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Undergraduate research may contribute to COVID-19 treatments

Brandywine undergraduates worked with professor to investigate potential new therapies to inhibit an enzyme that helps the coronavirus replicate

Penn State, QIAGEN announce strategic partnership to advance microbiome sciences

Penn State, known for innovations in interdisciplinary research, and QIAGEN LLC, a leader in sample-to-insight solutions, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to foster advancements in microbiome sciences

Foodborne-pathogen Listeria may hide from sanitizers in biofilms

An estimated 1,600 people in the U.S. contract a serious infection from Listeria bacteria in food each year. Penn State researchers may now better understand how the bacteria, called Listeria monocytogenes, survive and persist in fruit-packing plants by evading and surviving sanitizers.

Podcast reveals the scale and complexity of global water challenges

Second only to the air we breathe, safe drinking water is the most indispensable element on Earth for human survival. Each of us requires it to live. But alarmingly, roughly one quarter of the global population struggles to attain it, according to the United Nations.

Engineering professor named National Academy of Inventors fellow

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) named Qiming Zhang, distinguished professor of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering, a fellow

Altered light-harvesting complex in a cyanobacterium allows low-energy light use

Researchers have isolated and determined the molecular structure of the light-harvesting antenna that helps some cyanobacteria — formerly referred to as blue-green algae — produce energy through photosynthesis even in lower-energy light.

Predicting correct dosage may improve success of drug repurposing

Penn State researchers developed a model to predict how much of a drug designed to treat one disease may be needed to be effective against others

Huck Leadership Fellows Program Currently Accepting Applications

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences seeks to appoint 1-2 energetic Leadership Fellows with a strong background in interdisciplinary research for a one-year term, with the possibility for an additional year extension. The deadline to apply is February 12, 2024.

One Health Microbiome Symposium to convene experts for innovative discussions

Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Center will host the One Health Microbiome Symposium on May 30-31, 2024, at the Huck Life Sciences Building.

The stories that defined 2023 for the One Health Microbiome Center

A list of the top 10 most popular Penn State News articles about the One Health Microbiome Center