Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries
Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits Read more...
New effort probes how two groups of viruses cause disease
Purdue University is leading a team of researchers in a federally funded effort aimed ultimately at developing better vaccines and antiviral drugs Read more...
Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries
Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that Read more...
Enzyme may be a key to Alzheimer's-related cell death
A Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death Read more...
Protein helps cells duplicate correctly, avoid becoming cancer
A Purdue researcher has discovered that the absence of certain proteins needed for proper cell duplication can lead to Read more...
Purdue to dedicate Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology
Purdue University structural biologists - a group that provides insights that lead to vaccines and other disease treatments - are getting a booster Read more...
Dow AgroSciences, Purdue, IEDC partner for life sciences venture at Purdue Research Park
A new development project in the life sciences arena was announced Wednesday (Sept. 30) as part of a new agricultural collaboration among Dow Read more...
Jing-Ke Weng Dr. Clint Chapple Lab Research Interests: Evolution of plant secondary metabolism, comparative biochemistry, cytochrom P450, cell wall engineering
Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching
Dana Emmert Dr. Christine Hrycyna Lab Courses Taught: CHM 53300 Fall 2006, CHM 11600 Spring 2007 & 2008, CHM 33300 Fall 2007 & 2008, Spring 2009
Publications of the Year
Vidhya Munnamalai Dr. Daniel Suter Lab Reactive oxygen species regulate F-actin dynamics in neuronal growth cones and neurite outgrowth (PDF)
Guanglu Shi Dr. Stephen Konieczny Lab Spontaneous induction of murine pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (mPanIN) by acinar cell targeting of oncogenic Kras in adult mice (PDF)
Jing-Ke Weng Dr. Clint Chapple Lab Independent origins of syringly lignin in vascular plants (PDF)
Certificate of Recognition for First-Authorship
Maris Cinelli, Dr. Mark Cushman Lab Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of 14-Substituted Aromathecins as Topoisomerase I Inhibitors (PDF)
Sarah Husk, Dr. Joseph Garner Lab Home Improvement: C57BL/6J Mice Given More Naturalistic Nesting Materials Build Better Nests (PDF)
Kai-Hui Sun, Dr. Kavita Shah Lab Novel Genetic Tools Reveal Cdk5's Major Role in Golgi Fragmentation in Alzheimer's Disease (PDF) Deregulated Cdk5 promotes oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction (PDF)
Chunhua Zhang, Dr. Daniel Szymanski Lab Arabidopis SCARs Function Interchangeably to Meet Actin-Related Protein 2/3 Activation Thresholds during Morphogenesis (PDF)
First-Year Poster Awards
Outstanding Poster
Tyler Buit Poster Title: Identification of microsatellites for Odz4 genotyping Rotation PI: Dr. Amy Lossie
Special Recognition Poster
Mengang Xu Poster Title: 3D modeling of anterior-posterior pattern formation fo the drosphila embryo Rotation PI: Dr. David Umulis
Student Travel Awards
Fall 2008
Juan Cárdenas (Dr. S. Lelièvre Lab) Annual Meeting for the American Society of Cell Biology, San Francisco, CA
Chih-Hong Chen (Dr. C. Post Lab) Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference, Pacific Grove, CA
Dana Emmert (Dr. C. Hrycyna Lab) Gordon Research Conference, Understanding & Overcoming Multi-Drug Efflux Pumps in Disease, Galveston, TX
Carla Rosenfield (Dr. S. Gelvin Lab) 29th Annual Crown Gall Conference, Ann Arbor, MI
Kai-Hui Sun (Dr. K. Shah Lab) 2009 Drug Discovery for Neurodegeneration Conference, Washington, DC
Yifeng Yang (Dr. D. Kihara Lab) Biophysical Society 53 rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Spring 2009
Frances Joan Alvarez (Dr. A. Davidson Lab) Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME
Jinming Cui (Dr. A. Davidson Lab) Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME
Anna Fahey (Dr. A. DeWoody Lab) Evolution Annual Meeting, Moscow, ID
Jeeyeon Lee (Dr. J. Chmielewski) 21 st American Peptide Symposium, Bloomington, IN
Jer-Young Lin (Dr. S. Jackson Lab) The Biology of Genomes, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Wei Xia (Dr. P. Low Lab) Immunology 2009, Seattle, WA
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curriculum and research training activities.
