Thicker mucus supercharges bacteria’s ability to self-organize into swarms to spread infection
Life Sciences
Bacteria's mucus maneuvers: Study reveals how snot facilitates infection
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Q&A: Modeling measles amidst a global disruption in vaccine supplies
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Matt Ferrari discusses helping the World Health Organization predict measles cases and deaths across the globe.
$1.45M NSF grant to fund new research into how grasses thrive in dry climates
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New $1.45M NSF grant awarded to Professor of Biology Charles Anderson to fund research into how grasses thrive in dry climates
Q&A Graduate Women in Science Outreach Co-Chair Mei-Ling Liber
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Biology major receives Future Leaders Scholarship from Schreyer Honors College
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The award recognizes outstanding leadership to the Penn State community.
Genomics Research Incubator expands assay and training options for scientists
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Cheryl Keller, research professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, leads the GRI.
Heard on Campus: James Balog on the Anthropocene
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At the State Theatre, Emmy Award-winning documentarian and environmentalist James Balog shared his photographs and experienes.
Murakami selected as Innovation Fund investigator by Pew Charitable Trusts
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Murakami and his colleague will study a critical step in the regulation of gene expression in cyanobacteria.
Manuel Llinás named as the Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology
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Manuel Llinás has been named the Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology
Nikki Crowley honored with Women in STEAM Award by the Whitaker Center
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Nikki Crowley has been named a Women to Watch: Class of 2023 as part of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts’ Women in STEAM Awards.