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One Health

Scientist in lab with students.

Drawing inspiration from nature to formulate new pharmaceuticals — 02 March 2026

Karthik Sankaranarayanan trained in two quite different scientific subfields as a graduate student and as a postdoctoral researcher. Now at Purdue...

Student and professor in the laboratory.

Purdue team announces new therapeutic target for breast cancer — 26 January 2026

A Purdue University team led by Kyle Cottrell has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer. “Triple-negative...

Mohit Verma in lab with grad student

Portable device detects pathogens’ diverse settings — 13 January 2026

Purdue University researchers have developed a device for more conveniently detecting pathogens in health care settings, on farms and in food...

Marisol Sepúlveda, professor of forestry and natural resources, speaks at the front of her class on One Health topics.

Applying One Health in the Classroom — 12 December 2025

Marisol Sepúlveda, professor of forestry and natural resources, created a new course for students interested in global health challenges: One...

Mongolian Energy Giving Site

From bird song to bulldozers, sound affects our wellbeing — 08 December 2025

It’s 2 a.m. and you’re woken by a motorcycle revving its engine outside your house. It takes you an hour to get back to sleep, and you...

Lavanya Reddivari with blueberries in her lab in West Lafayette, Ind. on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Reddivari created complexes of anthocyanin, the compound in blueberries responsible for their color, and pectin to treat ulcerative colitis.

Optimizing food as medicine — 04 December 2025

Growing up in India, when Lavanya Reddivari had a cold, her mother would give her a remedy called haldi doodh in Hindi: warm milk with turmeric and...

Portrait of Chris Staiger

Plant ‘first responder’ cells warn neighbors about bacterial pathogens — 02 December 2025

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical cues from bacterial...

Verma with spectroscopy

Light-based tool continuously monitors vaccine quality during production — 28 October 2025

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need to rapidly develop, produce and distribute large quantities of new vaccines. A team of...

Tyler Hoskins collects zebrafish from wetlands near Purdue.

Working together to mitigate forever chemicals — 24 October 2025

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of chemicals used to make consumer products heat, water or stain resistant.

Steve Lindeman in Lab

Researchers explore connections between human and animal health — 24 October 2025

Steve Lindemann, associate professor of food science and head of the Diet-Microbiome Interactions Laboratory, studies human health and disease...

Senay Simsek

Food science researchers contribute to Purdue’s One Health Initiative — 24 October 2025

In Purdue’s Department of Food Science, researchers are taking on issues of food and health in new and innovative ways. Their work fits...

AI dog that tracks ticks

Tracking ticks and tackling disease: AI transforms medical entomology — 24 October 2025

A robot “dog” may soon make its way from a Purdue entomology lab to fetch real-time data on tick populations in the wild. It’s...

 Purdue research scientist Bilal Ahmed examines a microfluidic paper-based biosensor cartridge under light to display the visible results of an assay for genetically modified crop traits.

Novel biosensor detects genetically modified corn and soybean — 16 September 2025

The continually expanding toolkit from Mohit Verma’s laboratory at Purdue University now includes a portable, paper-based biosensor for...

GLP-1 Solution

A natural GLP-1 stimulant? — 04 September 2025

Drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro have made regular headlines in recent years for their ability to facilitate weight loss – often dramatic...

Yellow and brown mosquito pupae, resembling tiny wormlike creatures, floating in clear water puddles on a desk for examination.

Expert tips for minimizing threat of West Nile virus, other vector-borne disease — 28 August 2025

As mosquitoes and people across the country test positive for West Nile virus (WNV), Purdue University entomologists are sharing guidance to help...

This research is a part of Purdue’s presidential One Health initiative, which involves research at the intersection of human, animal and plant health and well-being.