Purdue scientist appointed Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Jue Chen, an associate professor of biological sciences, is the first Purdue University scientist to be appointed as an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Click HERE To Read More.

Newly defined signaling pathway could mean better biofuel sources

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A newly defined biochemical pathway in plants may provide the scientific tools to design plants that will yield larger quantities of alternative transportation fuels than currently can be produced, according to Purdue University researchers.Click HERE To Read More.

Gene guards grain-producing grasses so people and animals can eat

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University and USDA- Agricultural Research Service scientists have discovered that a type of gene in grain-producing plants halts infection by a disease-causing fungus that can destroy crops vital for human food supplies.Click HERE To Read More.

Purdue researchers obtain a snapshot clarifying how materials enter cells

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A group of Purdue University researchers has captured a key step in the metabolic process that allows materials, such as nutrients and drug treatments, to move in and out of cells.Click HERE To Read More.

Purdue to break ground on Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University will break ground on the new Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology at 2:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 19).Click HERE To Read More.

Gold nanorods shed light on new approach to fighting cancer

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have shown how tiny "nanorods" of gold can be triggered by a laser beam to blast holes in the membranes of tumor cells, setting in motion a complex biochemical mechanism that leads to a tumor cell's self-destruction.Click HERE To Read More.

Study of nervous system development garners prestigious fellowships

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - How the approximately 1 trillion nerve cells in the brain network to form the nervous system is a mystery that a Purdue University scientist is investigating with the ultimate aim of preventing and treating disorders such as Down syndrome, autism, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.Click HERE To Read More.

Neuroscientist receives long-term funding to understand obesity

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University professor of psychological sciences is the recipient of a $8.4 million, 10-year National Institutes of Health Method to Extend Research in Time Award that will fund research on how the brain and stomach communicate about the food people eat.Click HERE To Read More.

Scientists learn structure of enzyme in unusual virus

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Biologists have determined the three-dimensional structure of an unusual viral enzyme that is required in the assembly of new viruses.Click HERE To Read More.

Purdue researchers develop technology to detect cancer by scanning surface veins

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new technology for cancer detection that eliminates the need for drawing blood has been developed by Purdue University researchers.Click HERE To Read More.

Discovery in plant virus may help prevent HIV and similar viruses

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In a study that could lead to new ways to prevent infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and similar organisms, Purdue University researchers have been able to genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction of a related virus.Click HERE To Read More.

• 04/05/07: Purdue researchers use 'nanopore channels' to precisely detect DNA
• 03/26/07: Scientists pinpoint proteins that direct plant growth, development
• 03/22/07: Test finds manufactured nanoparticles don't harm soil ecology
• 03/22/07: Biologists learn structure of enzyme needed to power 'molecular motor'
• 03/07/07: Purdue, IU researchers collaborate on life sciences, biomedical initiatives
• 02/18/07: Scientists find method to pick non-competitive animals, improve production
• 02/16/07: Purdue trustees approve new science building, dining court
• 02/12/07: Scientists use nanoparticle to discover disease-causing proteins
• 01/17/07: New technology accurately identifies E. coli for food safety
• 12/21/06: Scientists develop method to find genetic basis for plant variation
• 12/04/06: NIH selects Purdue to use phi29 DNA packaging motor for national nanomedicine development center
• 11/29/06: WL firm gets patent on anti-cancer drug
• 10/11/06: Purdue honors faculty entrepreneurs for life-altering inventions
• 09/14/06: Rodent's bizarre traits deepen mystery of genetics, evolution
• 07/18/06: Host protein triggers infection by smallpox-related viruses
• 06/26/06: Purdue researchers find 'switch' for skeletal-muscle atrophy
• 04/20/06: Purdue scientists find hypertension drug reverses death of cells
• 02/09/06: Biologists visualize protein interaction that may initiate viral infection
• 02/01/06: Biologists build better software, beat path to viral knowledge
• 01/10/06: Loosen leash on cancer protein 'watchdog,' researchers say
• 12/15/05: Purdue biologists clarify how a cellular 'spacecraft' opens its airlock
• 12/02/05: Plant gene related to cancer treatment may foster new oncology drugs
• 11/07/05: Purdue's gold nanorods brighten future for medical imaging
• 10/04/05: Bindley Bioscience Center dedicated at Purdue's Discovery Park