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More than 30 researchers from seven Penn State colleges received seed funding from the Institute of Energy and the Environment to advance innovative, early-stage work addressing critical energy and environmental challenges. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

June 24, 2025

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants

The activation of Protein Kinase A (PKA) is a critical part in how the body responds to stress and starvation. Using a variety of imaging and biochemical techniques, a team of researchers from Penn State has revealed how the metabolic cycle that activates PKA resets itself between stressful events. Credit: Varun Venkatakrishnan/Anand Lab / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 28, 2025

Resetting the fight-or-flight response

Credit: Courtesy of the Bisanz Lab / Penn State. Creative Commons

March 03, 2025

Synthetic microbiome therapy suppresses bacterial infection without antibiotics

Environmental contaminants don’t just pose direct risks to human health — they may also have hidden effects through the microbiome that researchers are working to uncover. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

March 03, 2025

'Growing Impact' discusses environmental contaminants, human health

2024 My Green Lab Consultants Zaman Ataie and Ananya Gollakota check the expiration date on a chemical bottle. Credit: Lydia Vandenbergh. All Rights Reserved.

February 10, 2025

Sustainable Labs Program increases participant engagement, welcomes new labs

October 31, 2024

Huck researchers reflect on the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Director of Huck Core Facilities Craig Praul

July 30, 2024

Craig Praul named director of Huck Core Facilities

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February 28, 2024

New single molecule biophysics equipment expands research capability

Nora Margulis, left, and Anna Sigmon, right, after defending her thesis in Dec. 2022. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

January 25, 2024

Undergraduate research may contribute to COVID-19 treatments

Attending the 2023 Research Awards Ceremony hosted by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences were, seated from left, Michael Skvarla, Kristina Brant, Timothy Lulis, Jasna Kovac, Margarita López-Uribe and Sridhar Komarneni. Standing: Tong Qiu, Parisa Kalantari, Andrew Patterson, Claudia Schmidt, Stephanie Bierly, Francesco Di Gioia, Zhang Tian, Jonathan Lynch and Suat Irmak. Credit: Kaiyi Chan / Penn State. Creative Commons

November 21, 2023

College of Ag Sciences recognizes faculty, staff for research achievements

Research Professor Cheryl Keller gestures to an Illumina NextSeq2000 DNA sequencer while speaking with research technologist Huiqing Zeng. Credit: Keith Hickey / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 30, 2023

Genomics Research Incubator expands assay and training options for scientists

Katsuhiko Murakami, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 24, 2023

Biochemist selected as Innovation Fund investigator by Pew Charitable Trusts

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