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Hands holding dirt with a seedling and a green background

Oct. 24 kicks off 'Plants for the People and the Planet' innovation series

October 22, 2025

headshots of Wenrui Hao, Rui Zhang and Wenpeng Yin

Can digital replicas of patients help personalize Alzheimer’s treatment?

October 20, 2025

Lacy Alexander and Danielle Symons Downs pictured with another NAK fellow, Alison September, all holding certificates.

Two Penn State faculty named fellows of the National Academy of Kinesiology

October 17, 2025

Graduate assistants to vote in unionization election at Penn State

October 16, 2025

A child sits at a table with one of the sample meals used in the study and looks at a research assistant prior to eating.

Counting bites with AI might one day help prevent childhood obesity

October 15, 2025

Headshots of Joy Bergelson, Arturo Casadevall, and Martin Wiedmann.

One Health Microbiome Center announces 2026 symposium, keynote speaker lineup

October 15, 2025

Reddish Martian soil is seen with flecks of Martian ice.

Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say

October 15, 2025

Line drawing of parents with child, group of individuals and group of individuals in front of hospital.

Background genetic variants influence clinical features in complex disorders

October 07, 2025

a hand holding a mushroom

Wild mushroom harvesters in mid-Atlantic region collect fungi, build community

October 07, 2025

Center for Mathematical Biology appoints new director

October 06, 2025

Side-by-side portraits of two people

Penn State and Ghanaian researchers to host symposium, launch seed grant

October 01, 2025

close up of yellow cylindrical bacteria

New microorganism survival commission aims to fill critical conservation gap

October 01, 2025

Cherry tomatoes growing on the vine

New clues in how plant microbiomes protect against bacterial speck disease

September 29, 2025

A man in his 70s talks fondly to a man in his 30s while they look at an old photo album

Penn State to co-lead national brain health and dementia prevention initiative

September 25, 2025

Headshots of the 11 BIOMS fellows selected for the 2025-26 year.

One Health Microbiome Center awards 11 inaugural doctoral training fellows

September 23, 2025

Gene editing, traditional crossbreeding produce disease-resistant cacao plants

September 23, 2025

Person in blue jacket

Patterson to lead Penn State center on environment and health

September 23, 2025

Globe surrounded by images of people working, analyzing data and collaborating, connected by lines symbolizing global teamwork.

NSF STAIR launches inaugural undergrad internship in research administration

September 19, 2025

graphic showing three overlapping hexagons, labeled with "life sciences," "human ecology," and "humanities." In the area where all three overlap are the letters "CSSI," standing for the Communication, Science, and Society Initiative

CSSI invites interdisciplinary proposals on human-environment interaction

September 17, 2025

Joseph Cho of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility speaks to researchers in front of the Titan Krios microscope

September open house to showcase Huck Institutes instrumentation facilities

September 15, 2025

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences names 2025-26 seed grant recipients

September 15, 2025

A child, sitting at a counter in a kitchen with apple slices and oranges, eats an apple

Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys

September 11, 2025

Wireframe model of guanine bound to uracil in "wobble" and "shifted wobble" conformations

Unusual molecular conformation could help explain RNA’s versatility

September 09, 2025

diagram of steps in spVelo method

New method calculates rate of gene expression to understand cell fate

September 08, 2025

Close up of a facial surgery

$3M grant seeks bioprinted solution for reconstructive surgery’s blood problem

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series to host biochemist on Sept. 9

September 04, 2025

Hands in blue gloves holding a flexible sensor

Don’t sweat it: New device detects sweat biomarker at minimal perspiration rate

September 03, 2025

Painting with mushrooms and other fungi growing out of stylized DNA double helix

Connection among gut fungi, genetics and disease risk in humans identified

September 03, 2025

Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship awards six trainee-led projects

September 02, 2025

A man sitting at a lab desk with research equipment surrounding him.

Andrew Patterson named Huck associate director for shared and core facilities

September 01, 2025

A bee collects pollen from the center of a purple daisy-like flower, with a blurred background of similar flowers.

Geography lecture to spotlight pollinator conservation and technology

August 29, 2025

Scans of a lychee seed and a mouse brain done in the Huck Institutes' High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility

Huck launches new seed grant program to support research in MRI Core Facility

August 29, 2025

three plants on a table

Messenger signals that cue plants to ‘eat’ and ‘breathe’ revealed for first time

August 25, 2025

researcher with cows

Bacteria strains infecting cattle and humans in US are highly similar

August 21, 2025

Two people standing in a laboratory

What traits matter when predicting disease emergence in new populations?

August 21, 2025

Research Professor Cheryl Keller

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core

August 21, 2025

Lacy Alexander and Auni Williams pose in a lab to simulate a woman putting her hand in a bucket of water

Endometriosis affects more systems in women’s bodies than previously understood

August 20, 2025

White background with blue text that says Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions.

Eberly College introduces Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions outreach events

August 18, 2025

A series of dots on a blank black page

Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups

August 12, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Aug. 8

August 08, 2025

Professor of Anthropology David Puts

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named

August 04, 2025

Redefining graduate education through mentorship and innovation

August 01, 2025

Melanie McReynolds

Melanie McReynolds receives US National Science Foundation CAREER Award

July 30, 2025

Two people look at a butterfly enclosure

Huck student receives U.S. National Science Foundation fellowship

July 28, 2025

Bronze statue of health worker giving vaccine to one person as two others look on.

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

July 25, 2025

Group of three presenters sitting down for a panel discussion. To the left is Heather Robbins, who is moderating the panel.

Heard on Campus: Big Ten neuroscience science communication panel

July 24, 2025

Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

July 23, 2025

Close-up of side-by-side medical test devices

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

July 22, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Three people crossing their arms pose for a photo.

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

A Lumicks C-Trap optical tweezers instrument in the Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

Chad Smies and Jiyeon Baek use pipettes in the lab

The breadth of the brain

July 14, 2025

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

July 09, 2025

Person sits in front of a computer and smiles at the camera.

Q&A: Does adolescent alcohol use impact future risk of addiction?

July 08, 2025

Person standing in front of water and mountains

‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

The Pennsylvania State University HUB Seal

Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships

July 02, 2025

a man in a white lab cot and the same man in a surgeon's gown

Huck Chair builds regenerative medicine bridge from lab to surgical suite

June 30, 2025

portrait of professor standing with arms crossed across his chest

Q&A: The quest to halt neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease

June 25, 2025

Charlie Anderson to lead plant biology intercollege graduate program

June 25, 2025

Four people look at a whiteboard.

Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?

June 24, 2025

Two blueberries on a wild blueberry bush branch

Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees

June 24, 2025

2025 IEE Seed Grants

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants

June 24, 2025

A composite triptych of Jill Hamilton, Wenrui Hao and Gustavo Nader

Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows

June 24, 2025

Teh-hui Kao, distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and chair of the Plant Biology intercollege graduate degree program, speaks with prospective students at a recruiting event on January 19, 2024

Kao steps down as plant biology graduate program chair

June 23, 2025

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Hands holding dirt with a seedling and a green background

Oct. 24 kicks off 'Plants for the People and the Planet' innovation series

October 22, 2025

headshots of Wenrui Hao, Rui Zhang and Wenpeng Yin

Can digital replicas of patients help personalize Alzheimer’s treatment?

October 20, 2025

Lacy Alexander and Danielle Symons Downs pictured with another NAK fellow, Alison September, all holding certificates.

Two Penn State faculty named fellows of the National Academy of Kinesiology

October 17, 2025

Graduate assistants to vote in unionization election at Penn State

October 16, 2025

A child sits at a table with one of the sample meals used in the study and looks at a research assistant prior to eating.

Counting bites with AI might one day help prevent childhood obesity

October 15, 2025

Headshots of Joy Bergelson, Arturo Casadevall, and Martin Wiedmann.

One Health Microbiome Center announces 2026 symposium, keynote speaker lineup

October 15, 2025

Reddish Martian soil is seen with flecks of Martian ice.

Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say

October 15, 2025

Line drawing of parents with child, group of individuals and group of individuals in front of hospital.

Background genetic variants influence clinical features in complex disorders

October 07, 2025

a hand holding a mushroom

Wild mushroom harvesters in mid-Atlantic region collect fungi, build community

October 07, 2025

Center for Mathematical Biology appoints new director

October 06, 2025

Side-by-side portraits of two people

Penn State and Ghanaian researchers to host symposium, launch seed grant

October 01, 2025

close up of yellow cylindrical bacteria

New microorganism survival commission aims to fill critical conservation gap

October 01, 2025

Cherry tomatoes growing on the vine

New clues in how plant microbiomes protect against bacterial speck disease

September 29, 2025

A man in his 70s talks fondly to a man in his 30s while they look at an old photo album

Penn State to co-lead national brain health and dementia prevention initiative

September 25, 2025

Headshots of the 11 BIOMS fellows selected for the 2025-26 year.

One Health Microbiome Center awards 11 inaugural doctoral training fellows

September 23, 2025

Gene editing, traditional crossbreeding produce disease-resistant cacao plants

September 23, 2025

Person in blue jacket

Patterson to lead Penn State center on environment and health

September 23, 2025

Globe surrounded by images of people working, analyzing data and collaborating, connected by lines symbolizing global teamwork.

NSF STAIR launches inaugural undergrad internship in research administration

September 19, 2025

graphic showing three overlapping hexagons, labeled with "life sciences," "human ecology," and "humanities." In the area where all three overlap are the letters "CSSI," standing for the Communication, Science, and Society Initiative

CSSI invites interdisciplinary proposals on human-environment interaction

September 17, 2025

Joseph Cho of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility speaks to researchers in front of the Titan Krios microscope

September open house to showcase Huck Institutes instrumentation facilities

September 15, 2025

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences names 2025-26 seed grant recipients

September 15, 2025

A child, sitting at a counter in a kitchen with apple slices and oranges, eats an apple

Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys

September 11, 2025

Wireframe model of guanine bound to uracil in "wobble" and "shifted wobble" conformations

Unusual molecular conformation could help explain RNA’s versatility

September 09, 2025

diagram of steps in spVelo method

New method calculates rate of gene expression to understand cell fate

September 08, 2025

Close up of a facial surgery

$3M grant seeks bioprinted solution for reconstructive surgery’s blood problem

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series to host biochemist on Sept. 9

September 04, 2025

Hands in blue gloves holding a flexible sensor

Don’t sweat it: New device detects sweat biomarker at minimal perspiration rate

September 03, 2025

Painting with mushrooms and other fungi growing out of stylized DNA double helix

Connection among gut fungi, genetics and disease risk in humans identified

September 03, 2025

Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship awards six trainee-led projects

September 02, 2025

A man sitting at a lab desk with research equipment surrounding him.

Andrew Patterson named Huck associate director for shared and core facilities

September 01, 2025

A bee collects pollen from the center of a purple daisy-like flower, with a blurred background of similar flowers.

Geography lecture to spotlight pollinator conservation and technology

August 29, 2025

Scans of a lychee seed and a mouse brain done in the Huck Institutes' High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility

Huck launches new seed grant program to support research in MRI Core Facility

August 29, 2025

three plants on a table

Messenger signals that cue plants to ‘eat’ and ‘breathe’ revealed for first time

August 25, 2025

researcher with cows

Bacteria strains infecting cattle and humans in US are highly similar

August 21, 2025

Two people standing in a laboratory

What traits matter when predicting disease emergence in new populations?

August 21, 2025

Research Professor Cheryl Keller

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core

August 21, 2025

Lacy Alexander and Auni Williams pose in a lab to simulate a woman putting her hand in a bucket of water

Endometriosis affects more systems in women’s bodies than previously understood

August 20, 2025

White background with blue text that says Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions.

Eberly College introduces Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions outreach events

August 18, 2025

A series of dots on a blank black page

Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups

August 12, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Aug. 8

August 08, 2025

Professor of Anthropology David Puts

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named

August 04, 2025

Redefining graduate education through mentorship and innovation

August 01, 2025

Melanie McReynolds

Melanie McReynolds receives US National Science Foundation CAREER Award

July 30, 2025

Two people look at a butterfly enclosure

Huck student receives U.S. National Science Foundation fellowship

July 28, 2025

Bronze statue of health worker giving vaccine to one person as two others look on.

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

July 25, 2025

Group of three presenters sitting down for a panel discussion. To the left is Heather Robbins, who is moderating the panel.

Heard on Campus: Big Ten neuroscience science communication panel

July 24, 2025

Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

July 23, 2025

Close-up of side-by-side medical test devices

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

July 22, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Three people crossing their arms pose for a photo.

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

A Lumicks C-Trap optical tweezers instrument in the Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

Chad Smies and Jiyeon Baek use pipettes in the lab

The breadth of the brain

July 14, 2025

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

July 09, 2025

Person sits in front of a computer and smiles at the camera.

Q&A: Does adolescent alcohol use impact future risk of addiction?

July 08, 2025

Person standing in front of water and mountains

‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

The Pennsylvania State University HUB Seal

Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships

July 02, 2025

a man in a white lab cot and the same man in a surgeon's gown

Huck Chair builds regenerative medicine bridge from lab to surgical suite

June 30, 2025

portrait of professor standing with arms crossed across his chest

Q&A: The quest to halt neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease

June 25, 2025

Charlie Anderson to lead plant biology intercollege graduate program

June 25, 2025

Four people look at a whiteboard.

Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?

June 24, 2025

Two blueberries on a wild blueberry bush branch

Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees

June 24, 2025

2025 IEE Seed Grants

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants

June 24, 2025

A composite triptych of Jill Hamilton, Wenrui Hao and Gustavo Nader

Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows

June 24, 2025

Teh-hui Kao, distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and chair of the Plant Biology intercollege graduate degree program, speaks with prospective students at a recruiting event on January 19, 2024

Kao steps down as plant biology graduate program chair

June 23, 2025

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