A research team led by senior author Janine Kwapis (she/her) has identified an enzyme that contributes to age-related impairments in memory updating. The findings may lead to the development of potential therapeutic targets for improving cognitive flexibility in old age psu.edu/news/research/…

A new study, led by Penn State researcher Tim Jegla and published in PNASNews, has rewritten the conventionally understood evolutionary history of certain proteins critical for electrical signaling in the nervous system. psu.edu/news/eberly-co…

Big things coming for the Penn State Neuroscience Institute! 🧠 It was great to meet with President Bendapudi today to discuss the Neuroscience Institute, where we’re doing cutting-edge research with real-world impact on all aspects of building flourishing brains.

Early life exposure to "forever chemicals" in the environment permanently disrupts the gut microbiome in mice, contributing to the development of metabolic disease in later life, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. psu.edu/news/research/…

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Love seeing that it's all 🧠🧠🧠on the homepage of the Penn State Research News today! psu.edu/news/research/

Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions have been selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program: Materials Research PS Institute for Computational & Data Sciences Clinical and Translational Science Institute psu.edu/news/research/…

Welcome to the 2024-25 incoming cohort of Huck Institutes students! We are so excited to have you here and look forward to seeing all the amazing things you accomplish at Huck.

Yong Wang, @Penn_State professor of biomedical engineering and the Huck Institutes Chair in Cell Medicine, is using a four-year, $2.02 million NIH grant to explore how to safely add growth factors to collagen used by doctors for tissue repair. psu.edu/news/engineeri…

The Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders (CMIND) has a new director: Janine Kwapis (she/her), Paul Berg Early Career Professor in the Biological Sciences. psu.edu/news/academics…

So excited for the continued success of CMIND under the direction of Janine Kwapis (she/her) 🥳🥳

Two Penn State-led research teams have received funding from NIFA for projects investigating the ways microbiomes can affect disease dynamics in agriculture. CIDD One Health Microbiome Center F Dini-Andreote Carolee Bull Kevin Hockett Eoin O'Connor psu.edu/news/agricultu…

Great turnout for our first joint seminar across Huck Institutes' Center for Reproductive Biology and Health & The Neuroscience Institute! It was a packed house to discuss how we can synergize research across our centers & think about integrative physiology. Penn State Research

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Attn: junior faculty. We're offering $5K in matching funds for the ORAU program to two full-time assistant professors with life sciences research projects. See details and apply here by Sept. 30 psu.infoready4.com/#freeformCompe…

🎉Join us in congratulating Dr. Jasna Kovac (Kovac Lab), who recently received the 2025 Early Career Environmental Research Award from ASM! Huck Institutes Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

Congratulations to Jean-Paul Armache Penn State BMB on receiving a new Huck Innovative and Transformational Seed (HITS) grant to innovate on Cryo-EM methods Huck Institutes psu.edu/news/huck-inst…

📢Check out this new paper by OHMC's Vishal Singh, Andrew Patterson, and colleagues showing that #Guargum, a common fiber in processed foods, can worsen colitis by disrupting #gutbacteria and #guthealth. 🥫⚕️🦠 Penn State Research tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Please RSVP for our Sunset Park picnic this Sunday, 9/22! forms.gle/yKVm5BoRh26HuL… Huck Institutes Penn State Eberly College of Science Penn State BMB Penn State Biology

Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology Molly Bletz is the latest One Health Microbiome Center researcher to be highlighted as part of the Center's ongoing collaboration with QIAGEN: qiagen.com/de-us/customer…