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This zebrafish was imaged using a technique called histomography. Colors indicated a specific assigned intensity and position within the scan. Credit: Provided by the researchers / Penn State.

August 02, 2024

$3.8M NIH grant funds 3D tissue and organism visualization project

This angus bull, named P S Power Play, was a famous bull in the 1970s involved in Black Angus breeding and artificial insemination. Credit: Penn State Beef and Sheep Center / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 01, 2024

Penn State researchers receive USDA-NIFA grant to study male cattle genetics

A new study explores how whole-genome duplication events helped the grass family to thrive in a multitude of different environments. This is an artist’s depiction of several crop plants in the grass family — the fifth largest family of plants with about 11,000 species, including wheat, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, sugarcane and bamboo. Credit: Yiyong Zhao. All Rights Reserved.

July 31, 2024

How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive

Havell Markus is a student in the dual medical degree and doctoral degree program at the Penn State College of Medicine and co-first author of the study. Credit: Provided by Liu Lab/Penn State / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

July 30, 2024

Genes or environment? A new model for understanding disease risk factors

Researchers used advanced imaging techniques to identify vascular cells and structures like blood vessels in mice brains. Credit: Provided by the Kim Lab / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

July 30, 2024

New high-resolution 3D maps show how the brain’s blood vessels changes with age

July 30, 2024

HGSAC Co-Chairs Awarded for Service

Director of Huck Core Facilities Craig Praul

July 30, 2024

Craig Praul named director of Huck Core Facilities

July 24, 2024

With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks

Eukaryotic Gene Regulation (EGR) Predoctoral Training Program participants

July 23, 2024

$1.7M grant continues support for graduate students studying gene regulation

Illustration depicting limb control after stroke.

July 22, 2024

Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients

July 19, 2024

Troy Sutton named Huck Early Career Chair in Virology

July 19, 2024

Q&A: Will H5N1 avian influenza evolve to become more dangerous to humans?

J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Credit: Photo provided. All Rights Reserved.

July 19, 2024

Jeff and Ann Marie Fox name Graduate School with $20 million commitment

July 19, 2024

Q&A: Will H5N1 avian influenza evolve to become more dangerous to humans?

July 19, 2024

Consortium of Rural States multi-institutional pilot awardees announced

July 19, 2024

Troy Sutton named Huck Early Career Chair in Virology

July 19, 2024

Penn State professor named to advisory board of National Smell and Taste Center

July 18, 2024

Microbiome Kickstart Workshop will assist newcomers to the field

July 18, 2024

Female giraffes drove the evolution of long giraffe necks in order to feed on the most nutritious leaves, new research suggests

Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

July 16, 2024

Twenty-two students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

July 09, 2024

Why drinking beetroot juice during menopause may be healthy

July 08, 2024

'I've never seen anything like this': Scientists hijack cancer genes to turn tumors against themselves

July 08, 2024

Study: Fireflies at risk due to climate change, urban development

July 06, 2024

$3.8M NIH grant funds 3D tissue and organism visualization project

Penn State researchers receive USDA-NIFA grant to study male cattle genetics

How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive

Genes or environment? A new model for understanding disease risk factors

New high-resolution 3D maps show how the brain’s blood vessels changes with age

HGSAC Co-Chairs Awarded for Service

Craig Praul named director of Huck Core Facilities

With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks

$1.7M grant continues support for graduate students studying gene regulation

Alternative understanding of brain leads to new treatments for stroke patients

Troy Sutton named Huck Early Career Chair in Virology

Q&A: Will H5N1 avian influenza evolve to become more dangerous to humans?

Jeff and Ann Marie Fox name Graduate School with $20 million commitment

Q&A: Will H5N1 avian influenza evolve to become more dangerous to humans?

Consortium of Rural States multi-institutional pilot awardees announced

Troy Sutton named Huck Early Career Chair in Virology

Penn State professor named to advisory board of National Smell and Taste Center

Microbiome Kickstart Workshop will assist newcomers to the field

Female giraffes drove the evolution of long giraffe necks in order to feed on the most nutritious leaves, new research suggests

Twenty-two students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Why drinking beetroot juice during menopause may be healthy

'I've never seen anything like this': Scientists hijack cancer genes to turn tumors against themselves

Study: Fireflies at risk due to climate change, urban development

'We've always been omnivores': Why 'meatfluencers' are wrong about what our ancestors ate

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