Departmental Research
Specialty Areas, Groups, and Centers
Groups
Research in the Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology Area encompasses a diversity of topics and approaches.Current research projects include several aspects of behavioral ecology, conservation biology, and host-parasite coevolution.
The cytoskeleton is a dynamic network of filamentous elements that is present in all eukaryotic cells. Cytoskeletal polymers, microtubules, actin microfilaments and intermediate filaments, are derived from 3 ancient classes of proteins. The filament systems often interact or cooperate to achieve a specific cellular function and often respond to intracellular and external stimuli.
Improving the scientific understanding of how ecosystems function in the presence of human activity.
The Purdue University Center for Basic and Applied Membrane Sciences
has been conceived to utilize the expertise of fifty-one faculty members, working collaboratively in twelve different areas of basic and applied membrane sciences to improve our basic biochemical and biophysical understanding of membrane sciences, and to develop applications that are important in medicine, physiology, agriculture and engineering.
Transgenic Mouse Core Facility
The TMCF is a state-of-the-art transgenic mouse core facility that is operated through the Purdue University Cancer Center to serve members of the Purdue University community. In addition to excellent microinjection equipment, the TMCF also contains a dedicated tissue culture laboratory and a strictly maintained barrier containment mouse facility.
