Life Sciences

Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find
orange frog sitting on a mushroom
Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parent’s traits
Illustration showing assortative mating for neurodevelopmental disorders

Evaluating traits of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in both parents may improve prediction of disease trajectory in children

Penn State biology department remembers assistant professor Yifei Huang
Yifei Huang
Q&A with Graduate Teaching Community founder Morgan Vincent
Morgan Vincent
How does Zika virus replicate and transmit from mother to fetus?
two fluorescent images

Nearly $6 million in new NIH grants awared to Penn State researchers.

$1.9M NIH grant to support research on impacts of the microbiome on human health
Bisanz and Betancurt-Anzola work in the lab
Researchers assemble 51 animal genomes using publicly accessible workflows
concentric circles with evolutionary tree and silhouettes of animals

Galaxy platform re-invents genome assembly pipeline, which could inform understanding of human health and evolution.

Newly identified protein helps flowers develop all the right parts
Images of wild-type and mutant flowers from the model plant species Arabidopsis

A newly identified protein, involved in gene processing, is required for proper flower development in Arabidopsis.

Summer Translational Cardiovascular Science Institute now accepting applications
two people in lab coats look at computer monitor in lab

The program allows undergraduates with an opportunity to conduct research related to cardiovascular disease

Penn State, QIAGEN announce strategic partnership to advance microbiome sciences
group of people standing outside Millennium Science Complex
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