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NSF funding to bolster research communication strategies project
Penn State’s Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) is expanding a project to better respond to legislators’ needs for social and behavioral research related to the coronavirus pandemic with new funding from the National Science Foundation.
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Researchers identify evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2
By reconstructing the evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, an international research team of Chinese, European and U.S. scientists has discovered that the lineage that gave rise to the virus has been circulating in bats for decades and likely includes other viruses with the ability to infect humans.
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Newly acquired Leica SP8 DIVE Multiphoton Microscope enables deep in vivo imaging
Penn State researchers will be able to perform experiments that could not be achieved before. This acquisition will promote research in areas such as neurobiology, cell biology, microbiology, plant physiology, animal sciences and medicine, and beyond.
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Sep 16, 2020
Liana Burghardt awarded Tansley Medal for excellence in plant science
Assistant Professor of Plant Science recognized for outstanding research contributions early in her career.
Sep 11, 2020
NSF funding to bolster research communication strategies project
Penn State’s Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) is expanding a project to better respond to legislators’ needs for social and behavioral research related to the coronavirus pandemic with new funding from the National Science Foundation.
Sep 09, 2020
Penn State researchers to study novel coronavirus potential to infect livestock
A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will enable Penn State researchers to study the potential for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to infect and spread among livestock.
Events
Thursday Sep
17
Tick Webinar Series: Hunters and Vector-borne Diseases: A Tick-ing Time Bomb
Insect Biodiversity Center
Friday Sep
18
Seminar: Dissecting links between nutrition and stress in honey bees
Insect Biodiversity Center
Friday Sep
18
Bacteria to beetles: connecting social interactions to specialized metabolism
Microbiome Center