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images of canine parvovirus before and after treatment with antibodies

Resolution Revolution

8/19/19

A one-of-a-kind instrument that provides atomic-level imaging is helping scientists observe protein complexes in action and see how viruses enter cells.

Marijuana may boost risky effects of drinking alcohol

8/19/19

As the legalization of medical marijuana and marijuana use are both on the rise in the United States, people are not necessarily using alcohol less and may be unaware of the risks of combining alcohol and marijuana, according to researchers who found that compared to people who only drank alcohol, those who used alcohol and marijuana simultaneously were more likely to drink heavier and more often.

Illustration of the heart in a human torso. The heart appears red in an outlined torso against a blue background.

Professor receives NSF grant to model cell disorder in heart

8/12/19

Hui Yang, Harold and Inge Marcus Career Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study exactly how a process called glycosylation can cause proteins to disrupt the harmony of cell activity.

Nutrition professor named Broadhurst Career Development Professor

8/5/19

Muzi Na, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, has been named the Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, which will further fund her research on the links between food security and non-health effects.

Jeff Catchmark with chunks of biofoam

Where curiosity leads

8/5/19

One scientist’s quest to create a replacement for plastics led him to something entirely different — a biofoam that fills traumatic wounds, stops bleeding, and dissolves as the wound heals.

Opioid Deaths

Researchers estimate societal costs of the opioid epidemic

7/30/19

The devastating consequences of the opioid crisis are far-reaching in the United States, impacting public health as well as social and economic welfare. Penn State researchers recently collaborated to address the issue in a supplement of The American Journal of Managed Care.

Richard Vann, assistant professor of marketing, is one of the authors of “Big Picture, Bad Outcomes: When Visual Perspectives Harm Health Goal Pursuit,” a Journal of Consumer Psychology article now available online.

Need help with your diet? Beware the big picture

7/26/19

Richard Vann, assistant professor of marketing, is one of the authors of “Big Picture, Bad Outcomes: When Visual Perspectives Harm Health Goal Pursuit,” a Journal of Consumer Psychology article now available online. For the article, Vann conducted three experiments which outline how third-person perspectives actually can be discouraging when it comes to pursuing health goals.

diagram of phase separation over temperature gradient

Maintaining shelf-stable drugs

7/22/19

A new mathematical model describes how highly concentrated antibody solutions separate into different phases, similar to an oil and water mixture, which can reduce the stability and shelf-life of some drugs.

bioprinting cells

Engineering faculty member receives grants totaling $1.5M for bioprinting

7/16/19

Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Hartz Family Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, has received four grants totaling about $1.5 million to explore ways to bioprint biological tissues like bone, lungs and other organs for use as models in a variety of studies.

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