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Francesca Chiaromonte named Huck Chair in Statistics for the Life Sciences
Francesca Chiaromonte, professor of statistics at Penn State, was recently named Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Statistics by the University’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
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New Faculty Position at Huck Institutes and Department of Biomedical Engineering
A tenure-line faculty position is available in the field of cell therapies and biomanufacturing.
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Climate warming could increase malaria risk in cooler regions
Malaria parasites develop faster in mosquitoes at lower temperatures than previously thought, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Exeter. The findings suggest that even slight climate warming could increase malaria risk to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people — including travelers — in areas that are currently too cold for malaria parasites to complete their development.
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Sep 18, 2019
New tool in fight against malaria
Redesigning molecules originally developed to treat the skin disease psoriasis could lead to an effective new drug against malaria, according to an international team of researchers.
Sep 17, 2019
Research suggests how environmental toxin produced by algae may lead to ALS
Can a computer be used to explain why an environmental toxin might lead to neurodegenerative disease? According to Penn State College of Medicine researchers, a computer generated-simulation allowed them to see how a toxin produced by algal blooms in saltwater might cause Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Sep 17, 2019
Francesca Chiaromonte named Huck Chair in Statistics for the Life Sciences
Francesca Chiaromonte, professor of statistics at Penn State, was recently named Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Statistics by the University’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
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Monday Sep
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CIDD Lunch: Collaboration in Flavi/alpha Virus Work
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Monday Sep
23
The Evolutionary Forces Shaping Quantitative Trait Variation in Wild and Domestacated Plants
Plant Biology
Wednesday Sep
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