News Articles for 2018
![2019 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Recipients](../2019/thumbnails/Woo 2 2019 thumbnail.png)
2019 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Recipients
2019-02-08
Graduate Students Receive Travel Scholarship
![Professor Hollenbeck Passes the Mic for Biology 231](thumbnails/hollenbeck-last-lec-032 thumbnail class.jpg)
Professor Hollenbeck Passes the Mic for Biology 231
2018-12-14
Thank You Professor Hollenbeck for the Past 21 Years of Inspirational Lectures!
![Dr. Paschou Named a 2019 University Faculty Scholar](thumbnails/20160819-Peristera_Paschou-001-Edit thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Paschou Named a 2019 University Faculty Scholar
2018-12-12
One of the highest research honors at Purdue
![Anna Berkovitz, Dear Friend and Colleague Passes](thumbnails/Anna berkovitz 3 thumbnail.png)
Anna Berkovitz, Dear Friend and Colleague Passes
2018-11-29
In memory of our Dear Friend and Colleague
![Pelaez elected Fellow of American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science](thumbnails/Nancy Pelaez_opt thumbnail.jpg)
Pelaez elected Fellow of American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
2018-11-29
Pelaez receives the lifetime honor of being an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
![Claudia Li, Neurobiology and Physiology Major Competes with Purdue Supercomputing Team](thumbnails/TeamPhoto Li thumbnail.jpg)
Claudia Li, Neurobiology and Physiology Major Competes with Purdue Supercomputing Team
2018-11-29
Claudia Li Part of the All-Women Supercomputing Team
![Sensorium 2018: our first live-streamed event](thumbnails/Sensorium_thumbnail.png)
Sensorium 2018: our first live-streamed event
2018-11-29
Sensorium 2018 live-streamed via Twitter
![Virology's New Editor-in-Chief Dr. Richard Kuhn](thumbnails/richard kuhn thumbnail.jpg)
Virology's New Editor-in-Chief Dr. Richard Kuhn
2018-11-21
Congratulations Dr. Kuhn
![How a single protein interferes with the immune system](thumbnails/Ninghai Gan thumbnail.jpg)
How a single protein interferes with the immune system
2018-11-21
The findings are published in Nature Microbiology, lead author is graduate student Ninghai Gan
![2018 College of Science recipient of the Violet Haas Fellowship is Professor Catherine L. Searle](thumbnails/catherine searle thumbnail.jpg)
2018 College of Science recipient of the Violet Haas Fellowship is Professor Catherine L. Searle
2018-11-21
Congratulations Dr. Searle!
![Dr. Fekete Receives Research Award](thumbnails/Fekete thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Fekete Receives Research Award
2018-11-20
Office of the Dean to honor the research accomplishments of some of our very best tenured faculty
![Conference award winner at Midwest Photosynthesis Conference](thumbnails/Jillian Ness labcoat.jpg)
Conference award winner at Midwest Photosynthesis Conference
2018-11-09
Congratulations to Jillian Ness!
![A CURE for learning about experimentation](thumbnails/npelaezMugOfficeViennaCropped thumbnail.jpg)
A CURE for learning about experimentation
2018-11-06
Lessons on experimentation from a biochemistry Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)
![Sensorium 2018: Annual Symposium of Sensory Biology](thumbnails/thumbnail_2018 Sensorium.png)
Sensorium 2018: Annual Symposium of Sensory Biology
2018-11-06
November 10th from 1 PM to 9 PM at the Beck Agricultural Center
![Nancy Peleaz Candidate for AAAS Section on Education](thumbnails/npelaezMugOfficeViennaCropped thumbnail.jpg)
Nancy Peleaz Candidate for AAAS Section on Education
2018-11-05
AAAS Election Login Information
![Drs. Aguilar and Bartlett designated Showalter Faculty Scholars for 2018](thumbnails/pt-schowalter-scholars thumbnail.jpg)
Drs. Aguilar and Bartlett designated Showalter Faculty Scholars for 2018
2018-11-02
Faculty members receive Showalter funding
![Structures of spherical viruses aren’t as perfect as we thought](thumbnails/Kuhn therkelson rossmann thumbnail.jpg)
Structures of spherical viruses aren’t as perfect as we thought
2018-10-24
Structural biologists Richard Kuhn, Matthew Therkelsen and Michael Rossmann have uncovered new details of icosahedral viruses by not imposing symmetry during imaging of the virus structure.
![Insights magazine features Dr. Ximena Bernal](thumbnails/20140502-Ximena_Bernal-015 thumbnail.jpg)
Insights magazine features Dr. Ximena Bernal
2018-10-01
FROG-BITING FLIES TAP INTO MATING CALLS TO TARGET PREY
![Gelvin Lab present at Agrobacterium meeting in Ghent, Belgium](thumbnails/gelvin photo thumbnail.jpg)
Gelvin Lab present at Agrobacterium meeting in Ghent, Belgium
2018-09-28
Gelvin Lab presents at 2018 Agrobacterium Conference
![Millions of birds die in collisions each year, but lights could change that](images/esteban_bird_thumb.jpg)
Millions of birds die in collisions each year, but lights could change that
2018-09-27
Millions of birds die each year in collisions with planes, and airports have used everything from fireworks to herding dogs to scare them away.
![Biological Sciences graduate Keri Pilgrim Ricker - 2019 Oregon High School - Teacher of the Year](thumbnails/keri-pilgrim-rickerjpg thumbnail.jpg)
Biological Sciences graduate Keri Pilgrim Ricker - 2019 Oregon High School - Teacher of the Year
2018-09-21
Biological Sciences grad named Teacher of the Year
![Aashish Jain and Professor Kihara have recently developed Phylo-PFP](thumbnails/Phylo-PRP kihara thumbnail.jpg)
Aashish Jain and Professor Kihara have recently developed Phylo-PFP
2018-09-14
Accurate Protein Function Prediction by Combining Database Search and Phylogenetic Tree Construction
![Gelvin laboratory presents at IAPB meeting in Dublin, Ireland](thumbnails/gelvin.jpg)
Gelvin laboratory presents at IAPB meeting in Dublin, Ireland
2018-09-14
Professor Stanton Gelvin and Research Scientist Dr. Lan-Ying Lee attend International Assoc. of Plant Biotechnology
![Professor Sanders writes about War on Cancer Anniversary](thumbnails/sanders thumbnail.jpg)
Professor Sanders writes about War on Cancer Anniversary
2018-09-12
Professor David A. Sanders contributes article on 50th Anniversary of War on Cancer
![Dr. Deng Wins SLB G. Jeanette Thorbecke Award](thumbnails/qing 2 thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Deng Wins SLB G. Jeanette Thorbecke Award
2018-08-29
Congratulations Dr. Qing Deng
![Pelaez, Gardner and Anderson Presented Advancing Competencies in Experimentation - Biology (ACE-Bio) at SABER](thumbnails/ACEBioSABER pelaez thumbnail.jpg)
![A community-building framework for collaborative research coordination across the education and biology research disciplines](thumbnails/star3FigPelaezGardner thumbnail.jpg)
ACE-Bio Network to foster linkages between research scientists and education experts
![Chubykin Led Research Team that Develop New Robotic System to Study Brain](thumbnails/neuron-functionLO thumbnail chubykin.jpg)
Chubykin Led Research Team that Develop New Robotic System to Study Brain
2018-08-24
New tool for potential development of medications for Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.
![Professor Fernandez-Juricic Elected Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society](thumbnails/Esteban Fernandez_Juricic_thumbnail.png)
Professor Fernandez-Juricic Elected Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society
2018-08-20
A Well-deserved Honor For Professor Esteban Fernandez-Juricic!
![Of mice and worms: are co-infections with unrelated parasite strains more damaging to definitive hosts?](thumbnails/minchella-parasites thumbnail.jpg)
Parasite infections with multiple strains are more harmful to vertebrate hosts
![2018 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Recipients](thumbnails/woo award 7 27 18 thumbnail1.jpg)
2018 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Recipients
2018-07-30
Graduate Students Receive Travel Scholarship
![Dr. Andrea Kasinski - Rising Scientist at Purdue Center for Cancer Research](thumbnails/Cancer research bio 7 24 18 thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Andrea Kasinski - Rising Scientist at Purdue Center for Cancer Research
2018-07-27
New Scientists Add Fresh Energy to PCCR
![Lecturer for Los Alamos 75th Anniversary](thumbnails/sanders thumbnail.jpg)
Lecturer for Los Alamos 75th Anniversary
2018-07-20
Dr. David Sanders Invited Lecturer
![“nox2/cybb Deficiency Affects Zebrafish Retinotectal Connectivity"](thumbnails/nox2 mutant eye thumbnail.jpg)
“nox2/cybb Deficiency Affects Zebrafish Retinotectal Connectivity"
2018-07-13
The eye of a zebrafish embryo deficient in NADPH oxidase 2
![Dr. Dennis Minchella awarded the 2018 American Society of Parastologists' Distinguished Service Award](thumbnails/Dennis Minchella award thumbnail.jpg)
Minchella awarded 2018 American Society of Parastologists' Distinguished Service Award
![Kerry Rabenold Pavilion about to become a net-zero energy building](thumbnails/K R pavillion_thumbnail.png)
Kerry Rabenold Pavilion about to become a net-zero energy building
2018-06-29
Kerry Rabenold Pavilion about to become a net-zero energy building
![PURDUE STUDENTS ATTEND AAAS WORKSHOP IN D.C.](thumbnails/AAAS Photo_cropped thumbnail.jpg)
PURDUE STUDENTS ATTEND AAAS WORKSHOP IN D.C.
2018-06-28
Students attend 2018 Catalyzing Advocacy for Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop
![Leung Awarded Outstanding Professor of Basic Science](thumbnails/Fai thumbnail.jpg)
Leung Awarded Outstanding Professor of Basic Science
2018-06-26
Leung Awarded an Outstanding Professor of Basic Science at the Indiana University School of Medicine
![New STEM Building Slated to Open Fall 2020](thumbnails/thumbnail_new build.png)
New STEM Building Slated to Open Fall 2020
2018-06-22
Watch the new STEM Building construction progress!
![Ganzen attended the Neural Systems & Behavior course at the Marine Biological Laboratory](thumbnails/ganzen thumbnail.png)
Ganzen attended the Neural Systems & Behavior course at the Marine Biological Laboratory
2018-06-18
Ganzen attended the Neural Systems & Behavior course at the Marine Biological Laboratory
![Parasites make the world go 'round](thumbnails/Vannattamodel thumbnail.png)
Parasites make the world go 'round
2018-06-04
Parasites and their impact on ecosystem nutrient cycling.
![Ocean-migrating trout adapt to freshwater environment in 120 years](thumbnails/christie-steelhead thumbnail.png)
Ocean-migrating trout adapt to freshwater environment in 120 years
2018-05-31
Steelhead trout, a member of the salmon family that live and grow in the Pacific Ocean, genetically adapted to the freshwater environment of Lake Michigan in less than 120 years.
![Hummingbirds use low acuity vision to dock into flowers](thumbnails/fernandez_Juricic_hummingbird_thumbnail.png)
Hummingbirds use low acuity vision to dock into flowers
2018-05-29
Hummingbirds use low acuity vision to dock into flowers
![Suter Lab Graduate Students Win Research and Teaching Awards!](thumbnails/Suter article thumbnail.png)
Suter Lab Graduate Students Win Research and Teaching Awards!
2018-05-23
Congratulations! Yuan Ren and Aslihan Terzi!
![Female’s sensory physiology affects her preference for different types of males](thumbnails/thumbnail_cowbird_JLucas.png)
Female’s sensory physiology affects her preference for different types of males
2018-05-23
Mate choice in the eye and ear of the beholder? Female multimodal sensory configuration influences her preferences.
![Konieczny Lab has developed a new strategy to induce terminal differentiation of pancreatic cancer cells.](thumbnails/thumbnail_Konieczny Lab.png)
Induced PTF1a Expression in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells Activates Acinar Gene Networks, Reduces Tumorigenic Properties, and Sensitizes Cells to Gemcitabine Treatment
![CryoVR training platform received a grant from the National Institutes of Health](thumbnails/thumbnail_cryo_microcospel.png)
CryoVR training platform received a grant from the National Institutes of Health
2018-05-22
Purdue master’s student Jun Zhang, seated, and doctoral student/Purdue undergrad alum Brenda Gonzalez demonstrate the CryoVR
![Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor](thumbnails/BJ with students thumbnail.jpg)
Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor
2018-05-18
Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Taparowsky who received the 2018 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor.
![Minchella Faculty of the Month](thumbnails/minchella-teaching thumbnail.png)
Minchella Faculty of the Month
2018-05-04
Scientific Notations Faculty of the Month!
![2017-2018 J. Alfred & Martha Chiscon Undergraduate Teaching Award](thumbnails/Chiscon award winner Elwood Walls thumbnail.png)
2017-2018 J. Alfred & Martha Chiscon Undergraduate Teaching Award
2018-05-04
Congratulations Woody Walls!
![A low-cost 3D cell culture system for imaging neurons](thumbnails/Suter 5 4 18 PP thumnail.png)
A low-cost 3D cell culture system for imaging neurons
2018-05-04
Low-cost microwell device for high-resolution imaging of neurite outgrowth in 3D
![Genki Terashi and Daisuke Kihara develop new software](thumbnails/kihara-cryoLO thumbnail.png)
Genki Terashi and Daisuke Kihara develop new software
2018-05-03
"Genki Terashi and Daisuke Kihara developed a new software for modeling protein structures from cryo-electron microscopy density maps. The work was published on Nature Communications."
![Irwin Tessman Endowment for Biological Sciences](thumbnails/Tessman new 1 thumbnail.png)
Irwin Tessman Endowment for Biological Sciences
2018-05-01
Biological Sciences benefits from generous gift!
![Repeat spawning come with tradeoffs for trout](thumbnails/christie-steelhead thumbnail.png)
Repeat spawning come with tradeoffs for trout
2018-04-27
Spawn till you die: life history variation is maintained by fitness trade-offs and negative frequency dependence
![Ultimate Achievement in Life Sciences Scholarship Honoring Dr. Joseph W. Vanable, Professor Emeritus](images/vanable thumbnail.png)
Ultimate Achievement in Life Sciences Scholarship Honoring Dr. Joseph W. Vanable, Professor Emeritus
2018-04-25
Anonymous Donor Honors Dr. Joseph W. Vanable for Purdue’s Fifth Annual Day of Giving
![Dr. Seema Mattoo receives Purdue University’s "2018 Walk the Talk Award!"](thumbnails/mattoo thumbnail.jpg)
Dr. Seema Mattoo receives Purdue University’s "2018 Walk the Talk Award!"
2018-04-23
Dr. Seema Mattoo receives Purdue University’s "2018 Walk the Talk Award!"
![Deng Lab develops acute endotoxemia model in zebrafish](thumbnails/Alan Hsu_ thumbnail.png)
Deng Lab develops acute endotoxemia model in zebrafish
2018-04-11
Alan Hsu, Deng Lab - Development and characterization of an endotoxemia model in zebrafish
![Aguilar Lab - "Use of induced pluripotent stem cells from Lowe syndrome patients provide insight into disease mechanism"](thumbnails/Aguilar_thumbnail A.png)
"Use of induced pluripotent stem cells from Lowe syndrome patients provide insight into disease mechanism"
![William Mbongo receives Fulbright Scholarship](thumbnails/William M_thumbnail.png)
William Mbongo receives Fulbright Scholarship
2018-03-30
Congratulations William Mbongo 2018-2019 Fulbright Scholar
![Kihara lab predicting assembly order of multimeric protein complexes](thumbnails/Kihara_thumbnail.png)
Kihara lab predicting assembly order of multimeric protein complexes
2018-03-29
Predicting assembly order of multimeric protein complexes
![Deng Lab - Neutrophil-specific knockout demonstrates a role for mitochondria in regulating neutrophil motility in zebrafish](thumbnails/Wenqing Zhou_thumbnail.png)
Deng Lab - Neutrophil-specific knockout demonstrates a role for mitochondria in regulating neutrophil motility in zebrafish
![Chang Receives Murphy Award](thumbnails/pt-murphy-changLO thumbnail.jpg)
Chang Receives Murphy Award
2018-03-22
Congratulations to Murphy Award Recipient Henry Chang!
![Remembering Professor Henry Koffler, Former Biological Sciences Dept. Head](thumbnails/Koffler_1 thumbnail.jpg)
Remembering Professor Henry Koffler, Former Biological Sciences Dept. Head
2018-03-19
Former Biological Sciences Dept Head Passes at 95
![2018 College of Science Faculty and Staff Awards Program](thumbnails/2018 CoS awards web thumbnail.jpg)
2018 College of Science Faculty and Staff Awards Program
2018-03-14
Congratulations Biological Sciences Award Winners and Years of Service Recipients!
![Mattoo lab crystallizes a Pasteurella multocida toxin with a novel enzymatic fold](images/thumbnail_Mattoo lab.png)
Mattoo lab crystallizes a Pasteurella multocida toxin with a novel enzymatic fold
2018-03-07
Mattoo lab crystallizes a Pasteurella multocida toxin with a novel enzymatic fold
![Tropical carnivores stay social in a temperate environment](thumbnails/Waser_coati_thumbnail.png)
Tropical carnivores stay social in a temperate environment
2018-03-05
Tropical carnivores stay social in a temperate environment
![Professor Fernandez-Juricic President-elect of Animal Behavior Society](thumbnails/Esteban Fernandez_Juricic_thumbnail.png)
Professor Fernandez-Juricic President-elect of Animal Behavior Society
2018-02-23
Congratulations Professor Fernandez-Juricic President-elect of Animal Behavior Society
![Dynamic Remodeling Lipids Coincides with Dengue Virus Replication in the Midgut of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Mosquito gut may hold the key to preventing Dengue and Zika](thumbnails/kuhn_thumbnail.png)
Mosquito gut may hold the key to preventing Dengue and Zika
![What makes a multimodal signal attractive?](thumbnails/thumbnail_cowbird_JLucas.png)
What makes a multimodal signal attractive?
2018-02-13
What makes a multimodal signal attractive?
![The sensory substrate of multimodal animal communication: are females sensory ‘specialists’ or ‘generalists’?](thumbnails/thumbnail_cowbird_JLucas.png)
The sensory substrate of multimodal animal communication: are females sensory ‘specialists’ or ‘generalists’?
![2018 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Winners](thumbnails/Picture for web 2 13 18 thumbnail.png)
2018 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Winners
2018-02-13
Congratulations Winners!
![Happy Retirement Arleen Mullikin!](thumbnails/Arleen Mullikin Retirement 1 thumbnail.jpg)
Happy Retirement Arleen Mullikin!
2018-02-06
Arleen Mullikin, thank you for 18 plus years of service!
![Genetic diversity can “rescue” amphibians from a deadly pathogen](thumbnails/western_toad_tadpoles Searle thumbnail.jpg)
Genetic diversity can “rescue” amphibians from a deadly pathogen
2018-02-02
Genetic diversity can “rescue” amphibians from a deadly pathogen
![Eichinger named 150th Anniversary Professor](thumbnails/Eichinger for thumbnail.jpg)
Eichinger named 150th Anniversary Professor
2018-01-29
Eichinger named 150th Anniversary Professor
![Bird females see male signals differently](thumbnails/Bird Vision Illustration_ 1_ 17_18 thumbnails.jpg)
Bird females see male signals differently
2018-01-25
Testing a key assumption in animal communication: between-individual variation in female visual systems alters perception of male signals