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The Center for RNA Molecular Biology hosted its third annual Symposium last month.

Co-directors Philip Bevilacqua and Paul Babitzke did a Q&A with Penn State News about the event: https://t.co/eW4Cb9Cn6i

Photos are available on the Huck Flickr page: https://t.co/IBLyipMyKB

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Recent recognition for Charles Colvin: named 2025–26 Outstanding Senior by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. He also co-authored new work with Surinder Chopra showing leaf RNA-seq can profile active phyllosphere fungi across three crops.
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The NSF National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences at Penn State has awarded four researchers for their efforts in building machine learning-based approaches to streamlining publicly available datasets for reuse.

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Quinn Burnett, a fourth-year food science student and member of the One Health Microbiome Center, was recognized for her research on how sourdough starter microbiomes affect the digestibility of breads at the IPA World Congress + Probiota 2026 conference.

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Many soybean farmers use seeds treated with fungicides to ward off disease, but the profits from these increased yields might not offset the cost of the treatment in most cases, according to a study published by researchers at Penn State.

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The Life Sciences Symposium is one of the highlights of the Huck calendar. This year's edition featured invited speakers, panels, workshops, grad student posters, and a visit from the Nittany Lion.

See our Flickr album for a full visual recap of the day: https://t.co/3lvUmzN4EX

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We’re thrilled to welcome @MysorekarLab to the One Health Microbiome Center!

An NIH‑funded leader in infectious diseases and women’s health, she joins as Vice Dean for Research at Penn State College of Medicine and will serve on the OHMC Executive Committee.

Welcome Indira!

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A five-year, $3.2m NIH grant to a team from Penn State and the University of Wisconsin—including Huck faculty Janine Kwapis and Istvan Albert—will support inquiry into the neural mechanisms underlying post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Last week's One Health Microbiome Symposium had everything from poster sessions and panel talks to bread sniffing and rhino poop. Check out our full Flickr album for more than 200 photos from the two-day event:

https://t.co/8YDsetQzXl

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Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title suggests.

https://t.co/fmkG1do1Ob

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High blood pressure is a leading cause of heart disease, impacting nearly 1/2 of US adults. Around 1/10 patients experience drug-resistant hypertension, but PSU researchers say tiny devices that gently shock critical arteries could offer treatment:

https://t.co/sDAOwreWQZ

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Penn State welcomed a delegation from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to University Park to mark the first anniversary of the World Food Forum Youth Food Lab North America partnership and to explore opportunities to deepen collaboration.

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Professor of Biology Matt Ferrari, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and scientific co-chair of the Measles Analytics Hub, spoke with Penn State News about how artificial intelligence is changing the tools available to researchers:

https://t.co/5av74drDbJ

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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and PA is a top state for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. However, there are ways to protect against ticks and the pathogens they carry, according to Erika Machtinger, associate professor of entomology.

https://t.co/f6ADjeWmLy

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The Huck Institutes has named Dipanjan Pan, Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine and professor of materials science and engineering and of nuclear engineering, to serve as the first director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.

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Due to the likelihood of inclement weather, tomorrow's (5/6) OUTDOOR headshot open call has been rescheduled for Friday, 5/8 at 1:00 in the MSC garden.

Indoor headshots will still be taken tomorrow from noon to 2:00 on the third floor bridge in the Huck Life Sciences Building.

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The Center for Biorenewables hosted a symposium in April, featuring student research and a keynote delivered via remote video call by Hamed Shahsavan, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Waterloo

See our full album on Flickr: https://t.co/CgWY46y3Qa

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May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month and Women’s Health Month, an ideal time for both women and men to learn how to maintain healthy bones. Mary Jane De Souza, distinguished professor of kinesiology and physiology, did a Q&A with Penn State News:

https://t.co/E5O2vqM0yY

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Penn State grad students Natalie Ford and Mackenna Yount will spend this summer engaging in hands-on research with industry experts at the German headquarters of QIAGEN, a global leader in biotech for life sciences diagnostics, equipment, and research.

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Ohio State Professor Tanya Berger-Wolf gave a talk, "AI for Nature: From Science to Action,” as part of the Distinguished Lectures in Life Sciences series on Friday.

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