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May 02, 2017
Six Huck Institutes IGDP students receive awards in spring 2017
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Apr 30, 2017
Plant cell walls' stretch-but-don't-break growth more complex than once thought
Plant cell wall growth is typically described as a simple process, but researchers using a microscope that can resolve images on the nanoscale level have observed something more complex.
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Apr 26, 2017
Penn State and Geisinger team up to establish new program for graduate students
$2.4M program is designed to train the next generation of biomedical scientists
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Apr 26, 2017
Ingesting soy protein may ease severity of inflammatory bowel disease
A diet supplemented with soy protein may be an effective adjunct therapy for inflammatory bowel diseases, Penn State researchers reported after completing a study that included mice and cultured human colon cells.
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Apr 24, 2017
Graduate student excellence celebrated at annual awards luncheon
Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nicholas P. Jones presented 10 awards to more than 30 graduate students — including Huck Institutes IGDP students Yurika Matsui (MCIBS), Weile Chen (Ecology), Bastian Minkenberg (Plant Biology), and William Turbitt (Integrative and Biomedical Physiology) — in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon held on April 18 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
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Apr 24, 2017
Researchers aim to eliminate malaria in Southeast Asia
Researchers at Penn State have received more than $1 million in first-year funding from the National Institutes of Health to investigate malaria transmission in Southeast Asia with a goal of working toward the disease's elimination in the region. They will receive up to approximately $9 million over seven years for this project.
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Apr 20, 2017
Disease-associated genes routinely missed in some genetic studies
Whole-exome DNA sequencing — a technology that saves time and money by sequencing only protein-coding regions and not the entire genome — may routinely miss detecting some genetic variations associated with disease, according to Penn State researchers who have developed new ways to identify such omissions.
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Apr 19, 2017
Rapid screening machine can read and separate protein sequences
The structural properties of proteins that could eventually become important materials for manufacturing and medicine are revealed by a novel optical technique that works rapidly to sort through amino acid sequences even inside living bacteria, according to a team of engineers.
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Apr 19, 2017
Limited submission: Announcing NSF ADVANCE Adaptation Track: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
We are pleased to announce the launch of the NSF ADVANCE Adaptation Track: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE) (NSF 16-594) competition.
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Apr 13, 2017
No Huck/OVPR Olympics this year
A story from 2014, announcing the second annual Huck/OVPR Olympics, was mistakenly run in the April 14, 2017, issue of Penn State Today. This event is not scheduled this year. Our sincere apologies for any confusion.
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