Secrets of reptile and amphibian aging revealed

An international team of 114 scientists, led by Penn State and Northeastern Illinois University, reports the most comprehensive study of aging and longevity to date comprising data collected in the wild from 107 populations of 77 species of reptiles and amphibians worldwide.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Clinical and Translational Science Institute names new administrative director

Erica Francis has joined Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute as the new administrative director and began her role on June 23. She will lead CTSI operations and staff, implementing the institute’s strategic vision and plans.

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Alumnus and professor named new head of biomedical engineering

Dan Hayes, Penn State alumnus, professor of biomedical engineering, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Nanotherapeutics and Regenerative Medicine and director for the Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology, has been named new head of the Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Neuroscience grad student awarded grant to study adolescent binge drinking

The research of Penn State neuroscience graduate student Avery Sicher, which investigates links between adolescent binge drinking and alcohol abuse later in life, has been selected for a grant by the National Institutes of Health.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Online platform designed to improve reproducibility, scientific collaborations

A team of researchers report on the development of an online platform that can help genomic researchers keep meticulous track of experiments from start to finish, keeping exacting records for quality control purposes, as well as easing potential reproducibility efforts.

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

Helping babies to sleep more

Parents who participated in Penn State’s INSIGHT study learned skills to help their newborn sleep better. A new study shows that those skills also helped those parents’ second children. Other benefits of INSIGHT, like healthier weight gain, have also been observed in second-born children.

Social Science Research Institute

Penn State unit partner projects highlight awareness, importance of pollinators

Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research and the Insect Biodiversity Center, and the Department of Graphic Design in the College of Arts and Architecture, have formed a partnership, funded by the Apes Valentes Program, to develop, design and produce materials to help increase awareness of pollinator biodiversity, the importance of pollinators to food security and ecosystem health, and strategies that can be used to support pollinators in urban, agricultural and natural landscapes.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Institutes partner on seed grants to promote computational climate research

Penn State faculty investigating the climate are encouraged to apply for the IEE-RISE 2022 Climate Seed Grant Program to receive consulting time from the RISE (Research Innovations with Scientists and Engineers) team.

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

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Secrets of reptile and amphibian aging revealed

Clinical and Translational Science Institute names new administrative director

Alumnus and professor named new head of biomedical engineering

Neuroscience grad student awarded grant to study adolescent binge drinking

Online platform designed to improve reproducibility, scientific collaborations

Helping babies to sleep more

Penn State unit partner projects highlight awareness, importance of pollinators

Institutes partner on seed grants to promote computational climate research

Office of the Senior Vice President for Research

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Secrets of reptile and amphibian aging revealed

Clinical and Translational Science Institute names new administrative director

Alumnus and professor named new head of biomedical engineering

Neuroscience grad student awarded grant to study adolescent binge drinking

Online platform designed to improve reproducibility, scientific collaborations

Helping babies to sleep more

Penn State unit partner projects highlight awareness, importance of pollinators

Institutes partner on seed grants to promote computational climate research

Office of the Senior Vice President for Research

Participate in a research study!

Penn State research studies seeking participants are now searchable at studyfinder.psu.edu. Studies can include nutritional studies, surveys, clinical trials, interviews and more. While some studies seek participants on a purely volunteer basis, many offer compensation. Find a study now

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