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Apr 06, 2015

Sound separates cancer cells from blood samples

Separating circulating cancer cells from blood cells for diagnostic, prognostic and treatment purposes may become much easier using an acoustic separation method and an inexpensive, disposable chip, according to a team of engineers.

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Feb 15, 2015

Andrew Read named Eberly Professor in Biotechnology

Andrew F. Read, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology and the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD), has been named the Eberly Professor in Biotechnology at Penn State.

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Feb 03, 2015

Call for applications: Huck Graduate Dissertation Research Grants

The Huck Institutes are now soliciting applications for a second round of J. Lloyd Huck Dissertation Research Grants (previously known as Huck Graduate Enrichment Awards) -- giving exceptional Huck graduate students up to $5,000 to spend on their individual research projects.

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Jan 25, 2015

Six Huck faculty among sixteen named distinguished professors at Penn State

Reka Albert, James Broach, Katherine Freeman, Eric Harvill, Susan McHale, and Rongling Wu are among the faculty awarded a distinguished professorship by the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.

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Dec 10, 2014

Manuel LlinÃ¡s receives grant from Gates Foundation to continue novel study of malaria parasite

Manuel LlinÃ¡s, a Huck-cofunded researcher and associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State has been awarded two years of Phase II funding for a Grand Challenges Exploration Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Dec 09, 2014

New video profile: Emily Finch

Emily Finch -- a Ph.D. candidate in the Huck Institutes' Immunology and Infectious Diseases program -- studies relationships between diet and disease.

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Nov 06, 2014

Battling drug-resistant pathogens

Biologist Andrew Read argues for new treatment strategies in race against rapidly evolving 'bugs.'

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Nov 02, 2014

Researchers probe link between newborn health and vitamin A

The impact vitamin A has on newborns is virtually unknown, but Penn State nutrition researchers including Huck faculty researcher A. Catharine Ross have enableded two papers that may provide a framework for future investigations of the vitamin and neonatal health.

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Oct 14, 2014

Video profile: Emily Finch & Sandeep Prabhu

Immunology and Infectious Diseases Ph.D. candidate Emily Finch and faculty researcher Dr. Sandeep Prabhu study relationships between diet and disease.

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Jun 30, 2014

Malaria parasite manipulates host's scent

Malaria parasites alter the chemical odor signal of their hosts to attract mosquitos and better spread their offspring, according to researchers including Mark Mescher, Consuelo De Moraes, and Andrew Read, who believe this scent change could be used as a diagnostic tool.

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