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Dec 04, 2012

Three Huck Institutes faculty members are named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Peter Hudson, Matthew Thomas, and Andrew Read have been elected by their peers for distinguished efforts to advance science.

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Sep 05, 2012

In touch with Peter Hudson

The Huck Institutes' director champions a collaborative approach to life science research at Penn State.

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Aug 01, 2012

Vaccine research shows vigilance is needed against evolution of more-virulent malaria

Research conducted by Penn State's Andrew Read reveals that malaria parasites evolve to become more virulent in response to their hosts being immunized with a critical component of several candidate human malaria vaccines which are currently in clinical trials.

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Jul 17, 2012

Penn State professor receives $500,000 grant for breast cancer research

Andrea Mastro was awarded the grant by the U.S. Army Medical and Materiel Command Breast Cancer Program in order to further her study of bone metastasis.

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Jul 17, 2012

Acoustic tweezers capture tiny creatures with ultrasound

A team of bioengineers and biochemists including Tony Jun Huang and Steven Benkovic has created a dime-sized device that uses ultrasound to manipulate cells and small organisms.

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Jun 06, 2012

New BioChip may make diagnosis of leukemia and HIV faster and cheaper

Tony Jun Huang and his colleagues, including Wafik El-Deiry, have developed a faster, cheaper and portable alternative to the current flow cytometry technology used to diagnose HIV and leukemia.

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May 28, 2012

Eco-immunology charts pathways of disease in nature

Huck Institutes director Peter Hudson and researcher Raina Plowright of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics have been featured in the New York Times for their research on disease ecology in bighorn sheep and Australian fruit bats.

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May 07, 2012

Biological battle: Penn State researchers work to catch up with drug resistance

Written by Andrew Read " director of the Huck Institutes' Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics " this article originally appeared in the Centre Daily Times on April 29, 2012 as the first installment of the bimonthly "Focus on Research" column highlighting research projects being conducted across all disciplines at Penn State.

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Feb 08, 2012

Andrew Read appointed Alumni Professor in Biological Sciences

The Penn State professor and director of the Huck Institutes' Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics has been recognized for excellence in teaching.

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Feb 05, 2012

Huck Institutes researchers featured in video "Inspiring Collaboration"

Penn State professors and Huck Institutes faculty members Robert Paulson and Sandeep Prabhu have been recognized for their research yielding a possible leukemia cure.

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