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Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines?
Similar to bacteria evolving resistance to antibiotics, viruses can evolve resistance to vaccines, and the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 could undermine the effectiveness of vaccines that are currently under development, according to a paper published Nov. 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by David Kennedy and Andrew Read from Penn State. The authors also offer recommendations to vaccine developers for minimizing the likelihood of this outcome.
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Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators
Reilly et al. 2020 Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators PRSB
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Curriculum vitae - Ottar Nordal Bjørnstad
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CV - John Frazier Tooker
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Departmental Alumni Listing
Below is a listing of Penn State Department of Entomology alumni with title and employment locations. We attempt to maintain current information and would appreciate any additions and corrections that alumni can provide.
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Editorial overview: Insect behavior and parasites: From manipulation to self-medication
Kelli Hoover
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EGSA Grad Student Handbook
Handbook prepared by students of the Entomological Graduate Student Association (EGSA)
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Entomologist to examine how plant domestication influences pollinator evolution
A grant of nearly $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation will support Margarita López-Uribe, an entomologist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, in a study examining the influence of plant domestication on the ecology and evolution of wild pollinator species in agricultural landscapes.
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Entomologists to study how climate change may influence pollinator stressors
A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to examine how climate change may influence and interact with various stressors that affect the health of pollinators.