Booker named an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Squire Booker
New technique shows shale-drilling additives in drinking-water taps near leak
A sampling from one of the affected homes located near a reported pit leak at a Marcellus shale gas well pad. Image:Susan Brantley/Penn State
Cross-country tour raising funds and awareness for metastatic breast cancer to make stop at Penn State on April 16, 2015
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Research in Action: PML Consortium Grant Seeks to Identify How JC Virus Causes Fatal Brain Disease
Richard Frisque, professor of molecular virology and the lead investigator on the grant, is studying the connections between immunomodulatory drugs and the development of JC virus-induced PML.
McGinty honored with Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists
Robert McGinty
Antibiotic Resistance: Free Screening of Documentary Film plus a Panel Discussion on March 26
Resistance DVD Cover
Research in Action: NIJ Grant Allows Penn State Scientists to Explore Heteroplasmic Variants in Mitochondrial DNA
Mitchell Holland, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, is the lead investigator on the grant.
Penn State and Geisinger Announce Establishment of Medical Bioinformatics and Genomics Research Collaborative
Marylyn Ritchie
$15 million research grant awarded to Penn State Center for Nanoscience
Image captions from upper left, clockwise: 1) A high-performance ferroelectric material that may find application in future low-loss, high-frequency cellular networks. 2) Time-lapse image of the collective expansion of a swarm of self-propelled nanomotors. 3) Newly discovered roto-distortion symmetry of an oxide lattice. 4) A porous nanostructure of semiconducting germanium (orange) infiltrated into a lattice of nanoscale silica spheres (purple). Image: Penn State University
Research in Action: With New Grant, Penn State Aims to Bring Next-Generation DNA Sequencing to Working Crime Laboratories
Jenifer Smith, Professor of Practice in the Department of Forensic Science, is Penn State’s lead investigator on this grant.
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