Katherine Unger Baillie

Finding a lethal parasite’s vulnerabilities

An estimated 100 million people around the world are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, a parasitic nematode, yet it’s likely that many don’t know it. The infection can persist for years, usually only causing mild symptoms.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Easing the brain’s hunger pangs

When you’re hungry, the impulse to eat can be hard to ignore. There’s even a Snickers commercial about it—people just don’t feel like themselves when their stomachs are empty.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Improving oral cancer diagnosis on many fronts

A comprehensive dental visit includes more than a cleaning and X-rays; well-trained dentists know they must also take a thorough look inside the oral cavity to spot any potentially unusual lesions that could signal oral cancer.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Junior Jack Stack Is Pursuing His Paleontological Dream

Some paleontologists travel far and wide to seek new fossils — to the desert Southwest of the United States, remote regions of China or the farthest tip of Argentina. University of Pennslyvania student Jack Stack, on the other hand, made his first paleontological discoveries much closer to home.At home, in fact.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Four Penn Professors Among 2017 Class of AAAS Fellows

Four members of the University of Pennsylvania faculty have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon members of AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, by their peers.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Greg Richter, Ali Sundermier

‘Brazil Nut Effect’ Helps Explain How Rivers Resist Erosion, Penn Team Finds

Pop the top off a can of mixed nuts and, chances are, Brazil nuts will be at the top. This phenomenon, of large particles tending to rise to the top of mixtures while small particles tend to sink down, is popularly known as the “Brazil nut effect” and more technically as granular segregation.

Katherine Unger Baillie