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Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows
Three faculty members, representing three different Penn State colleges, have been named Huck Leadership Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year.
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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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Huck seed grant program introduces new research themes for the life sciences
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has launched its 2025-2026 new seed grant program. Huck seed grants foster innovative, interdisciplinary, and collaborative life sciences research.
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Jul 24, 2025
Huck Students impress at Forest Genetics conference
Penn State grad students took the Forest Genetics 2025 conference by storm, winning more than half of the poster and presentation awards available. Three Huck trainees were among those recognized.
Jul 23, 2025
Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets
A study in ferrets — which have remarkably similar respiratory systems to humans — suggests that widespread immunity to H1N1 seasonal influenza virus may explain why exposure to H5N1 bird flu causes only mild symptoms in humans.
Jul 22, 2025
Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood
Proof-of-concept, at-home device can detect biomarker for endometriosis — a debilitating uterine disease — in 10 minutes; advancement makes early detection easier, more accessible, researchers say.
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Jul 24, 2025
Huck Students impress at Forest Genetics conference
Penn State grad students took the Forest Genetics 2025 conference by storm, winning more than half of the poster and presentation awards available. Three Huck trainees were among those recognized.
Jul 23, 2025
Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets
A study in ferrets — which have remarkably similar respiratory systems to humans — suggests that widespread immunity to H1N1 seasonal influenza virus may explain why exposure to H5N1 bird flu causes only mild symptoms in humans.
Jul 22, 2025
Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood
Proof-of-concept, at-home device can detect biomarker for endometriosis — a debilitating uterine disease — in 10 minutes; advancement makes early detection easier, more accessible, researchers say.
Jul 22, 2025
$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State
The internationally recognized One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC) in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State is the recipient of a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to train doctoral students in biotechnological innovation, industry advancements and interdisciplinary microbiome research.
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Tuesday Jul
29
Botany 101: Conquer your plant blindness, Session 3
Plant Biology , Plant Institute
Thursday Aug
14
COEIB Virtual Fermentation Workshop
Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology
Thursday Aug
21
Advancing Structural and Functional Characterization Of Biomolecules
X-Ray Crystallography Facility
Events
Tuesday Jul
29
Botany 101: Conquer your plant blindness, Session 3
Plant Biology , Plant Institute
Thursday Aug
14
COEIB Virtual Fermentation Workshop
Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology
Thursday Aug
21
Advancing Structural and Functional Characterization Of Biomolecules
X-Ray Crystallography Facility
Tuesday Aug
26
Internal Cell Culture Workshop
Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology