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Biology
Looking to AI to solve antibiotic resistance
Looking to AI to solve antibiotic resistance
Researchers across Penn have developed an artificial intelligence tool for mining genetic elements from ancient molecules to discover new antibiotics.
How deadly parasites choose to be male
How deadly parasites choose to be male
Penn Vet researchers reveal the gene expression across the life cycle of Cryptosporidium and identify the determinant of maleness.
How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation?
How much gossip is needed to foster social cooperation?
Researchers Mari Kawakatsu, Taylor A. Kessinger, and Joshua B. Plotkin in Penn’s Department of Biology developed a model incorporating two forms of gossip to study indirect reciprocity.
A deep dive with Anna Kalandadze
A deep dive with Anna Kalandadze
The fourth-year distance swimmer discusses swimming 11,000 yards a day, competing at the NCAA Championships, learning to dive from watching Michael Phelps, her interest in coral reef restoration, and getting circled by a shark.
Does simple guesswork lead to more cooperation than complicated calculus?
Does simple guesswork lead to more cooperation than complicated calculus?
Theoretical biologists from Penn test two modes of social reasoning and find surprising truths in simplicity.
Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds
Bringing cognitive science in action to young minds
Penn Upward Bound high school students from West Philadelphia got a tour of the Penn Smart Aviary, GRASP Lab, and the Penn Vet Working Dog Center during a visit to Pennovation Works.
Structural elements of archaea
Structural elements of archaea
Researchers shed light on archea, a single cell microorganism, to discover how proteins determine what shape a cell will take and how that form may function.
When do stereotypes undermine indirect reciprocity?
When do stereotypes undermine indirect reciprocity?
Researchers from Penn and Princeton develop a model to evaluate how reputation and indirect reciprocity affects cooperative behaviors.
The role of history in how efficient color names evolve
The role of history in how efficient color names evolve
In a new study, biology and psychology researchers show how existing color vocabularies constrain future options for efficient color vocabularies.
In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
In hot water: Coral resilience in the face of climate change
Over a decade, researchers from Penn studied coral species in Hawaii to better understand their adaptability to the effects of climate change.
In the News
Grid
University of Pennsylvania researchers comb the forest floor to understand tick life cycles and the diseases they carry
Dustin Brisson and postdoc Raquel Gonçalves of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues are studying tick life cycles to better understand how they transmit diseases.
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The Telegraph
Antibiotics created from extinct species could fight infections
César de la Fuente of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues are using AI algorithms to find antibiotics in extinct animal species.
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The Scientist
Artificial chromosomes for disease modeling
A study by Ben Black of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues used a new technique for synthesizing chromosomes to introduce panels of genes into disease models, facilitating drug testing.
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The Guardian
AI used to predict potential new antibiotics in groundbreaking study
A study by César de la Fuente of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Perelman School of Medicine used machine learning to predict potential new antibiotics in the global microbiome.
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Newsweek
Disease from parasite in U.S. water supply might finally be treatable
A paper by Katelyn A. Walzer and Boris Striepen of the School of Veterinary Medicine reveals the gene expression of the parasite cryptosporidium across its life cycle.
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The Hill
mRNA vaccine by UPenn scientists could manage bird flu outbreak
Researchers led by Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine have collaborated with Drew Weissman to develop an mRNA vaccine to treat the H5N1 avian flu.
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