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The War on Cancer: Targeted Therapy

By: Ross Keller, 3rd year PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program In an earlier post, I outlined a potential roadmap for the War on Cancer. I stated that in order to win, we need to...

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Goodbye Sun; Hello SAD

By: Caitlin Millett, 2nd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Program It’s that time of year again- the end of daylight savings and the beginning of the dark season. As is ominously stated in Game of...

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Alcohol, Sleep, and Why You Might Re-think that Nightcap

“Alcohol makes you sleepy.” We’ve all heard it. Many of us have experienced it. A few of us even swear by it—enough to ceremonially partake in a glass or two of wine before crawling into bed. A...

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How Does Animal Research Advance Medicine?

By: Ross Keller, 3rd year PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program A question was submitted to our blog asking: “How does animal research advance medicine?” It is an important...

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The Surprising Effects of Exercise on Memory

By: Amanda White, research technologist in the Department of Psychiatry Now that winter has descended upon central Pennsylvania, all I want to do is burrow into a pile of blankets and drink tea. But in...

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From Sacks to Suicidality: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the NFL

Ah, football. The great American pastime. The fresh cut grass and crisply-painted yard lines. The sound of helmets clashing in an epic stack of large men vying for a single ball. Stands packed high...

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“How Can I Join a Lab as an Undergraduate?”

By: Caitlin Millett, 2nd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Program There are many benefits to participating in undergraduate research. In most cases, especially in STEM fields, writing a research...

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Making Mirrors: Our Brain’s Reaction to Familiar Movements

By: Amanda White, Research Technologist in the Department of Psychiatry The Philadelphia Eagles are an exciting NFL team to watch because you never know which team is going to show up: the one that...

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Prosopagnosia: Why Some are Blind to Faces

By: Jordan Gaines Lewis, 3rd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Program A few years ago, I had an hour-long conversation with one of my college professors in his office discussing his course that...

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“Clarifying” Neural Circuitry: A New Technique to Image the Brain

By: Daniel Hass, 1st year PhD student in the Neuroscience Program The brain is complicated. There are hundreds of structures, layers, and cell types interacting with each other in complex ways in order...

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