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Alicia Carriquiry, distinguished professor of statistics at Iowa State University

Inaugural Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture scheduled for Nov. 29

11/19/18

Alicia Carriquiry, distinguished professor of statistics and director of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence at Iowa State University, will present the inaugural Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture — titled “Statistics and the Fair Administration of Justice” — at 4 p.m. on Nov. 29, in Berg Auditorium (100 Huck Life Sciences Building) on the Penn State University Park campus.

Illustration shoing DNA structure impact on syntheis rate and error rate

DNA structure impacts rate and accuracy of DNA synthesis

11/13/18

DNA sequences with the potential to form unusual conformations, which are frequently associated with cancer and neurological diseases, can in fact slow down or speed up the DNA synthesis process and cause more or fewer sequencing errors.

silhouette of firefighters in front of wildfire

Professor uses statistics to better assess California wildfire risks

11/12/18

Destructive wildfires in California cause the loss of homes, businesses and human life each year. A Penn State statistics professor is working to help mitigate the effects of these natural disasters by applying complex statistical models to better understand the likeliness that extreme forest fires will develop.

Aerial collage of Kenyan farm

Gates Foundation grant to support research on satellite crop surveillance

11/9/18

A research team in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has received a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Led by David Hughes, associate professor of entomology and biology, the group will study the potential role of satellites in diagnosing crop pest and disease problems on African smallholder farms.

An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields.

Inaugural research symposium offers chance for undergraduates to showcase skills

11/8/18

An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields. The event features research from more than 30 participants through Penn State’s WISER/MURE/FURP program. The symposium will be held from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the atrium of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus.

Panelists speaking at Novel Control Measures to Combat Infectious Diseases sit on stage at Penn State Schuylkill and answer audience questions.

Panelists discuss novel control measures to combat infectious diseases

11/5/18

Penn State Schuylkill hosted the next event in its presentation series as part of the "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World" Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History pop-up exhibit. The event featured guest speakers who discussed the various ways they and their companies are employing innovation and entrepreneurship in novel control measures to combat infectious diseases.

rice in the sun

Hot temperatures can trigger an RNA response in plants

11/5/18

The stress of hotter temperatures may trigger a response in a plant's RNA — part of a cell's genetic messaging system — to help manage this change in its environment, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

Evan Pugh Professor Abhay Ashtekar honored with Einstein Prize

10/23/18

Abhay Ashtekar, Evan Pugh Professor of Physics, holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Physics, and director of the Penn State Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, has been honored with the Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society.

Modified amino acid in metal-free enzyme

Pathogens may evade immune response with metal-free enzyme

10/18/18

New study shows that some bacterial pathogens, including those that cause strep throat and pneumonia, are able to create the components necessary to replicate their DNA using a ribonucleotide reductase enzyme that does not require a metal ion cofactor.

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