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Douglas E. Wolfe has been named associate vice president of Research, director of strategic initiatives, at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

August 24, 2023

Douglas Wolfe named AVP for Research, director of strategic initiatives
Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

August 23, 2023

Penn State is tops in USDA predoctoral fellowship program awards
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August 23, 2023

DNA sequence of the human Y chromosome fully determined for first time
Erika Ganda, assistant professor of food animal microbiomes and executive committee member of Penn State’s One Health Microbiome Center, is a veterinarian from Brazil. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 23, 2023

Animal microbiome researcher awarded $1.3M to study pathogenic threats

August 23, 2023

DNA sequence of the human Y chromosome fully determined for first time
One Health Microbiome Center's 2023-24 Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellows. Top row: Iyunoluwa J. Ademola-Popoola (left) and Edwin Omar Rivera-López (right). Bottom row: Sina Kherabadi (left), Maira Alejandra Gil Polo (middle), and Abhinay Gontu (right). Credit: Nichole Ginnan. All Rights Reserved.

August 22, 2023

One Health Microbiome Center's 2023-24 Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellows
The cover crops cocktail experiment at Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center was established in 2011. It has turned out to be fertile ground for training graduate students. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 21, 2023

Cover crops project provides fertile ground for USDA graduate fellows

August 18, 2023

Cows Are Being Bred to Give Off Less Methane When They Belch — in Hail Mary Pass to Save the Planet
The microorganisms that live within the human digestive tract differ with parent-reported race and ethnicity as early as 3 months of age, according to a new study. Credit: Chayene Rafaela/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

August 17, 2023

Gut bacteria variation among human social groups emerges by three months of age
New research shows that somatostatin, a signaling molecule produced by many inhibitory neurons in the brain, broadly dampens communication among a variety of cell types in the prefrontal cortex and promotes exploratory and risk-taking-like behavior in mice. The researchers used patch-clamp electrophysiology, shown here, to understand how somatostatin influences cortical circuits. Credit: Kelby Hochreither / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 17, 2023

Uncovering the role of somatostatin signaling in the brain
A blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) is one of two species of solitary bees studied by a team of researchers led by Penn State. It was the first study to examine how extreme heat waves affect the host-pathogen relationship between solitary bees and a protozoan pathogen (Crithidia mellificae). Credit: Photo by Robert Webster. All Rights Reserved.

August 16, 2023

Bee populations at risk of one-two punch from heat waves, pathogen infection

August 16, 2023

Are You In "Sleep Debt"? It Could Be Hurting Your Heart

August 11, 2023

Poor sleep may harm heart health, and catching up on weekends won't restore it
Without the SF-1 protein, ovaries do not grow and have far fewer eggs. On the left is a normal mouse ovary from a four-day-old mouse and on the right is an ovary without SF-1, also from a from a four-day-old mouse. Credit: Camilla Hughes. All Rights Reserved.

August 11, 2023

Newly identified protein function may reveal understanding of lifetime fertility

August 10, 2023

What's a Chesapeake logperch, and why are so many agencies trying to save it?

August 10, 2023

Sleeping in on weekends won’t fix cardiovascular damage from less weekday rest
Mussels' unique and remarkable ability to stick to underwater surfaces such as rocks has inspired a new, more efficient, and environmentally friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements. Credit: Provided by the Sheikhi Lab/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

August 09, 2023

Mussels inspire an eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements
Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering received a $2 million grant from the Navy Decarbonization Research Consortium to study shipboard carbon capture and alternative fuel utilization. The project is summarized in a Q&A with Associate Professor Brian Fronk. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

August 09, 2023

Q&A: Carbon voyage

August 09, 2023

College of Ag Sciences scientist receives grant to study gut homeostasis, diet

August 09, 2023

Agriculture leaders worry about research funding, California regulations

August 08, 2023

Ag Progress Days kicks off in Centre County with Ag Secretary

August 08, 2023

More young people, women taking an interest in Pennsylvania's agriculture
New research reveals that cardiovascular health measures worsen over the course of the week when sleep is restricted to five hours per night and attempting to catch up on sleep over the weekend is insufficient to return these measures to normal. Credit: Gregory Pappas, Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

August 08, 2023

Playing catch-up on weekends may not improve cardiovascular cost of sleep loss

August 07, 2023

No, there isn’t a new disease called ‘Disease X’