News Articles for 2018

2019 Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellance Travel Award Recipients
2019-02-08

Graduate Students Receive Travel Scholarship

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
2018-12-12

One of the highest research honors at Purdue

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
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
2018-11-29

Claudia Li Part of the All-Women Supercomputing Team

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
2018-11-21

Congratulations Dr. Kuhn

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
2018-11-21

Congratulations Dr. Searle!

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
2018-11-09

Congratulations to Jillian Ness!

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
2018-11-06

November 10th from 1 PM to 9 PM at the Beck Agricultural Center

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
2018-11-02

Faculty members receive Showalter funding

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
2018-10-01

FROG-BITING FLIES TAP INTO MATING CALLS TO TARGET PREY

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
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
2018-09-21

Biological Sciences grad named Teacher of the Year

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
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
2018-09-12

Professor David A. Sanders contributes article on 50th Anniversary of War on Cancer

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
2018-08-28

A community-building framework for collaborative research coordination across the education and biology research disciplines
2018-08-28

ACE-Bio Network to foster linkages between research scientists and education experts

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
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?
2018-08-07

Parasite infections with multiple strains are more harmful to vertebrate hosts

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
2018-07-27

New Scientists Add Fresh Energy to PCCR

Lecturer for Los Alamos 75th Anniversary
2018-07-20

Dr. David Sanders Invited Lecturer

“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
2018-07-10

Minchella awarded 2018 American Society of Parastologists' Distinguished Service Award

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.
2018-06-28

Students attend 2018 Catalyzing Advocacy for Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop

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
2018-06-22

Watch the new STEM Building construction progress!

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
2018-06-04

Parasites and their impact on ecosystem nutrient cycling.

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
2018-05-29

Hummingbirds use low acuity vision to dock into flowers

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
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.
2018-05-22

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
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
2018-05-18

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Taparowsky who received the 2018 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor.

Minchella Faculty of the Month
2018-05-04

Scientific Notations Faculty of the Month!

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
2018-05-04

Low-cost microwell device for high-resolution imaging of neurite outgrowth in 3D

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."