New gravity waves hit Earth after record-breaking trip through space
This artist's conception shows two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO. Image: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)
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
Lessons from Ebola: New approach improves disease outbreak management
Response volunteers in Nigeria gather during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. A new study used models created during the 2014 outbreak to develop a new approach to information gathering that could save lives. Credit: CDC Global
Rao Prize Conference on May 12, 2017 features statistics prize winner
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.
Joseph Ecker to present Chemerda Lectures in Science on April 24 and 25, 2017
Chemerda Ecker 2017
Penn State University and Salus University Establish Strategic Alliance through Memorandum of Understanding
Study reveals 10,000 years of genetic continuity in northwest North America
Researchers are analyzing DNA from ancient individuals found in southeast Alaska, coastal British Columbia, Washington state and Montana. A new genetic analysis of some of these human remains finds that many of today’s indigenous peoples living in the same regions are descendants of ancient individuals dating to at least 10,300 years ago. Credit: Julie McMahon
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