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Jan 02, 2014
Creating value between the classroom, the lab, and the world outside
Graduate students at the Huck Institutes get together in the name of research and scholarship, career advancement, and camaraderie.
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Jan 01, 2014
Announcing the Huck Institutes Graduate Enrichment Fund 2013 awardees
Eleven students in the Huck Institutes' intercollege graduate degree programs (IGDPs) have been awarded $5,000 each to advance their research.
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Dec 19, 2013
DNA study gives insight into the evolution of food crops, other flowering plants
New light has been shed on a major event in the history of life on Earth the origin of all major food crops and all other flowering plants with the publication of the newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant by researchers including Huck Institutes faculty members Claude dePamphilis, Hong Ma, Stephan Schuster, Naomi Altman, and Michael Axtell, and graduate student Saima Shahid.
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Dec 19, 2013
Corn pest decline may save farmers money
Populations of European corn borer (ECB), a major corn crop pest, have declined significantly in the eastern United States, according to Penn State researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate John Tooker.
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Dec 19, 2013
Breakthrough could one day help sufferers of brain injury, Alzheimer's disease
Penn State researchers including Huck Institutes faculty member Gong Chen and graduate students Ziyuan Guo, Yuchen Chen, and Fan Wang have developed an innovative technology to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury and also in model systems used for research on Alzheimer's disease.
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Dec 18, 2013
Changes in proteins may predict ALS progression
Measuring changes in certain proteins, called biomarkers, in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may better predict the progression of the disease, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists including Huck Institutes affiliate James Connor.
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Dec 12, 2013
Marine biologists unmask species diversity in coral reefs
Rising water temperatures due to climate change are putting coral reefs in jeopardy, but a surprising discovery made by a team of marine biologists led by Huck Institutes affiliate Iliana Baums suggests that very similar-looking coral species differ in how they survive in harsh environments.
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Dec 09, 2013
Digital PCR Now Available
The Genomics Core Facility has acquired the QuantStudio 3D Digital PCR System.
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Dec 05, 2013
Vaginally administered ED medication may alleviate menstrual cramping
Women with moderate to severe menstrual cramps may find relief in a class of erectile dysfunction drugs, according to a team of researchers led by Huck Institutes affiliate Richard Legro.
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Dec 03, 2013
New tool developed for profiling critical regulatory structures of RNA molecules
A research team led by Huck Institutes affiliates Sarah Assmann and Philip Bevilacqua has developed a molecular technique that will help the scientific community to analyze on a scale previously impossible molecules that play a critical role in regulating gene expression.
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