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Giraffe babies inherit spot patterns from their mothers
Lab Bench to Commercialization 2018–19 grant recipients announced
A naturally occurring antibiotic active against drug-resistant tuberculosis
The natural antibiotic kanglemycin A binds bacterial RNA polymerase at the rifampicin binding-pocket, but maintains potency against rifampicin-resistant mutants due to two unique chemical groups (digitoxose and succinic acid) that increase its affinity to rifampicin-resistant RNA polymerase by binding just outside the rifampicin-binding pocket. Credit: Murakami Laboratory, Penn State
Andrew Read named director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Andrew Read
Young children’s oral bacteria may predict obesity
The composition of oral microbiota -- the collection of microorganisms, including beneficial bacteria, residing in the mouth -- in two-year-old children may predict their weight gain, according to a new study of over 226 children and their mothers. Credit: Penn State (Click to enlarge)
Coral bleaching increases disease risk in threatened species
Staghorn coral being grown in Mote Marine Laboratory's underwater nursery in the Florida Keys. New research shows that increasing genetic diversity among staghorn corals could prevent further loss in the Florida Reef Tract. Credit: Conor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory
Family genetic background vital for understanding progression of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders
Wendy Hanna-Rose named head of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Wendy Hanna-Rose
Community-based conservation management has positive effect on wildlife
A giraffe in the Burunge Wildlife Management Area in Tanzania. A new study by Penn State biologist Derek Lee shows that this management area, which is managed by local villages in exchange for a share of tourism revenue, has positive effects on wildlife including giraffes. Credit: Derek Lee, Wild Nature Institute
Researchers' paper on complex networks honored as milestone contribution
Usha Nandini Raghavan, a Penn State alumna, Réka Albert, distinguished professor of physics and biology, and Soundar Kumara, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pierce Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
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