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Jan 25, 2016
Yang named American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering fellow
Jian Yang, professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State, has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
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Jan 12, 2016
Novel Ecosystems Research Symposium: An afternoon with Penn State Ecologists (April 12th 1-8pm)
Submit abstracts: PSU Novel Ecosystems Research Symposium* As part of the Ecology programs Spring Seminar Series *Novel Ecosystems: Evolution and **Invasion*, and in association with our keynote speaker visit, Dr. Richard Hobbs.
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Jan 12, 2016
NIH Director writes article/blog on grad student Elyse Munoz and Lindner Lab
Elyse Munoz is the focus of the first of LabTV profiles that NIH director Francis Collins will be sharing throughout the month of August of young people whose learning experiences have set them on the path to becoming biomedical researchers.
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Jan 12, 2016
Tim Reluga receives 14th Bellman Prize
CIDD researcher Tim Reluga wins the prestigious Bellman prize for 2014, recognizing his paper as the best to be enableded in Mathematical Biosciences during 2010-2011.
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Jan 12, 2016
Three CIDD faculty members are named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peter Hudson, Matthew Thomas, and Andrew Read have been elected by their peers for distinguished efforts to advance science.
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Jan 12, 2016
CIDD Epidemics MOOC a success!
In the fall of 2013, eight CIDD faculty, supported by 30 others, including eight CIDD graduate student teaching assistants ran a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Epidemics: The Dynamics of Infectious Disease.
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Jan 11, 2016
Conflict among honey bee genes supports theory of altruism
Using modern genetic approaches, a team of researchers has provided strong support for the long-standing, but hotly debated, evolutionary theory of kin selection, which suggests that altruistic behavior occurs as a way to pass genes to the next generation.
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Jan 04, 2016
Discovery of a new drug target could lead to novel treatment for severe autism
Penn State scientists have discovered a novel drug target and have rescued functional deficits in human nerve cells derived from patients with Rett Syndrome, a severe form of autism-spectrum disorder. The research, led by Gong Chen, professor of biology and the Verne M. Willaman Chair in Life Sciences at Penn State, could lead to a new treatment for Rett Syndrome and other forms of autism-spectrum disorders.
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Dec 15, 2015
Pill that targets gut receptor treats fatty liver disease, obesity in mice
A bile acid that can turn off a receptor in the gut has prevented and reversed fatty liver disease in mice, according to an international team of researchers. The compound may help treat certain metabolic disorders, such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity, as well.
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Dec 15, 2015
Stephen Benkovic named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Stephen J. Benkovic, Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Chemistry at Penn State, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
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