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A quarter of the way through the 21st century, Nature Chemical Biology reached out to leading scientists in the field, including Purdue Center for Plant Biology Director, Natalia Dudareva. They were asked, “What do you think are the most...
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In 2010, Jianxin Ma, a professor of agronomy, and his collaborators built the first reference genome for soybeans on the widely studied Williams 82...
Hold a leaf up to the light, and the branching network of veins stands out against the thinner, brighter background. Like blood circulating through...
Frederick “Freddie” Mildenhall feels a dual identity — “born English but definitely raised American,” he says. His...
Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and...
Aspiring to become a marine biologist wasn’t all that unusual among her peers in Honolulu, says Sienna Ogawa, an Oahu native whose interest...