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Aug 27, 2013
Huck Institutes affiliate receives NIH grant to study crucial genetic mechanism
With the help of an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Scot Kimball will study the relationship between high-fat diets and impairment in the control of a crucial genetic mechanism known as alternative pre-mRNA splicing.
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Aug 26, 2013
Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Workshop well received by attendees
The X-Ray Crystallography Facility held a Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) workshop on August 20th, 2013, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews from attendees.
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Aug 22, 2013
Huck Institutes faculty member receives 2013 Silverstein-Simeone Lecture Award
Consuelo De Moraes is recognized for outstanding work at the frontiers of chemical ecology.
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Aug 20, 2013
Not all memories fade with age
Huck Institutes affiliate Nancy Dennis finds that changes in brain activity compensate for some types of normal decline in our ability to remember.
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Aug 20, 2013
Not all memories fade with age
Huck Institutes affiliate Nancy Dennis finds that changes in brain activity compensate for some types of normal decline in our ability to remember.
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Aug 19, 2013
Multiple genes manage how people taste sweeteners
Genetics may play a role in how people's taste receptors send signals, leading to a wide spectrum of taste preferences, according to Penn State food scientists including Huck Institutes affiliate John Hayes.
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Aug 19, 2013
Protein changes linked to symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
A research discovery that helps point the way to potential therapies for memory-related disorders including Alzheimer's Disease has been made by a team of neuroscientists that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Douglas Cavener.
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Aug 19, 2013
Ping Li featured in Psychology Today
Neuroscience research by Huck Institutes affiliate Ping Li is featured in an article entitled "The Bilingual Brain."
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Aug 14, 2013
New characterization of human genome mutability catalyzes biomedical research
A crucial development for personalized genomic medicine researchers at the Center for Medical Genomics elucidate intricacies of mutagenesis.
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Aug 13, 2013
Ground-breaking roots
The team working in Penn State's Roots Lab, led by Jonathan Lynch, is studying the work going on underneath the ground that enables the growth of healthier crops.
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