Biochemistry

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Engaged in multi-disciplinary, basic research in the biomedical and plant sciences. Our mission is to provide an environment that fosters creative and critical thinking and nurtures a passion for the life sciences.

 

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Purdue team announces new therapeutic target for breast cancer

A Purdue University team led by Kyle Cottrell has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer. “Triple-negative breast cancer is a particularly deadly form of breast cancer that currently lacks targeted...

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Majid Kazemian named 2026 University Faculty Scholar

Majid Kazemian, professor in Purdue University’s Departments of Biochemistry and Computer...

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Plants employ rare method to produce valuable chemical compound

Land plants have spent nearly half a billion years honing a vast array of metabolic skills that...

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Building community starts in the lab

Ask Purdue biochemistry students in the College of Agriculture about their experience and their...

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Newly discovered soybean biomechanism could increase crop yields

Scientists have discovered an evolutionary innovation in soybean plants that might improve crop...

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AI Fusion seed grants help rapidly advance research

Purdue researchers in the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering and Science are collaborating to...

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Protein modification discovery opens cancer therapy possibilities

A research team led by Purdue University’s W. Andy Tao has discovered of a new type of...

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