr 14, 2021
USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation
A Penn State-led research team has received a nearly $950,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create the next generation of an online decision-support tool designed to help conserve pollinator populations across the United States.
Apr 12, 2021
Physiology Graduate Student Wins Top Prize at Graduate Exhibition
Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee President Isabel da Silva was given top honors in the Health & Life Sciences category of the 2021 Graduate School Exhibition
Apr 08, 2021
Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants
A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.
Apr 08, 2021
New position will support graduate and post-graduate training
Donna Korzick, professor of physiology and kinesiology, recently assumed a new role as director of graduate training initiatives in the Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences. In this role, Korzick is dedicating half of her time to support the application for and execution of training grants from organizations like the National Institutes of Health.
Events
Thursday Apr
22
Post-docs Gerard Terradas Rius: Developing inherently confinable gene drives in insects Rebecca Borchering: COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub Riëtte Van Biljon: Dissecting the regulatory role of an enriched DNA sequence motif found upstream of Plasmodiu
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Friday Apr
23
Genomes and microbiomes of traditional Himalayan populations
Microbiome Center
Monday Apr
26
CIDD Lunch: Approaches to treating melanoma
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Events
Thursday Apr
22
Post-docs Gerard Terradas Rius: Developing inherently confinable gene drives in insects Rebecca Borchering: COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub Riëtte Van Biljon: Dissecting the regulatory role of an enriched DNA sequence motif found upstream of Plasmodiu
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Friday Apr
23
Genomes and microbiomes of traditional Himalayan populations
Microbiome Center
Monday Apr
26
CIDD Lunch: Approaches to treating melanoma
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Monday Apr
26
Precision Proteomics And Machine Learning Show Which Genes Are Real And Open A Window On Hybrid Vigor
Plant Biology