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Apr 29, 2013
Changing cellulose-forming process may tap plants' biofuel potential
According to Penn State engineers including Huck Institutes affiliate Jeffrey Catchmark, changing the way a plant forms cellulose may lead to more efficient, less expensive biofuel production.
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Apr 29, 2013
Neuroscience faculty member heading new concussion research center
Semyon Slobounov, an affiliate of the Huck Institutes' Neuroscience graduate program, is directing the new Center for Sport Concussion Research and Service at Penn State.
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Apr 29, 2013
Huck Institutes neuroscientist in Taiwan learning sciences partnership
Ping Li " co-chair of the Huck Institutes' Neuroscience graduate program and co-director of the Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition " is part of a collaboration between Penn State and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) to establish the Advanced Center for the Study of the Learning Sciences.
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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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