About the Puthiyaveetil Lab

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. 

Contact Us

Sujith Puthiyaveetil

Department of Biochemistry
175 S. University Street,
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

Phone: (765) 494-8339
Email: spveetil@purdue.edu

Lab News

Lab News

Sujith Puthiyaveetil and Steve McKenzie look at a plant thylakoid in a lab at the biochemistry building at Purdue University. (Purdue Agricultural Communications/Joshua Clark)
Purdue biochemists discover self-repair function in key photosynthetic protein complex

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth’s mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem II protein complex now shared by various lineages of cyanobacteria, algae and land plants has served as a major site...

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Noticing the protein's brown color, Iskander Ibrahim and Sujith Puthiyaveetil (right)
Ancient iron-sulfur-based mechanism monitors electron flow in photosynthesis

A delicate balance of electrons flowing through the photosynthetic machinery is essential to a plant’s ability to turn sunlight into energy and its survival. Understanding the factors that regulate this balance is key for plant breeders who...

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Biochemistry Research News

Four people in a greenhouse stand next to a lush growth of petunia flowers.
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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Virginia Akins in the Biochemistry building
Building community starts in the lab

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

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Two men in a greenhouse, each holding a plant, surrounded by vibrant greenery.
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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Yi-Kai Liu, W. Andy Tao, Zhoujun Luo, and Zheng Zhang stand in a row wearing white lab coats.
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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Kendall Cottingham - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

Growing up in Bloomington, Kendall Cottingham was certain that she liked science and was a people...

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