Biology News

A student presents a research poster to another person

2026-11-13

Biology Across Scales

Biology Across Scales- Annual Biological Sciences research symposium

Sergio Muñoz-Gómez and Shahed Shazib work with petri dish samples in the lab.

2026-11-11

How an unusual partnership between three organisms evolved

Purdue researcher uncovers clues to how a rare relationship between a microscopic organism, green algae and purple bacteria came to be.

Cat Searle and Mark Christie stand outside Lilly Hall

2026-11-03

What does it take to rescue a declining population?

When a wildlife population begins to disappear, conservationists often face a difficult question: What can be done to stop it from going extinct?

Two students stand in front of a white board, one is drawing a biological diagram and explaining it to the other. Words fill the right side of the frame saying “#7 undergraduate biology program College Factual, 2026”

2026-10-28

Purdue Biology ranking climbs to #7 in the nation

Purdue University’s general biology program has climbed in national rankings, earning recognition for its academic excellence and the opportunities it provides students to explore the biological sciences.

2026-10-28

Weiruo Zhang receives Showalter Early Career Award

The 2026 early career awards reflect the breadth of the Showalter Trust’s commitment to research with implications for human health. This year’s selected projects span environmental science, biochemistry and molecular biology, disease prevention and treatment, food safety and production technologies, and medical and biophysical instrumentation—including approaches that draw on large-scale data analysis.

2026-10-09

Purdue, Elanco, partners celebrate One Health Research Institute groundbreaking

Anchored by Purdue University and Elanco Animal Health Inc., the facility will drive animal, plant, human and environmental health innovation from discovery to delivery