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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

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 black pepper. “I’d take it and feel better, but I didn’t know why,” she...

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The Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research provides world-class excellence in focused areas of carbohydrate research, communication related to the research areas, analytical services, and education.

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The Center’s research focuses on fundamental investigations of structure-function relationships of carbohydrates and other biopolymers as related to practical uses.

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