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Penn State congratulates Fall 2024 Emerging Academic Leaders on program completion

March 26, 2025

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Translator for biomedical research aims to speed up patient care

March 25, 2025

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FDA-approved dialysis drug may help fight against antimicrobial resistance

March 18, 2025

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Graduate students to present their journeys in science

March 13, 2025

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Plant biologist awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology

March 10, 2025

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$17.9M NIH grant to research neurodevelopment disorders

January 23, 2025

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Hidden Gems: The Buckhout Greenhouses

January 22, 2025

Biology professor receives McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovation Award

December 19, 2024

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Brain regions that relieve effects of chronic stress in mice differ based on sex

December 16, 2024

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Once-endangered Kirtland’s warblers show extensive signs of inbreeding in genome

December 11, 2024

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WHO recommends universal introduction for rubella vaccination

December 10, 2024

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$2.6M grant to advance potential stem cell-based heart disease treatment

November 26, 2024

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Early adult binge drinking has lasting impact on aging brain in mice

November 19, 2024

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Three Penn State researchers awarded scientific grants from Kaufman Foundation

November 13, 2024

Suk Lan Ser, winner of the first-place graduate poster prize, presents her research at the Biology and Ecology Student Research Showcase on Nov. 1, 2024.

Biology and Ecology Student Research Showcase winners announced

November 11, 2024

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Microbes in mouth reflect lifestyle choices

November 05, 2024

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Stem cell-like approach in plants sheds light on specialized cell wall formation

October 31, 2024

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Penn State herbarium selected to participate in collections assessment program

September 30, 2024

Joan Strassmann, Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

Marker Lectures in Evolutionary Biology set for Oct. 8-9

September 19, 2024

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Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows

September 12, 2024

Todd LaJeunesse

Todd LaJeunesse appointed to Wilson Hewitt Professorship of Biology

September 10, 2024

New Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders director named

August 23, 2024

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Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system

August 12, 2024

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Memory problems in old age linked to a key enzyme, study in mice finds

August 09, 2024

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How duplicated genomes helped grasses diversify and thrive

July 31, 2024

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

July 23, 2024

Inaugural Kirchner Family Award for Sustainability Innovation honorees Fiona McConnell, Kylie Nitz, and Kellyn Roth

Three undergraduates receive Kirchner Family Award for sustainability innovation

July 03, 2024

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Liberal Arts alumna finds post-graduation success through bioethics program

June 20, 2024

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New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together

June 20, 2024

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Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs

June 17, 2024

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Food, not sex, drove the evolution of giraffes’ long neck, new study finds

June 03, 2024

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Complete X and Y chromosome sequences of living great ape species determined

May 29, 2024

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Local disparities may prevent national vaccination efforts for rubella

May 29, 2024

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Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Nikki Crowley named director of Neuroscience Institute at University Park

May 13, 2024

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Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow?

May 07, 2024

Réka Albert named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 03, 2024

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Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

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Faculty Senate honors six graduating seniors with John W. White Fellowship

May 01, 2024

Penn State biologist receives new investigator award for aging–biology research

April 23, 2024

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Schreyer Scholar and biology major tutors science through art

April 10, 2024

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New sunflower family tree reveals multiple origins of flower symmetry

April 03, 2024

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Penn State Scranton biology professor honored with Northeast Algal Society award

April 02, 2024

Two views of a new reconstruction of the skeleton of the fossil fish, Tiktaalik Roseae

In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones

April 02, 2024

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Two keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels

March 21, 2024

$1.6 M from NSF to improve models that inform marine protected areas

March 21, 2024

Laural Seemiller

Biology postdoc awarded National Institutes of Health fellowship

March 12, 2024

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How does a virus hijack insect sperm to control disease vectors and pests?

March 08, 2024

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Penn State biologist David Toews receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award

March 06, 2024

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Lung cancer cells protected from cigarette smoke damage, researchers find

March 06, 2024

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Temperature, humidity may drive future transmission of parasitic worm infections

February 26, 2024

Penn State biologist Tom Stewart honored with early-career investigator award

February 15, 2024

Lab Bench to Commercialization 2024 grant recipients announced

February 14, 2024

Heard on campus: Nikki Crowley on 30 years of neuroscience advances

February 13, 2024

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Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find

February 09, 2024

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Researchers assemble 51 animal genomes using publicly accessible workflows

February 05, 2024

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Newly identified protein helps flowers develop all the right parts

February 02, 2024

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30th anniversary Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lectures to begin Jan. 27

January 10, 2024

Jennelle Malcos, teaching professor in the Department of Biology, associate director of the Center for Excellence in Science Education, and assistant dean for undergraduate students in the Penn State Eberly College of Science

Jennelle Malcos named Eberly college assistant dean for undergraduate students

January 05, 2024

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Many models are better than one for COVID-19 scenario projections, study finds

December 18, 2023

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Eberly College of Science names fall 2023 commencement student marshal

December 06, 2023

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Q&A: Modeling measles amidst a global disruption in vaccine supplies

November 16, 2023

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$1.45M NSF grant to fund new research into how grasses thrive in dry climates

November 14, 2023

Russell E. Marker Lectures in Evolutionary Biology set for Nov. 8 and 9

October 10, 2023

Tracking Traits podcast explores impacts of inter-species microbial interactions

October 08, 2023

Nikki Crowley with her son after receiving Women in STEAM award

Nikki Crowley honored with Women in STEAM Award by the Whitaker Center

October 06, 2023

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