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Feb 07, 2020
$2.8M grant to fund bioprinting for reconstruction of face, mouth, skull tissues
Seamlessly correcting defects in the face, mouth and skull is highly challenging because it requires precise stacking of a variety of tissues including bone, muscle, fat and skin. Now, Penn State researchers are investigating methods to 3D bioprint and grow the appropriate tissues for craniomaxillofacial reconstruction.
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Feb 07, 2020
Penn State receives five-year $3.7 million grant to study virus evolution
The evolution of viruses will be the focus of a five-year $3.7 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation’s new program on convergence research, to an interdisciplinary team led by Penn State. The grant is in two phases, depending on successful completion of phase one milestones.
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Feb 05, 2020
Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into useable energy. Their findings could one day be used to engineer crops that thrive under low-light conditions.
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Feb 04, 2020
Herringbone pattern in plant cell walls critical to cell growth
Plant cells tend to grow longer instead of wider due to the alignment of the many layers of cellulose that make up their cell walls, according to a new study that may have implications for biofuels research.
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Feb 03, 2020
Academia-enterprise partnership aims to help people with diabetes
Innovative wound dressing would help reduce life-threatening infections, amputations for diabetic patients.
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Jan 30, 2020
Ecology Institute invites University community to attend planning meetings
Penn State’s Ecology Institute has announced three planning meetings, which look to collectively identify objectives and prioritize activities that the institute can pursue moving forward. Additionally, information from preliminary survey data will be shared.
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Jan 27, 2020
Palmer Museum of Art premieres new exhibition of African art
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State announces its first major exhibition for the 2020 season, "African Brilliance: A Diplomat’s Sixty Years of Collecting." Opening on Feb. 8, the exhibition will showcase more than 80 works from East, Central, and West Africa collected over six decades by retired U.S. Ambassador Allen C. Davis.
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Jan 27, 2020
Zhang receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Xin Zhang, Paul Berg Early Career Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and of Molecular Biology, has been honored with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation in recognition of his work to “quantify cellular proteome stress and recovery using chemical methods.”
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Jan 21, 2020
Persistent environmental contaminant changes the gut microbiome of mice
An industrial chemical — phased out since 2002, but previously used in stain and water-repellent products and firefighting foam — alters the gut microbiome of mice and could have implications for human health, according to an international team of researchers.
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Jan 21, 2020
Insecticides becoming more toxic to honey bees
Researchers discover that neonicotinoid seed treatments are driving a dramatic increase in insecticide toxicity in U.S. agricultural landscapes, despite evidence that these treatments have little to no benefit in many crops.
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