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Mar 18, 2021
Master Gardeners to celebrate pollinator-friendly garden program milestone
Without pollinators such as bees and butterflies, the world’s food supply would be reduced drastically, threatening the survival of many plants, animals and humans.
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Mar 17, 2021
Tool can provide swine producers with early diagnosis of often-fatal 'Strep zoo'
A team led by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has developed a diagnostic test that can identify virulent forms of the swine bacterial pathogen Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus — often referred to as "Strep zoo" — which can cause severe illness and death in pigs, other animals and rarely people.
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Mar 17, 2021
Ottar Bjørnstad elected to Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
Ottar N. Bjørnstad, distinguished professor of entomology and biology and J. Lloyd & Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair of Epidemiology at Penn State, has been elected to the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. Bjørnstad was recommended as a result of his significant contributions to the fields of population ecology and quantitative epidemiology.
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Mar 17, 2021
Matt Ferrari named director of Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Matt Ferrari, who was closely involved with multiple aspects of University and community efforts to address COVID-19, has been tapped as the new head of CIDD.
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Mar 15, 2021
Lab Bench to Commercialization grant recipients announced
Two faculty members have been selected to receive Lab Bench to Commercialization (LB2C) grants from the Eberly College of Science in 2021. The competitive program provides funding for researchers in the college, enabling them to enhance the commercial potential of ongoing research and prepare them to translate their intellectual property to the marketplace.
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Mar 15, 2021
A wing and a prayer: Chickens, praying mantises among likely lanternfly enemies
Potential predators of the spotted lanternfly are being brought into focus thanks to shutterbugs who have captured images of birds, insects, mammals and even fish consuming the invasive planthopper.
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Mar 11, 2021
Biochemistry and molecular biology professor receives NSF CAREER Award
Shaun Mahony, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been honored with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Mar 11, 2021
Eberly college welcomes alumna Melanie McReynolds as new faculty member
The Eberly College of Science has announced that alumna Melanie McReynolds will join the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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Mar 10, 2021
2021 Water Forum to take place on March 24, 25
The Penn State Water Council has announced the agenda for the 2021 Water Forum, which will take place virtually on the afternoons of Wednesday, March 24, and Thursday, March 25. The forum is an opportunity for the Penn State water community to come together to hear from outside speakers and get updates on and contribute to key Penn State water initiatives.
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Mar 09, 2021
Another common cold virus?
If it becomes endemic — circulating in the general population — and most people are exposed in childhood, SARS-CoV-2 may join the ranks of mild cold-causing coronaviruses that currently circulate in humans.
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