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Feb 07, 2016
Penn State harnessing research muscle to fight infectious diseases
The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) brings a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of infectious diseases.
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Feb 07, 2016
Project aims to improve learning in young people with Down Syndrome
Children with Down Syndrome face many unique challenges, including being able to communicate effectively as they enter into their school years. A new Penn State study is looking to improve communications aids to better meet their academic and social needs.
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Feb 03, 2016
Huck Institutes and the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) featured in Penn State president's blog
An invitation to a CIDD luncheon provides food for thought: "Brown Bags and Bright Ideas" in "Digging Deeper" with Dr. Eric Barron.
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Jan 28, 2016
Proposals Requested for J. Lloyd Huck Graduate Research Innovation Grants 2016
The Huck Institutes is now accepting research proposals from students for the 2016 Huck Graduate Research Innovation (GRI) Grants. The Huck GRI Grants succeed the 2015 Huck Graduate Dissertation Research Grants and 2014 Huck Institutes Graduate Enrichment Awards.
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Jan 28, 2016
What dose of medication is best to prevent the evolution of drug resistance?
A new model shows that the standard practice of treating infections with the highest tolerable dose of anti-microbial medications may not be best for preventing the evolution of drug resistance in all cases.
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Jan 25, 2016
Acoustic tweezers move cells in three dimensions, build structures
Acoustic tweezers that can move single cells in three dimensions using surface acoustic waves without touching, deforming or labeling the cells are possible, according to a team of engineers.
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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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