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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

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Dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases slowly curtail the full, exciting...

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Fields of Discovery: Proteins, PICKLES and pencils  

This summer, Elysia Uggen researches PICKLE mutations in the arabidopsis plant with department...

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Sarah Stanhope
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Sarah Stanhope likes investigating things: “I always asked a lot of questions,” she...

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On Friday March 22, Bob Auber returned to Room 116 in Whistler Hall to stand behind a podium in...

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