Posted on July 25, 2012 by Amanda Jenkins
(This article originally appeared in Purdue Today, July 19 2012.) Ten miles from Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, there exists a verdant biological sciences laboratory containing more than 100 animal species and more than 400 varieties of plants. This laboratory isn’t crammed into an academic building or confined to a controlled space, though. It’s located in [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2012 by mcphail
LaJoyce Debro, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Jacksonville State University, Alabama, is the 2012 William A. Hinton Research Training Award laureate.
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Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have discovered critical new details about the structure of a virus that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children, pointing toward designs for antiviral drugs to treat the disease.
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Posted on March 24, 2012 by admin
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have identified enzymes and biochemical compounds called lipids that are targeted and modified by the dengue virus during infection, suggesting a potential new approach to control the aggressive mosquito-borne pathogen.
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Posted on December 20, 2011 by admin
Purdue scientists reveal how bacteria build homes inside healthy cells
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bacteria are able to build camouflaged homes for themselves inside healthy cells – and cause disease- by manipulating a natural cellular process.
Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin
Tyshia Gwin’s article “Combating Bioterrorism: Purification and Structural Analysis of the E3 Proteins of the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus and the Chikungunya Virus” appeared in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research .
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Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin
From December 3rd to the 4th, prominent scientists representing at least 30 research laboratories introduced their research and expertise in the broad areas of structural biology as it relates to infectious disease at a symposium in Tsinghua University.
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Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin
Nearly 300 Purdue University faculty and staff gathered November 1, 2011, for the Excellence in Research Awards dinner, celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of Purdue’s research community.
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Posted on August 31, 2011 by mcphail
Dear Colleagues,“The Department is pleased to announce that Claudio Aguilar has agreed to serve as the new Assistant Head. We welcome Claudio to the Executive Team and look forward to working with him in this new capacity. As Assistant Head, Claudio will be responsible for long term strategic planning for the department and for coordinating [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2011 by admin
Liyun Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in biological sciences, has been selected as the International Retinal Research Foundation’s Charles D. Kelman, MD Scholar for her work in studying the gene networks that control retinal degeneration.
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