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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Biochemistry prepares young undergraduates for graduate school and biotech careers with new molecular genetics course

In a new molecular genetics course, freshman and sophomore biochemistry majors emulate graduate students and career scientists. Carter, the instructor and course creator, teaches them the patterns of genetic inheritance and also the molecular...

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Ben carter points to something on a computer to group of three students in a lab classroom, all in white coats. There are chemicals and biological research tools on the lab bench in the foreground.
Biochemistry prepares young undergraduates for graduate school and biotech careers with new molecular genetics course

In a new molecular genetics course, freshman and sophomore biochemistry majors emulate graduate...

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Majid Kazemian in his lab, standing in front of a desk, smiling.
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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