Biology Department News

Biological Sciences faculty members honored as Showalter University Faculty Scholar and with early career Showalter Trust funding
2019-11-26
The Ralph W. & Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Fund recognizes the work of Associate Professor Perry Paschou and Assistant Professor Leifu Chang.

Dr. Abebe Fola, Postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Giovanna Carpi's lab, was recently awarded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Travel Award to attend the Malaria 2019 Keystone Symposium.
2019-10-30
Dr. Abebe Fola, Postdoctoral researcher in Carpi Lab, received the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Travel Award to attend the 2019 Keystone Symposium in Ethiopia.

Purdue virus expert David Sanders comments on explosion at former Russian Bioweapons Lab.
2019-09-20
An interview with Professor David Sanders about the explosion at the Novosibirsk Vector virus laboratory on the BBC, The World Tonight.

Structure-based Control of the Rate Limitation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport
2019-09-19
A publication from the laboratory of Bill Cramer, on which grad student Jillian Ness is a senior author, has received special mention in the journal, FEBS (Federation of the European Biochemical Societies) Letters.

How do honeybees lead to a career in HPC?
2019-09-18
The Paths to HPC series, presented in collaboration with Women in HPC, showcases the women working in high-performance computing.

Kadlubowski, Tesmer earn nationally prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
2019-09-03
Two Purdue University students have earned the Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s preeminent scholarship for undergraduates in mathematics, natural sciences or engineering.

A novel role for CDK2 as a new approach for treating neutrophilic inflammation
2019-08-22
Neutrophils are the first cells recruited to an immune stimulus stemming from infection.

Aslihan Terzi and Logan Ganzen received PIIN travel grant
2019-08-08
Two graduate students, one from Suter Lab and one from Leung Lab, each received a PIIN travel grant.

Two Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Awards for finding new retinal-degeneration drugs
2019-07-19
Leung Lab students awarded Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research

Mattoo lab graduate student, Ali Camara, selected for 2019 BIO I-Corps Bio-entrepreneurship Workshop
2019-07-02
Ali Camara (Mattoo lab) attends BIO I-Corps workshop in Philadelphia

Mattoo lab’s CryoAPEX technology highlighted by Science magazine!
2019-06-14
Mattoo lab’s CryoAPEX technology selected for Editor's Choice column!

Prof. Fernandez-Juricic - 2019 eLife Ambassadors Program for Open Science
2019-04-22
Prof. Fernandez-Juricic - 2019 eLife Ambassadors Program for Open Science

Grad Student Shim receives AGSERS Award
2019-04-17
Soo Won Shim receives Honorable Mention for In Progress Biology Education Research

Mattoo lab develops a new cell biology tool called CryoAPEX
2019-04-12
New electron microscopy technique limits membrane destruction

Zhao-Qing Luo elected as a Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology.
2019-03-15
Professor Luo, Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

Professor Gelvin edits book on Agrobacteriuim Biology
2019-03-15
Professor Gelvin edits book on Agrobacteriuim Biology

Dr. Fekete Receives Research Award
2019-03-15
College of Science 2019 Research Award Recipients

Making sense of large-scale behavioural data for eye-drug discovery
2019-03-12
Making sense of large-scale behavioural data for eye-drug discovery

Dr. Chris Sahley receives Chiscon Award
2019-03-12
Prof. Sahley receives Department’s highest teaching award

Nancy Pelaez, AAAS Section on Education (Q) Chair-Elect
2019-03-11
AAAS Election Login Information