Social Science Research Institute welcomes new assistant director

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute recently announced the appointment of Jennifer Sinibaldi as assistant director for the institute.

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Researchers to develop scaffolding for nerve regeneration with $2.14M NIH grant

Peripheral nerves are responsible for moving muscles, sensing temperatures and even inhaling and exhaling; yet they comprise fragile fibers vulnerable to disease and injury. To maximize healing for the easily damaged nerves, Penn State researchers are using a five-year, $2.14 million grant from the NIH's Nation Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to develop a biodegradable nerve scaffold that aims to employ folate and citrate in novel ways.

Materials Research Institute

High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires

Once humans discovered how to tame fire, they began using it for heat, for cooking, to scare away animals and to alter their environs, especially burning areas to plant and to restore grazing land. In Madagascar, scientists and conservationists have long believed that fire is a leading cause of high landscape degradation, but an international team of researchers has found that medium to large fires on the island are similar to other tropical locations.

Institutes of Energy and the Environment

Experts discuss critical infrastructure protection at annual Penn State workshop

Twenty-eight experts from various fields participated as panelists and presenters at the 2022 Critical Infrastructure Protection Workshop, jointly hosted by the Penn State Center for Security Research and Education; Center for Energy Law and Policy; and the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Science.

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Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code

When plants sense environmental challenges such as drought or extended periods of extreme temperatures, they instinctively reprogram their genetic material to survive and even thrive. The chemical code that triggers those changes can be deciphered and then duplicated to breed more vigorous, productive and resilient crops. That’s the conclusion of a team of Penn State molecular plant geneticists that conducted the first-ever study of those reprogramming effects and discovered that “epigenetic reprogramming” code, which results in the expressing and over expressing of some genes and the silencing of others.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria

A team of researchers led by Penn State has been awarded $4 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate the elements that lead to the spread of Lassa virus from rodents to humans in Nigeria.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Centralized facilities power early CAREER researcher’s biomaterial work

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) most prestigious award for early-career faculty, providing valuable financial support for a specific research project and recognizing that faculty’s potential as a leader in scientific research and a role model in education.

Materials Research Institute

Ultrahigh piezoelectric performance demonstrated in ceramic materials

The ability of piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa makes them useful for various applications from robotics to communication to sensors. A new design strategy for creating ultrahigh-performing piezoelectric ceramics opens the door to even more beneficial uses for these materials, according to a team of researchers from Penn State and Michigan Technological University.

Materials Research Institute

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Social Science Research Institute welcomes new assistant director

Researchers to develop scaffolding for nerve regeneration with $2.14M NIH grant

High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires

Experts discuss critical infrastructure protection at annual Penn State workshop

Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria

Centralized facilities power early CAREER researcher’s biomaterial work

Ultrahigh piezoelectric performance demonstrated in ceramic materials

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Social Science Research Institute welcomes new assistant director

Researchers to develop scaffolding for nerve regeneration with $2.14M NIH grant

High rates of landscape degradation not product of landscape fires

Experts discuss critical infrastructure protection at annual Penn State workshop

Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria

Centralized facilities power early CAREER researcher’s biomaterial work

Ultrahigh piezoelectric performance demonstrated in ceramic materials

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