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Oct 20, 2013
Bighorn sheep researchers launch outreach website
To engage and inform the public, the Bighorn Sheep Disease Research Consortium including Huck Institutes scientists Raina Plowright, Peter Hudson, and Kezia Manlove launches bighornhealth.org.
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Oct 20, 2013
Thousands fight a virtual pandemic in 'Epidemics' MOOC
More than 29,000 people are signed up for a massive open online course (MOOC) entitled "Epidemics: the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases" that opened this week, led by eight Huck Institutes-affiliated faculty members at Penn State.
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Oct 17, 2013
$3.9 million NSF research grant seeks to reduce crops' fertilizer dependence
A research team including Huck Institutes affiliate Costas Maranas was recently awarded a $3.9 million National Science Foundation grant to understand how blue-green algae convert nitrogen into oxygen.
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Oct 14, 2013
Turning biologists into programmers
Research by Huck Institutes affiliate Howard Salis demonstrates how synthetic life could create real benefits.
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Oct 14, 2013
Kateryna Makova honored as Penn State's Francis R. Pentz and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Science
Huck Institutes affiliate Kateryna Makova, a professor of biology at Penn State, has been honored by the University's Eberly College of Science by being appointed the Francis R. and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Science.
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Sep 30, 2013
Caribou may be indirectly affected by sea-ice loss in the Arctic
Melting sea ice in the Arctic may be leading, indirectly, to fewer caribou calf births and higher calf mortality in Greenland, according to Penn State scientists led by Huck Institutes affiliate Eric Post.
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Sep 26, 2013
Adjusting bacteria in intestines may lead to obesity treatments
A drug that appears to target specific intestinal bacteria in the guts of mice may create a chain reaction that could eventually lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes in humans, according to a team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Andrew Patterson.
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Sep 26, 2013
Grad researcher investigates the role of specialized bone marrow cells
NIH Bridge Program scholar and Huck Institutes graduate student Walter Jackson III aims to slow bone metastasis.
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Sep 26, 2013
Scientists discover the origins of genomic "dark matter"
A duo of Penn State scientists that includes Huck Institutes affiliate B. Franklin Pugh has achieved a major milestone in understanding how genomic "dark matter" originates.
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Sep 19, 2013
Transplanting fat may be effective treatment for metabolic disease
Transplanting fat may treat such inherited metabolic diseases as maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) by helping the body process the essential amino acids that these patients cannot, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate Christopher Lynch.
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