News

Vivek Narayan and Katherine Restori receive PhDs in Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Both students have successfully defended their theses, and are now seeking positions as postdoctoral researchers.

Automated biological calorimetry workshop deemed a success

The workshop, held on December 13th, 2012, offered informative presentations and technical discussions on automated isothermal titration calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry.

MicroCal Auto-iTC 200 receives a software upgrade

The upgrade includes a more-robust automatic baseline-fitting algorithm that provides faster and more-accurate results, and better modeling for weak binding.

The Automated Biological Calorimetry Facility has acquired a Millipore Direct Detect bio-molecular quantitation system

The system will expand the Facility's capabilities for analysis of lipid, protein, nucleic acid, and carbohydrate samples as small as 2 uL.

Margherita Cantorna receives the 2012 Osborne and Mendel Award

The award is given by the American Society for Nutrition in recognition of outstanding recent basic research accomplishments in nutrition.

NIH-funded co-PIs are needed for a shared instrumentation grant

The Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility is trying to acquire a MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer, and they need your help!

Penn State will host the 11th annual Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference and Workshop

The event is scheduled to be held May 20-23, 2013.

Yingwei Mao receives two major grants

The American Heart Association and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation have each awarded Dr. Mao with a grant intended to provide support for promising beginning scientists.

Craig Praul contributes to Gene Expression Technical Guide

The Genomics Core Facility co-director is among the experts cited in Genome Technology's publication.

Call for Concept Papers: Keck Foundation Science & Engineering and Medical Research programs

As part of our efforts to build a portfolio of high-visibility, high-risk, transformative research projects, we are soliciting one-page concept papers for consideration of submission to the W.M. Keck Foundation; the internal deadline for submission is January 15, 2013.