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...
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Training Group Mission
Students in this training group work with a diverse group of faculty that use modern molecular technology and analytical approaches to explore evolutionary processes and the structure of natural populations. Research projects address both practical and fundamental problems with an evolutionary perspective. Examples include the identification and exploitation of adaptive traits and processes in crops, livestock, and wildlife, as well as the pests and parasites that interact with those species. As such, they focus on identifying the mechanisms that have driven biological evolution and on uncovering evidence of important evolutionary change. These approaches require an understanding of biology that spans several levels of organization, including molecular, cellular, organismal, and populations and therefore requires a broad interdisciplinary training. Students in this training group will become proficient in molecular, evolutionary, and population genetics as well as comparative genomics and molecular phylogenetics.
Training Groups are topic-oriented research groups consisting of faculty from multiple departments.
Training groups are an administrative home for PULSe students, a student choice that impacts
curriculum and research training activities.
