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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does University of Pennsylvania mean? 

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA has 1 sense:

1. a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaplay

  Familiarity information: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Penn; Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("University of Pennsylvania" is a part of...):

Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Holonyms ("University of Pennsylvania" is a member of...):

Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)


 Context examples 


A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania aimed to develop a more selective technique by adapting an emerging approach used to fight cancer.

(Approach targets autoimmunity, NIH)

A team of scientists at the University of Pennsylvania investigated the mechanisms that cause CCM lesions to form in genetically engineered mice and discovered an unexpected link to bacteria in the gut.

(Researchers connect brain blood vessel lesions to intestinal bacteria, NIH)

New research from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Irvine backs up that parental insight.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In their new study, the researchers, along with Dr. Hyun Koo at the University of Pennsylvania, further examined fibroblasts moving in a 3-D matrix.

(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)

In the 1960s, University of Pennsylvania biologist Dan Janzen re-described what has become a classic example of biological mutualism: the relationship between acacia-ants and ant-acacia trees.

(Between ants and acacias, timing is everything, National Science Foundation)

A team led by Dr. Benjamin Prosser at the University of Pennsylvania set out to determine the role that MTs play in heart function.

(Microtubules’ role in heart cell contraction revealed, NIH)

The Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania seeks the eradication of cancer through relentless progress in basic research, innovative translation of new knowledge through clinical trials, and state-of-the-art compassionate cancer care.

(Abramson Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

According to a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the key to predicting how someone is affected by sleep loss may be found in microRNAs (miRNAs).

(Why Lack of Sleep Affects Some More Than Others, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An international research team led by Dr. Daniel J. Rader at the University of Pennsylvania found a genetic variant within the gene SCARB1, which codes for the major HDL receptor on liver cells, scavenger receptor class BI (SR-BI).

(When HDL cholesterol doesn’t protect against heart disease, NIH)

Partial sleep deprivation (sleep for three to four hours followed by forced wakefulness for 20-21 hours) was equally as effective as total sleep deprivation (being deprived of sleep for 36 hours), and medication did not appear to significantly influence these results, according to the first meta-analysis on the subject in nearly 30 years, from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

(Sleep Deprivation: Effective Anti-Depressant, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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