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Plans of study in Biochemistry in addition to Pre-Med and Pre-Vet Concentrations

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Undergraduate Research

100% Student Participation in Undergraduate Research

Graphic image of the Purdue famous tower
Class size

1:6 Faculty to Student Ratio

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Potential for new Parkinson’s disease testing

A team led by researchers at Purdue University and Purdue spin-off company Tymora Analytical Operations has developed technology that may reveal signs of Parkinson’s disease in urine samples. W. Andy Tao, professor of biochemistry, and...

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Joe Ogas, the newly appointed head of the Department of Biochemistry, in his biochemistry lab in Whistler Hall of Agricultural Research

Purdue Agriculture dean selects Ogas as new department head of biochemistry

Bernie Engel, Purdue University’s Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture, has appointed Joe Ogas as head of the Department of...

Konstantin is a research and development scientist with EnvrioLogix in Portland, Maine, and Yoder is a rising senior biochemistry student at Purdue University.

Cultivating the Future: Bryn Yoder

Mary Konstantin gets misty-eyed in the middle of a lab, beakers bubbling away in the background, as she recounts the amazing summer she spent...

Student Madelyn Pierce poses with a red soil probe and yellow bucket in front of a tall, green field of corn

Cultivating the Future: Madelyn Pierce

At home, Madelyn Pierce is surrounded by houseplants. At work, she was surrounded by corn and soybeans. With her passion for plants and the...

Purdue University’s Isaiah Mensah (left), a PhD student in biochemistry, and Humaira Gowher, associate professor of biochemistry, and their collaborators have published new insights on the embryonic development of mammals.

Purdue experiments clarify critical molecular stages of mammalian development

A Purdue University research team has revealed complex new details about the function of a key protein shared by mammals, including humans. Many...

Wisecaver sits at microscope investigating alga blooms

Exposing the hidden genetic diversity of an ecologically harmful microbe

A microscopic species of algae is causing toxic algal blooms around the world, affecting two dozen states in the U.S., especially Texas. New...