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Our laboratory studies how plants and algae regulate photosynthesis. We are especially interested in genetic and molecular control mechanisms that ensure efficient and safe use of light energy in photosynthesis under everyday light-dark conditions and abiotic stress. 

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Sujith Puthiyaveetil

Department of Biochemistry
175 S. University Street,
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

Phone: (765) 494-8339
Email: spveetil@purdue.edu

Biochemistry Research News

Shannon Stirling working with petunias
Decoding the plant world’s complex biochemical communication networks

A Purdue University-led research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of...

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Screening samples in a lab
Purdue researchers explore noninvasive method for sampling drug response

Harnessing a pervasive type of cellular messenger shows early experimental promise as a routine...

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The Purdue block P with snow background.
The College of Agriculture welcomes 11 new faculty members

The Purdue College of Agriculture welcomes 11 new faculty to campus, kicking off the start of the...

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Xing Liu and Kankan Wang use the Stop Flow Machine.
Breaking down the biochemical pathways of protein degradation

Proteins are more than just important nutritional units to track in your diet. They are encoded...

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A scientists dips a tube of petunia petals into liquid nitrogen to freeze it for tissue harvest.
Stop and smell the volatile secondary metabolites

As Ying Li steps through the door, Natalia Dudareva stops mid-sentence to spin around and meet...

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Ying Li works in greenhouse
Plant metabolism proves more complicated than previously understood

Plants have evolved fiendishly complicated metabolic networks. For years, scientists focused on...

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