UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 27 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State graduate students Natalie Ford and Mackenna Yount will spend this summer engaging in hands-on research with industry experts at the Hilden, Germany, headquarters of QIAGEN, a global leader in biotechnology for life sciences diagnostics, equipment and research.

They are the latest interns for a program launched in early 2024 through a formal partnership agreement between world leaders in the microbiome sciences: QIAGEN and the One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC) at Penn State. This multi-layered partnership spans research, education and collaborative outreach projects, focused on building and strengthening in...