Researchers at Penn State have found that feeding broiler chickens an antibiotic, probiotic or essential oils did not significantly affect overall diversity of antimicrobial resistance genes. Instead,...

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The liver, as well as gut bacteria, in humans can alter molecules in food to influence signaling pathways that can activate or deactivate an array of genes, according to a new study led by researchers...

The bacteria living on frogs’ skin could serve a vital role in protecting the animal from a deadly fungal disease. A team of researchers led by Penn State scientists found that frogs’ natural skin bac...

Penn State’s microbiome sciences dual-title doctoral program has reached a milestone with the graduation of its first student. The program is the first doctoral degree program worldwide focused specif...

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The One Health Microbiome Center recognized five Penn State researchers and trainees with its 2026 awards for contributions to microbiome science, leadership, community engagement, creativity, researc...

Abstract. Microbial community coalescence (MCC), the mixing of distinct microbiomes, is increasingly recognized as an important process in natural and mana

Wetlands are the largest natural source of atmospheric methane, and tropical wetlands are projected to drive the greatest increase in emissions under climate change, yet high–altitude tropical systems...

Farmers in West Africa have long used a mixture of traditional plants to reduce fungi in grain storage, but the true impact of this approach was unknown, according to an international team led by Penn...

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Andrew Patterson has been named the H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair in Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.

Understanding pathogen dynamics during environmental life stages is vital for comprehending wildlife diseases, especially for those with a free-living phase. In amphibians affected by the chytrid fung...

Symbiotic microbial communities have been implicated in host resistance to pathogens, but their effects are rarely demonstrated experimentally in wildlife. This study tested how skin-associated bacter...

The fellowships provide funding to three trainee-led projects that aim to drive creative collaboration across disciplines.

Researchers from Penn State received a $2.8M NIH grant to study how PFAS impact the microorganisms living in the gut microbiome.

In this study, Lin et al. proposed the identification of conserved fecal microbiome signatures of intestinal diseases for domestic mammals. The meta-analysis identified microbial signatures associated...

Penn State faculty members Erika Ganda, Jasna Kovac and Wenrui Hao have been named Huck chairs by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences in recognition of their research endeavors and track records ...

This study describes the in vitro characterization of 20 archived clinical strains of Bacillus paranthracis, an opportunistic pathogen identified more frequently in recent reports. Our findings highli...

Fourteen interdisciplinary research teams have received funding through the Institute of Energy and the Environment’s (IEE) 2026 Seed Grant Program. The program supports basic and applied research tha...

Penn State is tied at No. 23 in the U.S. out of 184 nationally ranked institutions in the 2027 QS World University Rankings. Penn State also tied at No. 7 among U.S. public institutions, and at No. 5 ...

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The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has selected three faculty members to serve as Huck Leadership Fellows for the 2026-27 academic year. The competitive program prepares faculty for future leade...

The One Health Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences at Penn State has selected Jacques Ravel, professor of microbiology and immunology and director of the Center for Advanced Micr...