Malaria parasites sense and adapt to their host’s nutritional status
Malaria parasites replicate into many daughter cells inside red blood cells. The red blood cells eventually burst (cell on the left), allowing the parasites to infect new red blood cells. In hosts with reduced calorie intake, fewer daughter cells are produced per round of replication, decreasing the severity of the infection and potentially allowing the host to survive longer. Credit: Maria Mota Laboratory, iMM Lisboa
Genes, Ozone, and Autism: Increased risk for autism when genetic variation and air pollution meet
Genes, Environment, and the Risk for Autism: Environment factors (ozone) can interact with genetic factors (copy number variation) to produce an even higher risk for autism than expected by adding the two risk factors, one that might not be found by studying the factors independently. Credit: Penn State University
Potential new target for antimalarial drugs identified
A colorized electron micrograph of a malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite (right) attaching to and invading a human red blood cell. The inset shows the attachment point at higher magnification. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Penn State DNA ladders: inexpensive molecular rulers for DNA research
Gel electrophoresis images of the two Penn State DNA ladders created by cutting the pPSU1 and pPSU2 plasmids with restriction enzymes. The 100-base-pair (bp) ladder is designed to be used with both agarose and acrylamide gels. Credit: Tan Laboratory, Penn State University
Simpson Lecture Set for May 25
Richard Young
Sarah Ades named 2017 Penn State Teaching Fellow
Sarah Ades
Penn State and Geisinger team up in new program to train next generation of biomedical scientists
Disease-associated genes routinely missed in some genetic studies
Low Coverage Genes in Whole-Exome Sequencing: Researchers identified 832 genes that have low coverage across multiple sequencing platforms.
Booker elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Squire Booker
Paul Babitzke elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Paul Babitzke
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