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Brain Structure Assists in Immune Response, According to Penn Vet Study
PHILADELPHIA –- For the first time, a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have imaged in real time the body’s immune response to a parasitic infection in the brain.
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Just Living With Females Extends the Reproductive Life of the Male Mouse, Says Penn Veterinary Researcher
PHILADELPHIA –- Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study conducted by Ralph Brinster and a team of other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The study was reported online today in the journal Biology of Reproduction.
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Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That's Just Right, Penn Study Says
PHILADELPHIA –- Cellular engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have determined that cardiomyocytes, the specialized cells that form the heart muscle, thrive when cultured in an environment that mimics their own elastic nature but falter, weaken or die when “grown” on stiffer or softer materials.
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Penn Veterinary Researcher Tracy Bale Receives Career Development Award from Society for Neuroscience
PHILADELPHIA –- Tracy Bale of the University of Pennsylvania has received a 2008 Career Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience.Bale is an assistant professor in the departments of Animal Biology at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine.
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A Microscale System to Study Frustration in Buckled Monolayers of Microspheres Is Demonstrated at Penn
PHILADELPHIA –- A team of University of Pennsylvania physicists has demonstrated a simple system based on micron-sized spheres in water to study and control geometric frustration. Their research, published today in the journal Nature, elucidates open questions about frustration and frustration relief and provides a new tool for scientists grappling with these issues in a variety of fields from magnetism to basic statistical mechanics.
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Penn Hosts Energy Roundtable With Bernard Bigot, High Commissioner to the French Atomic Energy Commission
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Penn Physicist Phil Nelson to Receive 2009 Emily M. Gray Award From Biophysical Society
PHILADELPHIA –- University of Pennsylvania physicist Philip Nelson has been awarded the 2009 Emily M. Gray Award from the Biophysical Society. The award is the international professional organization’s top honor for education and outreach.
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Nov. 6-8 Conference at Penn to Explore the Challenge of Urban Development in an ‘After-Oil' World
WHAT:“Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil,” a two-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania, will examine cities of the future as envisioned by urban designers and leaders in both public and private sectors in the face of costly energy and global warming.
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Symposium Presents "Structure and Signaling in Normal and Diseased Muscle"
WHO:The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute is an interdisciplinary group of research investigators in biophysics, biochemistry, genetics and physiology working to discover the mechanisms of muscle function, muscle disease and motile biological systems and to apply these discoveries to new therapies and develop technologies for the study of muscle and motile systems.WHAT:
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It's A Small World After All: NanoDay 2008 @ Penn
WHO:Faculty from the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania sponsor a day of nanotechnology education and activities for the Penn community as well as regional high schools and neighbors. WHAT: