Biology

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United States

Charles T. Anderson
- Biology - Professor
- Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
- Plant Institute
Person: Academic
20032025
Marco Archetti
- Biology - Associate Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Cancer Institute, Experimental Therapeutics
Person: Academic
20002025
Sarah Mary Assmann
- Biology - Waller Professor
- Plant Institute
Person: Academic
19812025
Michael Axtell
- Biology - Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Plant Institute
Person: Academic
19992025
C. Guilherme Becker
- Biology - Associate Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Person: Academic
20072025
Nita Bharti
- Biology - Associate Professor And Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Person: Academic
20072026
Sarah Bordenstein
- Biology - Associate Research Professor
- One Health Microbiome Center
Person: Academic
20102025
Seth Bordenstein
- Biology - Professor
- Entomology - Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences - Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Chair in Microbiome Sciences and Director of the Microbiome Center
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
19842025
Tomas A. Carlo-Joglar
- Biology - Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Plant Institute
Person: Academic
20032026
Isabella Cattadori
- Biology - Associate Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Person: Academic
19972025

481280 Citations
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4811 Article
416 Review article
134 Comment/debate
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A biological blind spot in addiction research: hormonal contraceptives and adolescent reward seeking
Seemiller, L. R. & Crowley, N. A., Jan 2026, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 51, 1, p. 370-371 2 p.
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Open Access
Does genetic variation in controlled experiments predict phenology of wild plants?
DeLeo, V. L., Des Marais, D. L., Lorts, C. M., Juenger, T. E. & Lasky, J. R., Mar 1 2026, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 39, 3, p. 327-342 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Elevated lysosomal mass and enzyme activity in fibroblasts of the Mediterranean mouse Mus spretus
Sui, M., Teh, J., Fort, K. A., Shaw, D. E., Sudmant, P. H., Koide, T., Good, J. M., Vazquez, J. M. & Brem, R. B., Feb 4 2026, In: Biology Letters. 22, 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Erratum: Pigmentation Genes Show Evidence of Repeated Divergence and Multiple Bouts of Introgression in Setophaga Warblers (Current biology : CB (2021) 31 3 PII: S0960-9822(26)00008-4 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.094.)
Baiz, M. D., Wood, A. W., Brelsford, A., Lovette, I. J. & Toews, D. P. L., Feb 2 2026, In: Current biology : CB. 36, 3, p. 833 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Fruit-quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores
Messeder, J. V. S. & Carlo, T. A., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Oikos.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Genomic divergence, demographic histories, and male territorial response reveal asymmetric reproductive barriers in allopatric eastern versus western Nashville warbler subspecies (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
Phung, L. N., Baiz, M. D., Wood, A. W., Moore, M. & Toews, D. P. L., Jan 1 2026, In: Evolution. 80, 1, p. 254-268 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Immunity to hemagglutinin and neuraminidase results in additive reductions in airborne transmission of influenza H1N1 virus in ferrets
Septer, K. M., Sim, D. G., Patel, D. R., Field, C. J., Wang, W., Roder, A. E., Chung, M., Restori, K. H., Norton, E. B., Exten, C., Ghedin, E. & Sutton, T. C., Mar 2026, In: Science Advances. 12, 11, eaea8719.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Links between infrastructure for human movement and early Ebola outbreak trajectories
Gonzalez, A., Nikparvar, B., Matson, M. J., Baranowski, K., Seifert, S. N., Ross, H. D., Munster, V. & Bharti, N., Dec 2026, In: Scientific reports. 16, 1, 3920.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Mammalian mitochondrial DNA accumulates insertions and deletions with age in energetically demanding tissues
Torres-Gonzalez, E., Arbeithuber, B., Stoler, N., Cremona, M. A., Shebl, O., Ebner, T., Tiemann-Boege, I., Diaz, F. J., Chiaromonte, F. & Makova, K. D., Mar 1 2026, In: Molecular biology and evolution. 43, 3, msag035.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Minimalism is in: two new Diastrophus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) species inducing inconspicuous galls on cinquefoils (Rosaceae: Potentilleae), with evaluation of the extended phenotype across gall wasps
Davis, C. K., Nastasi, L. F., Cuesta-Porta, V., Hines, H. M. & Deans, A. R., 2026, In: Journal of Natural History. 60, 5-8, p. 421-445 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

31 Active
362 Finished

Patterns and Mechanisms Underlying Somatic Mutations Across Long-Lived Bats
Vazquez, J. (PI)
National Institute on Aging
9/1/25 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLANT CELL WALL LOOSENING
Cosgrove, D. J. (PI)
Basic Energy Sciences
8/1/25 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
Biotechnological and Integrative Opportunities in Microbiome Sciences (BIOMS)
Bordenstein, S. (PI), Kovac, J. (CoPI) & Ginnan, N. (CoPI)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
7/14/25 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
Dissecting the neuroprotective role of an RNA binding protein in neurodegeneration
Mao, Y. (PI)
National Institute on Aging
5/1/25 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
The Molecular Mechanism of a Male Killing Gene
Bordenstein, S. (PI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2/1/25 → 1/31/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: The genomics of host-specific response and adaptation in the parasitic agricultural pest, Cuscuta
Lasky, J. R. (PI) & Cwd3@psuedu, C. W. D. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
11/1/24 → 10/31/27
Project: Research project
Amphibian microbial community assembly in a changing world: disentangling drivers of host microbiome recruitment and function
Becker, C. G. (PI) & Mollybletz@psuedu, M. C. B. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/24 → 9/30/27
Project: Research project
Integrating theory and experiment to understand the effects of press and pulse disturbances on competitive and consumer-resource interactions
Shea, K. (PI) & Hinamine@psuedu, H. I. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
8/15/24 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: NSFGEO-NERC: Using population genetic models to resolve and predict dispersal kernels of marine larvae
Huber, C. (PI) & Gchang@integral-corpcom, G. C. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
7/1/24 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: PlantTransform: Novel methods of plant genome editing enabled by the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris
Axtell, M. (PI)
National Science Foundation
7/1/24 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project

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Charles T. Anderson

Marco Archetti

Sarah Mary Assmann

Michael Axtell

C. Guilherme Becker

Nita Bharti

Sarah Bordenstein

Seth Bordenstein

Tomas A. Carlo-Joglar

Isabella Cattadori

A biological blind spot in addiction research: hormonal contraceptives and adolescent reward seeking

Does genetic variation in controlled experiments predict phenology of wild plants?

Elevated lysosomal mass and enzyme activity in fibroblasts of the Mediterranean mouse Mus spretus

Erratum: Pigmentation Genes Show Evidence of Repeated Divergence and Multiple Bouts of Introgression in Setophaga Warblers (Current biology : CB (2021) 31 3 PII: S0960-9822(26)00008-4 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.094.)

Fruit-quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores

Genomic divergence, demographic histories, and male territorial response reveal asymmetric reproductive barriers in allopatric eastern versus western Nashville warbler subspecies (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

Immunity to hemagglutinin and neuraminidase results in additive reductions in airborne transmission of influenza H1N1 virus in ferrets

Links between infrastructure for human movement and early Ebola outbreak trajectories

Mammalian mitochondrial DNA accumulates insertions and deletions with age in energetically demanding tissues

Minimalism is in: two new Diastrophus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) species inducing inconspicuous galls on cinquefoils (Rosaceae: Potentilleae), with evaluation of the extended phenotype across gall wasps

Patterns and Mechanisms Underlying Somatic Mutations Across Long-Lived Bats

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLANT CELL WALL LOOSENING

Biotechnological and Integrative Opportunities in Microbiome Sciences (BIOMS)

Dissecting the neuroprotective role of an RNA binding protein in neurodegeneration

The Molecular Mechanism of a Male Killing Gene

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: The genomics of host-specific response and adaptation in the parasitic agricultural pest, Cuscuta

Amphibian microbial community assembly in a changing world: disentangling drivers of host microbiome recruitment and function

Integrating theory and experiment to understand the effects of press and pulse disturbances on competitive and consumer-resource interactions

Collaborative Research: NSFGEO-NERC: Using population genetic models to resolve and predict dispersal kernels of marine larvae

Collaborative Research: PlantTransform: Novel methods of plant genome editing enabled by the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris

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