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Nov 12, 2017
Zombie ant' brains left intact by fungal parasite
A fungal parasite that infects ants and manipulates their behavior to benefit the fungus' reproduction accomplishes this feat without infecting the ants' brains.
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Nov 05, 2017
Cryo-electron microscope to bring life sciences and materials sciences together
A new cryo-electron microscope, cryo-EM, that is also a spectrometer will bring life science methods together with materials science practices together to improve both fields and share methods across disciplines.
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Nov 01, 2017
New Huck Program Dedicated to Cancer Bology
Adam Glick, professor of veterinary science, spearheads the development of the new Cancer Biology Program.
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Oct 22, 2017
Big Data and Fake News: Training Computers to Detect Misinformation
Can big data and machine learning prevent the spread of misinformation? Join Dongwon Lee and Shyam Sundar on November 2nd as they discuss a research project to understand how fake news spreads and to create methods for detecting it.
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Oct 11, 2017
A safe optical fiber for delivering light and drugs into the body
A flexible, biodegradable optical fiber that can deliver light into the body for medical applications.
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Oct 11, 2017
Graduate training program in pollinator ecology gets a boost with USDA grant
The $262,000 award will support the Graduate Training Program in Integrative Pollinator Ecology offered by Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research.
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Oct 03, 2017
New method for evaluating reproducibility in studies of genome organization
A new statistical method will help to ensure that data are reliable in "big data" studies using a cutting-edge tool for studying how the genome works inside of a cell.
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Sep 25, 2017
Professor Andrew Zydney to direct Penn State's new Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences are delighted to announce that Andrew Zydney, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, will be Director of the new Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology (CoEIB).
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Sep 20, 2017
Penn State data scientist to speak on forecasting student success
Drew Wham, a data scientist at Education Technology Services, will discuss "Using Machine Learning to Forecast Student Outcomes."
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Sep 18, 2017
$4.92M gift to Penn State for industrial biotechnology education, research
Housed within the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, the Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology will serve as a unique hub of multidisciplinary teaching and research
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