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Apr 28, 2013
Scientists make strides toward restoring bighorn sheep in the American West
An interdisciplinary research team with several scientists from the Huck Institutes has made key discoveries elucidating dynamics of pneumonia in bighorn sheep as mortality from the disease continues to limit recovery of the once nearly extirpated bighorn population in the western United States.
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Apr 14, 2013
Three Plant Biology graduate students receive Pell scholarship awards
Penglin Sun, Loren Honaas, and Dihong Lu have each received a $2,500 Eva J. Pell Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments.
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Apr 09, 2013
American Society for Nutrition honors two Huck Institutes affiliates
A. Catharine Ross and Barbara Rolls are the recipients of awards from the American Society for Nutrition.
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Apr 09, 2013
Claude dePamphilis awarded Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Claude dePamphilis has been selected to receive the 2013 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Life and Health Sciences.
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Apr 03, 2013
On Twitter, anti-vaccination sentiments spread more easily than pro-vaccination sentiments
A team of Penn State researchers led by Huck Institutes affiliate Marcel Salathe finds that, on Twitter, positive statements about vaccines may backfire.
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Apr 02, 2013
Autism linked to increased genetic change in regions of genome instability
Children with autism have increased levels of genetic change in regions of the genome prone to DNA rearrangements, so called "hotspots," according to a research discovery by a team of scientists that includes Huck Institutes affiliates Scott Selleck, Marylyn Ritchie, and Santhosh Girirajan.
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Mar 31, 2013
Crucial step in human DNA replication observed using fluorescent tags
For the first time, an elusive step in the process of human DNA replication has been demystified by Penn State scientists including Huck Institutes affiliate Stephen J. Benkovic, an Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Chemistry at Penn State.
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Mar 31, 2013
Bioinformatics and Genomics graduate student awarded NSF research fellowship
Ruowang Li has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his proposal to combine genomics, statistics, and machine learning in a multidisciplinary approach to studying genetic factors that influence cellular response to chemotherapy drugs.
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Mar 31, 2013
Monosaturated fats reduce metabolic syndrome risk
Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of American and Canadian researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Penny Kris-Etherton.
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Mar 26, 2013
Neuroscience graduate students awarded at annual Graduate Exhibition
Yurong Gao and Jonathan Harris placed third in the Health and Life Sciences category and the Social and Behavioral Sciences category, respectively, at the Exhibition held March 24, 2013.
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