Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
123WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment Read more...
Bindley Bioscience Center adds $20 million in life sciences research
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Bindley Bioscience Center helped generate $20 million in research for Indiana and nearly doubled its Read more...
First genomics breeding program to benefit poultry industry
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The first breeding program in the world to use an entire animal genome is beginning under the direction of university Read more...
Purdue scientist appointed Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Jue Chen, an associate professor of biological sciences, is the first Purdue University scientist to be appointed as an Read more...
Purdue breaks ground on Hockmeyer Hall
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University broke ground on the new Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall on Friday (Oct. Read more...
Jing-Ke Weng Dr. Clint Chapple Lab Research Interests: Evolution of plant secondary metabolism, comparative biochemistry, cytochrom P450, cell wall engineering
Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching
Dana Emmert Dr. Christine Hrycyna Lab Courses Taught: CHM 53300 Fall 2006, CHM 11600 Spring 2007 & 2008, CHM 33300 Fall 2007 & 2008, Spring 2009
Publications of the Year
Vidhya Munnamalai Dr. Daniel Suter Lab Reactive oxygen species regulate F-actin dynamics in neuronal growth cones and neurite outgrowth (PDF)
Guanglu Shi Dr. Stephen Konieczny Lab Spontaneous induction of murine pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (mPanIN) by acinar cell targeting of oncogenic Kras in adult mice (PDF)
Jing-Ke Weng Dr. Clint Chapple Lab Independent origins of syringly lignin in vascular plants (PDF)
Certificate of Recognition for First-Authorship
Maris Cinelli, Dr. Mark Cushman Lab Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of 14-Substituted Aromathecins as Topoisomerase I Inhibitors (PDF)
Sarah Husk, Dr. Joseph Garner Lab Home Improvement: C57BL/6J Mice Given More Naturalistic Nesting Materials Build Better Nests (PDF)
Kai-Hui Sun, Dr. Kavita Shah Lab Novel Genetic Tools Reveal Cdk5's Major Role in Golgi Fragmentation in Alzheimer's Disease (PDF) Deregulated Cdk5 promotes oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction (PDF)
Chunhua Zhang, Dr. Daniel Szymanski Lab Arabidopis SCARs Function Interchangeably to Meet Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Activation Thresholds during Morphogenesis (PDF)
First-Year Poster Awards
Outstanding Poster
Tyler Buit Poster Title: Identification of microsatellites for Odz4 genotyping Rotation PI: Dr. Amy Lossie
Special Recognition Poster
Mengang Xu Poster Title: 3D modeling of anterior-posterior pattern formation fo the drosphila embryo Rotation PI: Dr. David Umulis
Student Travel Awards
Fall 2008
Juan Cárdenas (Dr. S. Lelièvre Lab) Annual Meeting for the American Society of Cell Biology, San Francisco, CA
Chih-Hong Chen (Dr. C. Post Lab) Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Pacific Grove, CA
Dana Emmert (Dr. C. Hrycyna Lab) Gordon Research Conference, Understanding & Overcoming Multi-Drug Efflux Pumps in Disease, Galveston, TX
Carla Rosenfield (Dr. S. Gelvin Lab) 29th Annual Crown Gall Conference, Ann Arbor, MI
Kai-Hui Sun (Dr. K. Shah Lab) 2009 Drug Discovery for Neurodegeneration Conference, Washington, DC
Yifeng Yang (Dr. D. Kihara Lab) Biophysical Society 53 rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Spring 2009
Frances Joan Alvarez (Dr. A. Davidson Lab) Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME
Jinming Cui (Dr. A. Davidson Lab) Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME
Anna Fahey (Dr. A. DeWoody Lab) Evolution Annual Meeting, Moscow, ID
Jeeyeon Lee (Dr. J. Chmielewski) 21 st American Peptide Symposium, Bloomington, IN
Jer-Young Lin (Dr. S. Jackson Lab) The Biology of Genomes, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Wei Xia (Dr. P. Low Lab) Immunology 2009, Seattle, WA
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curriculum and research training activities.
