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October 06, 2026

Penn State CTSI launches four fellowship opportunities for 2027-28

October 06, 2026

Huck Institutes core facility assistantships available for spring semester

NIH grant to fund research on how aging affects long-term memory

October 05, 2026

NIH grant to fund research on how aging effects long-term memory

October 05, 2026

NIH grant to fund research on how aging affects long-term memory

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics News

Researchers used advanced imaging techniques, conducted at Penn State’s publicly funded Core Facilities, to study the architecture of the Turnip Crinkle Virus (TCV). This plant pathogen has an icosahedral — or 20-sided — shell that is the same structure as many human pathogens, such as enteroviruses, noroviruses, poliovirus, hepatitis B virus and the virus that causes chickenpox. Pictured are Varun Venkatakrishnan, left, a Penn State doctoral student, and Ganesh Anand, associate professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

December 12, 2025

Unique bond identified as key to viral infection speed

Vaccine-induced false positives are a major roadblock in the development and approval of an HIV vaccine, according to a research team at Penn State. The researchers developed a test that can differentiate between false positives and active HIV infections. Credit: MicroStockHub/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

December 03, 2025

New test distinguishes vaccine-induced false positives from active HIV infection

November 04, 2025

World leader in AI and antibiotic discovery to deliver lecture at Penn State

Wild lupine, a plant of conservation concern across most of its natural range in eastern North America, grows along a Pennsylvania roadside. Credit: Isabella Petitta. All Rights Reserved.

October 09, 2025

Wild lupine genetics could be key to conservation of species

Charlene Shupp Espenshade, executive director of the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, prepares to sample microgreens cultivated at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences during the college’s recent Legislative Research Tour. She is joined by graduate students Auja Bywater and Rishi Ravichandran. Credit: Sean Duke / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 02, 2025

College of Ag Sciences research tour explores connection between food, health

If beekeepers use organic management practices over time, they even can produce 50% more honey than when following conventional management practices, according to the researchers. Credit: Simon Kadula/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

September 18, 2025

Organic beekeeping can be even more profitable than conventional methods

The Huck Institute of the Life Sciences at Penn State University Park. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

September 15, 2025

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences names 2025-26 seed grant recipients

September 12, 2025

CTSI’s resources enable clinical discoveries, researcher says

A mallard, shown here fitted with a GPS unit, can be tracked by researchers. In recent decades, mallards have experienced a range-wide decline of 12% in the U.S. The Integrated Movement Model being developed by researchers could help inform conservation and management of mallards by combining GPS tracking and citizen science reports. Credit: Clayton Holmes. All Rights Reserved.

August 22, 2025

GPS-outfitted birds and citizen sightings to inform a better migration model

August 21, 2025

What traits matter when predicting disease emergence in new populations?

Study lead author Sophia Kenney, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Animal Science, samples a maternity pen for Salmonella Dublin. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 21, 2025

Bacteria strains infecting cattle and humans in US are highly similar

The treatment is used to control northern fowl mites, a blood-feeding parasite that can lead to health problems and lower egg production in chickens and other poultry. Credit: Zachariah Smith on Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

August 14, 2025

Northern fowl mite treatment tested at Penn State receives FDA approval

July 25, 2025

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

July 23, 2025

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

Microbiome researchers Jasna Kovac, left, and Seth Bordenstein, right

July 22, 2025

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

Credit: Sharon Siegfried / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 15, 2025