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Jul 26, 2016
Colleen McSweeney selected to chair the Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee 2016-2017
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is pleased to announce that Colleen McSweeney, a Ph.D. candidate in the Neuroscience Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) has been selected to serve as chair of the Huck Graduate Student Advisory Committee (HGSAC) for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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Jul 25, 2016
Self-healing textiles not only repair themselves, but can neutralize chemicals
Someday, chemically protective suits made of fabric coated in self-healing, thin films may prevent farmers from exposure to organophosphate pesticides, soldiers from chemical or biological attacks in the field and factory workers from accidental releases of toxic materials, according to a team of researchers.
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Jul 24, 2016
Super-Cold Microscope Has Super Cool Uses
While "go big" is the motto for many science initiatives, Penn State researchers are hoping a cutting-edge microscope will allow them to "go deep" to promote biomedical research and discoveries in materials science.
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Jul 21, 2016
Entomological Society of America Recognizes 2016 Fellows
Among those elected is Matt Thomas, director of the Ecology Institute and Huck Scholar in ecological entomology
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Jul 20, 2016
George Perry receives NSF CAREER Award
George Perry, Penn State assistant professor of anthropology and biology, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Jul 18, 2016
Trees rely on a range of strategies to hunt for nutrient hot spots
On the surface, trees may look stationary, but underground their roots -- aided by their fungal allies -- are constantly on the hunt and using a surprising number of strategies to find food, according to an international team of researchers.
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Jul 18, 2016
Penn State Smeal exposes scientists to business, entrepreneurship expertise
A week of executive-style business classes led by Penn State Smeal College of Business faculty recently exposed 22 life science doctoral and post-doctoral students at Penn State to the entrepreneurial possibilities of their research.
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Jul 17, 2016
Penn State bee research pollinates next generation of scientists
Elina Lastro Niño's curiosity about honey bees dates back to her childhood in Bosnia, where her father kept bees for a time. After perhaps one bee sting too many, her father gave up his bees, and Niño's interest in honey bees waned — but not her fascination with insect biology.
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Jul 11, 2016
Summer fieldwork for MCIBS students: from here to China
This summer many MCIBS students can be found hard at work in their labs. Or you just might find some by a local stream or in Africa or China taking their research into the field.
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Jul 07, 2016
Probing Questions: How concerned should Pennsylvanians be about Zika virus?
Jason Rasgon, associate professor of entomology and disease epidemiology, studies how viruses are spread by mosquitoes, fleas, sand flies, lice, ticks, mites, and other insects and arthropods. In this Probing Question video, Rasgon looks at the relative risks for Pennsylvanians of Zika virus, Lyme disease and West Nile virus.
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