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Sep 13, 2017
The Center for Pollinator Research announces the new Pennsylvania Pollinator Protection Plan (P4)
The P4 was developed with input from 36 individuals representing 28 state and national organizations and stakeholder groups. It summarizes the current state of pollinators in Pennsylvania, and provides recommendations for best practices and resources to support and expand pollinator populations.
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Sep 13, 2017
Announcing new chair of the Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee
Integrative and Biomedical Physiology student, Kelly Ness, has been elected Chair of the Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee (HGSAC) for the 2017-2018 academic year
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Aug 31, 2017
Convergence of Transmission Electron Microscopy Methods for Materials and Life Sciences
On November 3rd there will be a workshop to discuss common transmission electron microscopy methods and new instrumentation. This workshop is part of the new Common Vision initiative established by MRI and the Huck Institutes to foster collaboration between Life Sciences and Materials Sciences.
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Aug 29, 2017
The Reproducibility Crisis in Computationally-Intensive Research
Rick Gilmore will deliver a talk on the reproducibility crisis September 7th as a part of the ICS CyberScience Seminars, a monthly lecture series exploring cutting-edge topics related to computational and big data research
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Aug 27, 2017
Pathway's power to boost, halt tumors may be promising cancer therapy target
Protein may serve as key driver in series of molecular interactions
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Aug 21, 2017
Potato waste processing may be the road to enhanced food waste conversion
A novel approach to more efficiently convert potato waste into ethanol
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Aug 21, 2017
Viruses up their game in arms race with Immune System
Evolutionary race between a host and a pathogen, introduced to control rabbit population in Australia in 1950
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Aug 07, 2017
Graduate Student Profile: James Fraser
Learn more about James Fraser, a Ph.D. student in the molecular, cellular, and integrative biosciences program
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Aug 07, 2017
Invitation for collaboration on NSF's “Smart and Connected Communities†funding opportunity
The Institute for CyberScience (ICS) will host a collaboration session to bring together researchers interested in an upcoming National Science Foundation (NSF) funding opportunity on “Smart and Connected Communities†(S&CC)
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Aug 02, 2017
Researchers to develop new gene-editing method for the study of arthropods
A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists to develop and disseminate a technology they say could bring gene-editing capabilities within reach of everyday scientists, regardless of the arthropod species they study.
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