Biochemistry
Five agriculture students named Academic All-Big Ten
Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
Five student-athletes from Purdue University’s College of Agriculture earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition during the fall 2020 sports season. They were among 96 Purdue student-athletes to earn the title across the university.
To qualify for Academic All-Big Ten honors, student-athletes must carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher while enrolled full-time. Though cross country, soccer and volleyball were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Big Ten chose to recognize eligible players.
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Purdue Agriculture’s 20 most-read stories of 2020
Monday, January 4th, 2021
“2020 was a year unlike any other, with numerous challenges, opportunities and accomplishments across our college,” said Karen Plaut, the Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture. “Through it all we were proud to share Purdue Agriculture’s stories with the incredible community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors and so many other supporters.”
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Biochemistry Ph.D. graduate recognized for groundbreaking research in the Middle East
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
Read MorePlant defense layer has unexpected effect on volatile compounds, study finds
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 • University News Story
A Purdue University biochemist and her colleagues have pioneered new methods for increasing production of volatile compounds important for plant defenses and for use in biofuels, pharmaceuticals and other products. While investigating how plants can mo…
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Gov. Holcomb and Purdue appoint new Indiana State Chemist
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Eager to learn more about her field, Michaela Covington enrolled in Purdue’s Master of Science Biotechnology Innovation & Regulatory Science (BIRS) program six months after graduating from college, becoming the youngest person in the summer 2020 graduating class.
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Center for Plant Biology boosts Purdue’s plant sciences profile
Monday, September 21st, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many aspects of life on the Purdue campus to change. Faculty and graduate students are rising to the challenge, redesigning lab courses in creative and innovative ways.
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As pandemic persists, student’s research holds new importance
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
As a sixth-grader, Emma Lendy was the only girl in her class to choose the category, How Things Work, for her science project. In helping her build a telegraph, Lendy said her father, a mechanical engineer, “fostered my interest in delving into why things work, not just taking them for granted.”
Lendy’s inquisitiveness and Purdue’s reputation drew her to the university. While an undergraduate student, Lendy worked in the lab of Barbara Golden, a professor of biochemistry.
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COVID-19 sidelines summer plans; Boilermakers adapt
Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
“I told myself in high school that I wanted to make a change in the world,” said Sneha Jogi, a senior in agricultural communication. “While I can’t change the entire world, or an entire issue for that matter, I know I can make an impact on communities, families and their lives.”
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Award winners credit college’s contributions
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
Since 2003, 14 of the 36 G.A. Ross and Flora Roberts Award winners have been from the College of Agriculture. Justin Couetil, a biochemistry student, won the G.A. Ross Award in 2019. Cameron Mann won the Flora Roberts Award in 2017, representing agricultural communication and agribusiness.
Read MoreScientists find link between key plant amino acid and essential hormones
Monday, April 13th, 2020 • University News Story
Purdue University scientists Natalia Dudareva and Joseph Lynch have been searching for a way to increase a plant’s production of phenylalanine, a compound important for plant survival and used by humans in flavors, fragrances, biofuels, insecticides an…
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MANRRS helps groom entrepreneur for life after Purdue
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
“I didn’t want to come to Purdue. I just wanted to get out of the Midwest,” said Brandon Hunter, who grew up in southern Illinois. “I saw myself moving somewhere far away like California, Georgia or Pennsylvania.”
Hunter first heard about the MANRRS-Purdue chapter through Pamala Morris, assistant dean and director of multicultural programs, and Myron McClure, assistant director of student recruitment and retention.
Read MoreStudy identifies interaction that promotes cancerous state in cells
Monday, February 10th, 2020 • University News Story
When the machinery that guides the transition of stem cells to somatic cells doesn’t shut down properly, cells can become cancerous. Identifying the mechanisms that impede those processes would offer scientists a target for cancer research.
Read MoreAncient iron-sulfur-based mechanism monitors electron flow in photosynthesis
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 • University News Story
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 may want to…
Read MorePurdue scientists develop way to track salmonella infection in real time
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 • University News Story
When bacteria like salmonella infect and sicken people, they hijack a person’s cell proteins to develop a defense against an immune response. Understanding how that works and developing methods for defending against these bacteria is difficult because …
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Researcher taking the fight to cancer
Thursday, December 19th, 2019
by Kristen Lansing Christopher Roberts peers into the eyepieces of a microscope and rolls the knobs back and forth until the specimen on the slide becomes perfectly clear. He carefully examines the slide of cancerous cells, looking for any changes that could indicate a breakthrough. “I see the cancerous cells in the zebrafish and plant…
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Borlaug Dialogue fuels students’ passion to make a difference
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
By Emma Ea Ambrose Twelve undergraduates from the College of Agriculture recently attended the 2019 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa. Founded in 2001, the Borlaug Dialogue is named after Norman E. Borlaug, the founder of The World Food Prize, Nobel Prize Laureate and father of the “Green Revolution.” This event honors his…
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Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Kortany Baker
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
KORTANY BAKER “My dream job would be at the CDC, working on the most deadly pathogens. But a big part of me wants to go into academia; I’ve had so many amazing, influential people in my life, I’d like to be that person for others.” — Kortany Baker, PhD student, Department of Biochemistry THE…
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