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Jun 25, 2025
Q&A: The quest to halt neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and in this Q&A, Selleck talked about how he’s working to stop the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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Jun 24, 2025
Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?
In this Q&A, Shao and Koslicki, who are affiliated with the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, spoke about how computational tools are advancing molecular biology.
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Jun 24, 2025
Nutritional sciences faculty receive national recognition for research
Three Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences faculty members were recently recognized for their research contributions to the field with prestigious awards by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).
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Jun 24, 2025
Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees
Climate can vary across large areas of land, but it also can vary within much smaller areas such as farms. A new study by researchers at Penn State examined whether these microclimates — the climate of a very small or restricted area — affect pollination by both wild and managed bees and resulting wild blueberry yields.
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Jun 24, 2025
Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants
Ten interdisciplinary research teams have received funding through the Institute of Energy and the Environment’s (IEE) 2025 Seed Grant Program.
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Jun 23, 2025
Kao steps down as plant biology graduate program chair
Teh-hui Kao, distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has stepped down as chair of the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Plant Biology after 26 years in the role.
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Jun 23, 2025
Multistate herbicide-resistant weeds study aims to protect soybean crops
New grant will fund development of rapid testing to detect herbicide-resistant weeds in soybean fields; to gain a better understanding of plant mechanisms that contribute to resistance.
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Jun 20, 2025
How a genetic tug-of-war decides the fate of a honey bee
Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens or short-lived sterile workers who help rear their sisters rather than laying their own eggs. Now, an interdisciplinary team led by researchers at Penn State has uncovered the molecular mechanisms that control how the conflict between genes inherited from the father and the mother determine the larva’s fate.
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Jun 16, 2025
‘Forever chemicals’ detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania
Researchers find 18% of sampled wells have PFAS levels beyond drinking water standards; compounds detected most often, and in the highest concentrations, in wells in the southeastern part of the state.
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Jun 13, 2025
Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding
Eight research projects have been selected for support from the Penn State Commercialization GAP Fund. The GAP Fund is a competitive internal program designed to help promising technologies bridge the gap between academic research and industry adoption.
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