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...
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Training Group Mission
Students in this training group work with a diverse group of faculty that use modern molecular technology and analytical approaches to explore evolutionary processes and the structure of natural populations. Research projects address both practical and fundamental problems with an evolutionary perspective. Examples include the identification and exploitation of adaptive traits and processes in crops, livestock, and wildlife, as well as the pests and parasites that interact with those species. As such, they focus on identifying the mechanisms that have driven biological evolution and on uncovering evidence of important evolutionary change. These approaches require an understanding of biology that spans several levels of organization, including molecular, cellular, organismal, and populations and therefore requires a broad interdisciplinary training. Students in this training group will become proficient in molecular, evolutionary, and population genetics as well as comparative genomics and molecular phylogenetics.
Training Groups are topic-oriented research groups consisting of faculty from multiple departments.
Training groups are an administrative home for PULSe students, a student choice that impacts
curriculum and research training activities.
