Biology Department News
Distinguished Professor Richard Kuhn named 2023 winner of Morrill Award, Purdue’s highest honor
2023-05-01
Structural biologist Richard J. Kuhn, the Trent and Judith Anderson Distinguished Professor in Science and Krenicki Family Director of the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, has been named as Purdue's Morrill Award winner for 2023. The Morrill Award is the highest honor that Purdue confers on a member of its faculty.
2023 Faculty Promotions
2023-04-19
The Department of Biological Sciences would like to congratulate Dr. Claudio Aguilar, Dr. Ximena Bernal, Dr. Leifu Chang, and Dr. Selcen Guzey on your promotion
Zhao-Qing Luo to receive 2022 McCoy Award for demystifying modes of microbial pathogens
2023-03-30
Dr. Zhao-Qing Luo is receiving Purdue's 2022 Herbert Newby McCoy Award.
Welcome to the Department Assistant Professor Jimmy Dooley
2022-10-04
Dr. Jimmy Dooley joined our faculty in October, 2022.
Welcome to the Department Assistant Professor Dylan Wainwright
2022-10-04
Dr. Wainwright joined our faculty in August 2022
ADDRESSING PLAGIARISM
2022-02-07
In his ongoing efforts to address academic misconduct, Professor Sanders describes his experience trying to get appropriate action taken about a published article displaying extensive plagiarism.
October 11-12, 2021: Professor Gelvin, Research Scientist Dr. Lan-Ying Lee, and Drs. Chia-Ling Chang, Nana Liu, and Faozi Bukari attended (remotely) the 3rd European Agrobacterium conference.
September 27, 2021: Professor Gelvin visited Penn State University
2021-09-28
September 27, 2021: Professor Gelvin visited Penn State University (virtually) by invitation from the Plant Sciences graduate students
Professor Gelvin visited CTC Genomics Co., St. Louis, MO
2021-09-21
September 13, 2021: Professor Gelvin visited CTC Genomics Co., St. Louis, MO.
A new potential treatment for night blindness
2021-07-19
Leung lab discovered a drug approved by the FDA for treating heart failure may also work for night blindness.
Graduate Student Ilinca Ciubotariu recipient of The Puskas Memorial Fellowship.
2020-03-02
Ilinca Ciubotariu is the recipient of The Puskas Memorial Fellowship
The road not taken: host infection status influences parasite host-choice
2020-01-15
Two roads diverged in a green pond And some parasites take the road less parasitized
Morris Levy recipient of Purdue's 2020 Dreamer Award
2020-01-15
Biological Sciences professor emeritus Morris Levy is a recipient of Purdue's 2020 Dreamer Award.
Biological Sciences remembers alum Bill Phillips
2019-12-17
Bill identified first and foremost as a Boilermaker and became one of the Department's most enthusiastic and supportive alumni, which is how faculty, staff and students at Purdue will remember him.
Experiment in energy efficiency with Ross Reserve caretaker's cabin
2019-12-17
An experiment is underway in energy efficiency with caretaker's cabin.
Newly discovered retinal structure may enhance vision for some birds
2019-12-16
A newly discovered retinal structure in the eyes of certain kinds of songbirds might help the animals find and track insect prey more easily.
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 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.