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Q&A: Tips to protect against ticks
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and Pennsylvania consistently ranks as one of the top states in the nation for reported cases of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. However, there are ways to protect people, pets and livestock against ticks and the pathogens they carry, according to Erika Machtinger, associate professor of entomology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Dipanjan Pan named Huck director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems
Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has named Dipanjan Pan, Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine and professor of materials science and engineering and of nuclear engineering, to serve as the Huck’s first director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
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Plant genes influence bacterial evolution in legume-bacteria partnership
In a recently published study, Penn State researchers described the complex relationship between plant host genes and rhizobial genes, and how plant genes strongly influence which rhizobial strains plants chose from a diverse mixture.
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May 27, 2026
Common protective soybean seed treatment may not increase profitability
Many soybean farmers use seeds treated with fungicides to ward off disease, but the profits from these increased yields might not offset the cost of the treatment in most cases, according to a study published in Scientific Reports by researchers at Penn State.
May 27, 2026
STAIR Leadership Summit aims to fill unmet need in research administration
Penn State and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently partnered to address gaps in the research ecosystem through resource sharing, strategic partnerships, and workforce development, culminating in the first Skilled Training in Administration and Institutional Research (STAIR) Leadership Summit held last month.
May 22, 2026
Q&A: Ebola outbreak and public health emergency
This week, the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency due to an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outbreak, which has already killed more than 100 people, took longer to identify as the virus species is different than the species typically responsible for Ebola outbreaks. There is no vaccine for this species of Ebolavirus, but researchers are testing the effectiveness of a vaccine for a different species of the virus, according to Ebola expert Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology and Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor at Penn State.
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May 27, 2026
Common protective soybean seed treatment may not increase profitability
Many soybean farmers use seeds treated with fungicides to ward off disease, but the profits from these increased yields might not offset the cost of the treatment in most cases, according to a study published in Scientific Reports by researchers at Penn State.
May 27, 2026
STAIR Leadership Summit aims to fill unmet need in research administration
Penn State and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently partnered to address gaps in the research ecosystem through resource sharing, strategic partnerships, and workforce development, culminating in the first Skilled Training in Administration and Institutional Research (STAIR) Leadership Summit held last month.
May 22, 2026
Q&A: Ebola outbreak and public health emergency
This week, the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency due to an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The outbreak, which has already killed more than 100 people, took longer to identify as the virus species is different than the species typically responsible for Ebola outbreaks. There is no vaccine for this species of Ebolavirus, but researchers are testing the effectiveness of a vaccine for a different species of the virus, according to Ebola expert Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology and Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor at Penn State.
May 22, 2026
College of Medicine appoints Indira Mysorekar to vice dean role
Penn State College of Medicine has appointed Indira U. Mysorekar, as vice dean for research, basic science and graduate studies within the Office of Research, Graduate Studies and Innovation, effective July 1. She will also be the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Medicine and professor of medicine and of cell and biological systems.
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Virology@PSU Meeting–June 2026
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Wednesday Jun
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How and why multicopy genes survive on the human Y chromosome
Center for Medical Genomics
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Premier International Advanced Manufacturing Research Conference
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