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Apr 23, 2024
Penn State biologist receives new investigator award for aging–biology research
Janine Kwapis, Paul Berg Early Career Professor in the Biological Sciences at Penn State, has been selected to receive a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research from the American Federation for Aging Research.
Apr 22, 2024
Kissing bugs, vector for Chagas disease, successfully gene edited for first time
Kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs, are the primary vector for Chagas disease, however, there aren’t many good treatment options available.
Apr 16, 2024
Huck trainees recognized at graduate school awards
Four Huck graduate students were recognized with distinctions at the recent 2023-24 Graduate Student Awards, hosted by the Graduate School at Penn State.
News
Apr 23, 2024
Penn State biologist receives new investigator award for aging–biology research
Janine Kwapis, Paul Berg Early Career Professor in the Biological Sciences at Penn State, has been selected to receive a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research from the American Federation for Aging Research.
Apr 22, 2024
Kissing bugs, vector for Chagas disease, successfully gene edited for first time
Kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs, are the primary vector for Chagas disease, however, there aren’t many good treatment options available.
Apr 16, 2024
Huck trainees recognized at graduate school awards
Four Huck graduate students were recognized with distinctions at the recent 2023-24 Graduate Student Awards, hosted by the Graduate School at Penn State.
Apr 16, 2024
Tracy Langkilde appointed interim executive vice president and provost
Tracy Langkilde, the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science, has been named interim executive vice president and provost of Penn State, effective April 15. Langkilde succeeds Executive Vice President and Provost Justin Schwartz, who has been named as the sole finalist for chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder and will depart Penn State this summer.
Events
Wednesday Apr
24
TBD
Neuroscience
Thursday Apr
25
CIDD Seminar: with Natalie Dean
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Friday Apr
26
Seminar: Dormancy in microbiomes: host-phage coevolution with a seed bank
Microbiome Center
Tuesday May
14
Learning how to think: How stem cells acquire and recall memories
Distinguished Lectures in Life Science