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Purdue scientist develops method to identify thousands of protein complexes and their location, in one shot

November 3, 2017

Identifying proteins, the machinery responsible for most of the tasks done in cells, and how they interact with each other is key to improving plants.…

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Center for Plant Biology Faculty Spotlight | Chris Oakley

October 6, 2017

Chris Oakley joined the Purdue Center for Plant Biology (CPB) in January 2017 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.…

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Pollination: A classic tale of romance, love, and death

October 6, 2017

Plants are more romantic than you may think. In fact, the story of pollination may as well have been written by Shakespeare himself. Pollination, an…

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Purdue plant science student sees new career opportunities after Roadtrip Nation experience

September 14, 2017

As Shannon Newerth reached the top of an Australian mountain, the first rays of sunlight hit the mainland, and an email from Roadtrip Nation hit…

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Purdue President Mitch Daniels

Purdue partners with AgriNovus for agbiosciences initiative

August 30, 2017

Purdue University has partnered with AgriNovus on a statewide educational and public awareness campaign that asserts Indiana’s leadership in food and agriculture innovation. The “Time…

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Fat cells

Purdue research could lead to breakthrough in treating obesity, diabetes

August 30, 2017

In a potential breakthrough for the treatment of obesity and diabetes, Purdue University scientists have found a way to deliver a drug directly to stored…

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New insights through antique microscope

August 16, 2017

In Arun Bhunia’s lab on the campus of Purdue University, the professor and several graduate students peer through the lenses of high-powered microscopes to inspect…

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Molecular Agriculture Summer Institute (MASI) students in the lab.

Purdue summer institute provides students with hands-on research experience in plant sciences

August 16, 2017

For most students, summer is a time to kick back, relax, and forget about the stress of school. But for 18 Indiana high schoolers and…

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Glass of beer in the 1869 Tao Room

Boilers and Brews – Food Science Hops on the Hops Industry

May 16, 2017

Drop by the Student Union and you may notice crowds huddling around the 1869 Tap Room. A bar on campus may seem unusual, until you…

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Dr. Allan Gray teaching a Center for Food and Ag Business course.

Thirty years of industry development

May 8, 2017

More than three decades ago, Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business was created to serve the agricultural industry in new and different ways…

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Team of faculty who are working on an extrusion machine that will work in Africa and on Mars.

Mars technology creates solutions in Africa

April 20, 2017

A group of eight to 10 women can spend a single day grinding grain into flour, combining it with water and painstakingly forming the mixture…

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What Does Your Gut Microbiome Tell You?

April 14, 2017

Your diet could be having an even greater impact on your health than you realize. Dr. Steve Lindemann believes we can learn a lot more…

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Connecting Computers and Cancer

April 11, 2017

It takes a lot of hard work to become an expert in computer science. Becoming an authority in life science is also quite rigorous. Mastering…

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Bryan Pijanowski uses parabolic microphone to listen to nature.

Where are the Frogs?

February 22, 2017

Purdue’s Bryan Pijanowski, Professor of Landscape Ecology, has visited Costa Rica several times in the past decade. For more than 15 years, he’s been making…

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