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Dream to provide science supplies in Africa wins $7,500 Ag Springboard top prize

Bridge the GapSci -- a nonprofit venture by Huck graduate students Kerry Belton (Molecular Toxicology), Jamaal James (Molecular Medicine), Shawntawnee Collins (Immunology and Infectious Disease), Sarah Owusu (Physiology), and Josephine Garban (Molecular Medicine) -- won the $7,500 grand prize in the Ag Springboard student business pitch competition.

Schreyer Scholar Evanitsky studies past with hopes of preserving the future

Research project, with George Perry, on Eastern mountain lion uses ancient DNA sample from 'Original Nittany Lion'

Five Penn State professors honored with Faculty Scholar Medals

Huck-cofunded faculty researcher Song Tan is among the awardees.

Disease spread through ants

David Hughes talks about studying disease spread through ants.

Sound separates cancer cells from blood samples

Separating circulating cancer cells from blood cells for diagnostic, prognostic and treatment purposes may become much easier using an acoustic separation method and an inexpensive, disposable chip, according to a team of engineers.

20th Plant Biology Symposium

Register for the 20th Plant Biology Symposium

Crowd-funding campaign to accelerate clinical trials of brain-repair discovery

Pushing promising new brain-repair research from the Gong Chen lab into clinical trials is the goal of a quick crowd-funding campaign that kicked off March 30.

Honey bees use multiple genetic pathways to fight infections

Honey bees use different sets of genes, regulated by two distinct mechanisms, to fight off viruses, bacteria and gut parasites, according to researchers at Penn State and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The findings may help scientists develop honey bee treatments that are tailored to specific types of infections.

Researcher develops novel strategy to improve crops and treat diseases

A novel strategy to enhance genome editing promises to increase the efficiency of making genetic improvements in a wide range of organisms, a new study suggests.

Paul Medvedev receives National Science Foundation CAREER award

NSF award will provide funding for Medvedev to develop algorithms for big genomic data