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May 21, 2014
$1.8M NIH grant will support study of nervous system's underlying communications
Mohammad Reza Abidian has received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Institute for Neurological Disorders (NINDS).
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May 20, 2014
Huck-ICS Cyberhealth Innovation Seed Funds: Data to Insight / Data to Innovation (D2I2)
The Huck Institutes and the Institute for CyberScience (ICS), through the cooperation of the Tobacco CURE fund, are seeking applications to fund a series of seed grants for researchers who wish to explore data sets and obtain insights or solutions to key issues in the Life Sciences.
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May 15, 2014
Announcing the new imaging flow cytometer
The Microscopy & Cytometry Facility recently acquired a state-of-the-art imaging flow cytometer. The Amnis FlowSight is available for pilot projects that benefit from imaging of thousands of fluorescently-labeled cells.
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May 15, 2014
Colorful patterns of evolution mark butterflies and bumblebees
Biologist Heather Hines seeks to unravel the genetics behind adaptive radiation and mimicry.
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May 12, 2014
Human heart beats using nearly billion-year-old molecular mechanism
Neurobiologist Tim Jegla and his Lab find in a living, ancient sea anemone species the same gene family and ion channel that regulate the slow wave contractions of the human heart.
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May 12, 2014
Evan Pugh Professorships awarded to three Huck Institutes faculty
Nina Jablonski, B. Franklin Pugh, and Andrew Read have been named Evan Pugh Professors, the highest distinction bestowed by the University on its faculty.
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Apr 29, 2014
Penn State researchers believe ants can offer human-disease insights
Ants may be able to teach us about the transmission and spread of human disease, according to a team of researchers -- led by Huck Institutes affiliate David Hughes and also including affiliates Matthew Ferrari and Ephraim Hanks -- who recently received a grant of more than $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation.
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Apr 29, 2014
Key factor in neonatal zinc deficiency may impact lactation and breast cancer
Huck Institutes affiliate Shannon Kelleher and Penn State graduate student Steve Hennigar advance scientists' understanding of zinc's role in breast development, lactation, and involution.
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Apr 16, 2014
Kamat Places Third in 29th Annual University-wide Graduate Exhibition
Kamat, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Animal Science, is a member of the graduate program in immunology and infectious disease.
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Apr 14, 2014
Existence of new neuron repair pathway discovered
The Rolls Lab discovers a new neuron repair pathway that could one day help people suffering from nerve damage.
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