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Mar 25, 2024
Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care
The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota. These microorganisms influence various bodily functions, including digestion and metabolism to immune response, according to Pak Kin Wong.
Mar 21, 2024
$1.6 M from NSF to improve models that inform marine protected areas
To better understand how populations of tropical reef fish are connected, the U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $1.6 million biological oceanography grant to a team co-led by Eric Crandall, assistant research professor of biology in the Penn State Eberly College of Science. This work aims to help improve models used in fisheries management and may guide the creation of new protected areas for marine species.
Mar 21, 2024
Two keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels
Blood vessels engineered from stem cells could help solve several research and clinical problems, from potentially providing a more comprehensive platform to screen if drug candidates can cross from the blood stream into the brain to developing lab-grown vascular tissue to support heart transplants.
News
Mar 25, 2024
Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care
The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota. These microorganisms influence various bodily functions, including digestion and metabolism to immune response, according to Pak Kin Wong.
Mar 21, 2024
$1.6 M from NSF to improve models that inform marine protected areas
To better understand how populations of tropical reef fish are connected, the U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $1.6 million biological oceanography grant to a team co-led by Eric Crandall, assistant research professor of biology in the Penn State Eberly College of Science. This work aims to help improve models used in fisheries management and may guide the creation of new protected areas for marine species.
Mar 21, 2024
Two keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels
Blood vessels engineered from stem cells could help solve several research and clinical problems, from potentially providing a more comprehensive platform to screen if drug candidates can cross from the blood stream into the brain to developing lab-grown vascular tissue to support heart transplants.
Mar 19, 2024
Novel method to measure root depth may lead to more resilient crops
As climate change worsens global drought conditions, hindering crop production, the search for ways to capture and store atmospheric carbon causing the phenomenon has intensified.
Events
Thursday Mar
28
CIDD Seminar: Can North American mosquitoes transmit Japanese encephalitis virus? with Dana Mitzel
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Friday Mar
29
Seminar: Characterizing bacterial genes with large-scale genetics
Microbiome Center
Monday Apr
01
Plants and Gravity: Omics from Earth to ISS
Plant Biology
Events
Thursday Mar
28
CIDD Seminar: Can North American mosquitoes transmit Japanese encephalitis virus? with Dana Mitzel
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Friday Mar
29
Seminar: Characterizing bacterial genes with large-scale genetics
Microbiome Center
Monday Apr
01
Plants and Gravity: Omics from Earth to ISS
Plant Biology
Wednesday Apr
03
TBD
Neuroscience