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- Participate in CIDD study: Tracking Influenza Spread Using Social Media The Penn State community is invited to participate in a new study that tracks the spread of influenza using social media.
- Job Opportunities
- 2 postdoctoral data science positions Two postdoctoral data science positions (CIDD - Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State University) are available immediately with Dr. Marcel Salathé’s group at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) at The Pennsylvania State University. — Posted Jan 22, 2013
- POSTDOCTORAL POSITION: Adaptive Management of Foot-and-Mouth Disease An NIH/NSF funded Postdoctoral researcher position to focus on the development of adaptive managment strategies and optimal control for Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks in the UK and US. — Posted Oct 19, 2012
- Mobile Health Software Developer A Software Developer Position in Mobile Health (CIDD - Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State University) is available immediately with Dr. Marcel Salathé’s group — Posted Oct 19, 2012
- Postdoctoral Position In Molecular And Evolutionary Genomics Of Endogenous Retroviruses There is an opening in the Poss lab for an innovative postdoctoral researcher with expertise in genome structural variation and excellent laboratory skills. Applicants who also have strong skills in bioinformatics or statistics are highly desirable. — Posted Oct 19, 2012
- Highlights from recent research
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Parasite manipulation without the parasite
Using neurophysiological and behavioral measurements of malaria-infected vs. -uninfected mosquitoes, a group of Penn State researchers present evidence that immune challenges, rather than Plasmodium parasites per se, can alter feeding behaviors in ways that can promote transmission.
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- Read paper on journal website : “Manipulation” without the parasite: altered feeding behavior of mosquitoes is not dependent on infection with malaria parasites, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2013)
- Yellowstone Wolf: Project Citizen Science Ecology and CIDD graduate student Emily Almberg is working to harness public interest in Yellowstone's wolves with a citizen science website aimed at improving research and public outreach.
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Scientists make strides toward restoring bighorn sheep in the American West
An interdisciplinary research team with several scientists from the Huck Institutes has made key discoveries elucidating dynamics of pneumonia in bighorn sheep as mortality from the disease continues to limit recovery of the once nearly extirpated bighorn population in the western United States.
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Watching and learning and deciding: Surveillance considerations for malaria elimination
In their highly-accessed Malaria Journal commentary, CIDD researchers stress the importance of a centralized data reservoir in optimizing the deployment of technologies aimed toward eliminating malaria at national or regional scales
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- Read paper on journal website : Surveillance considerations for malaria elimination, Malaria Journal (2012)
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Comparative genomics of the classical Bordetella subspecies
Beyond revealing the relationships between the classical bordetellae, this work by CIDD researchers helps to shed light on the potential mechanisms utilized by the bacteria to generate phenotypic diversity and adapt to their hosts.
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- Read paper on journal website : Comparative genomics of the classical Bordetella subspecies: the evolution and exchange of virulence-associated diversity amongst closely related pathogens, BMC Genomics (2012)
