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Call for Submissions: Faculty course buyouts for large grant writing
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (Huck), in partnership with the Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Office (SIRO) and Penn State Colleges, invites faculty to submit requests for course buyouts to facilitate the preparation of large grant proposals.
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$3.8M NIH grant funds 3D tissue and organism visualization project
Keith Cheng, distinguished professor of pathology, of pharmacology and of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a four-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further develop novel methods for 3D tissue imaging.
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Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells
A team led by Penn State researchers has created a modular genetic circuit that turns cancer cells into a “Trojan horse,” causing them to self-destruct and kill nearby drug-resistant cancer cells. Tested in human cell lines and in mice as proof of concept, the circuit outsmarted a wide range of resistance.
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Sep 11, 2024
Three projects receive Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed Fund grants
Three potentially high-impact, high-risk research projects have been selected to receive seed funding for the latest round of the Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund initiative.
Sep 10, 2024
Genomic pioneers collaborate to access the inaccessible
A new experimental method allows researchers to dissect how certain proteins, called pioneer factors, can bind to selective regions of the genome that are inaccessible to other DNA binding proteins.
Sep 09, 2024
Penn State community reminded to take COVID-19 precautions
With COVID-19 activity on the rise in Pennsylvania and nationally, Penn State is urging its community to continue to take health precautions and follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep themselves and others healthy.
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Sep 11, 2024
Three projects receive Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed Fund grants
Three potentially high-impact, high-risk research projects have been selected to receive seed funding for the latest round of the Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed (HITS) Fund initiative.
Sep 10, 2024
Genomic pioneers collaborate to access the inaccessible
A new experimental method allows researchers to dissect how certain proteins, called pioneer factors, can bind to selective regions of the genome that are inaccessible to other DNA binding proteins.
Sep 09, 2024
Penn State community reminded to take COVID-19 precautions
With COVID-19 activity on the rise in Pennsylvania and nationally, Penn State is urging its community to continue to take health precautions and follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep themselves and others healthy.
Sep 05, 2024
Woskob Gallery to host workshop for exhibit exploring storytelling, caregiving
From 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 6 in the Woskob Family Gallery, Aaron Knochel, associate professor of art education, will host an opening workshop for the show “Caretelling: Stories to Sustain Ourselves,” an interdisciplinary group exhibition on display through December that explores the intersection of storytelling and caregiving through collaborative art-making, video installations and graphic narratives.
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Thursday Sep
12
Addiction and GLP-1: From rats to man
Neuroscience Institute , Neuroscience
Thursday Sep
12
CIDD Seminar: Decoding Mpox Pathogenesis: Insights from ZRNA, Programmed Cell Death, and 3D Skin Models with Dr. Heather Koehler
Friday Sep
13
Seminar: Genomics of Host-Microbiome Interactions
Microbiome Center
Events
Thursday Sep
12
Addiction and GLP-1: From rats to man
Neuroscience Institute , Neuroscience
Thursday Sep
12
CIDD Seminar: Decoding Mpox Pathogenesis: Insights from ZRNA, Programmed Cell Death, and 3D Skin Models with Dr. Heather Koehler
Friday Sep
13
Seminar: Genomics of Host-Microbiome Interactions
Microbiome Center
Monday Sep
16
The importance of evolutionary history for ecological restoration: evidence from the Great Basin
Plant Biology