Past News
Two PVM Faculty Members Recognized with Purdue Seed for Success Acorn Awards
November 14, 2025
Purdue University has released this year’s list of Purdue researchers who received the university’s prestigious Seed for Success Acorn Awards, and the honorees include two Department of Basic Medical Sciences faculty members. The Seed for Success Acorn Awards are presented by the Office of Research to recognize investigators for their accomplishment in obtaining external sponsored awards of $1 million or more.
Two PVM Faculty Members Recognized with Purdue Seed for Success Acorn Awards
Purdue Leads NSF-Funded Midwest Agrivoltaics Incubator to Boost Rural Energy and Economic Resilience to Extreme Weather
November 13, 2025
Purdue University has received a National Science Foundation grant to establish the Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2): Midwest Agrivoltaics for Resilient Communities. This initiative aims to help rural Midwest communities withstand extreme weather by integrating agriculture with solar energy systems. The Phase 1 award positions Purdue to compete for up to $15 million in Phase 2 funding.
‘Camelids’ Project takes part in the Alpaca Fiber Business Roundtable
November 13, 2025
Dr. Julia Bello-Bravo (Purdue University) and Dr. Yezelia Cáceres Cabana (UNSA), members of the Camelids Project, together with alpaca producers during the Alpaca Fiber Business Roundtable held in Arequipa. Photo credits: MIDAGRI.
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Scientists reveal a hidden hormone switch for learning
November 11, 2025
Researchers uncovered how estrogen subtly reshapes learning by strengthening dopamine reward signals in the brain. Rats learned faster when estrogen levels were high and struggled when the hormone’s activity was blocked. The findings help explain how hormonal cycles influence cognitive performance and psychiatric symptoms. This connection offers a new path for understanding brain disorders tied to dopamine.
A high-throughput drug screening assay for anti-tau aggregation using split GFP and flow cytometry
October 29, 2025
Tau protein aggregation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, making the development of anti-aggregation therapeutics a critical area of research.
A high-throughput drug screening assay for anti-tau aggregation using split GFP and flow cytometry
Press Release Improved Pharma exhibiting and presenting at AAPS 2025 PHARMSCI 360
October 23, 2025
This year, Improved Pharma occupies a larger corner booth (#3561) shared with Varda Space Industries (#3563). We are conveniently located on the main aisle of the exhibition floor in between the 360 stage and Poster Forum 7. Stephen Byrn, Pam Smith, Susan-Bogdanowich-Knipp, Ruba Alajlouni and Lauren Smith will represent Improved Pharma. Please stop by the booth to discuss your R&D needs, learn more about our current research in solid-state chemistry and formulation design, and talk about crystallization in microgravity.
Press Release Improved Pharma exhibiting and presenting at AAPS 2025 PHARMSCI 360
Purdue graduate students, postdocs gain tips, insights on becoming faculty members
October 21, 2025
More than 200 master’s and doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars spent their fall break gaining crucial insights and tips on taking the essential steps to advance their academic journey to become the next generation of leading professors, teachers and researchers.
Purdue graduate students, postdocs gain tips, insights on becoming faculty members
Trump Nominates Raman to Serve as NIST Director
October 21, 2025
President Donald Trump has nominated Arvind Raman to be the next director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the under secretary of commerce for standards and technology.
Trump selects Purdue engineering dean Raman to serve as next NIST director
October 21, 2025
President Trump has nominated Arvind Raman, dean of Purdue University’s College of Engineering, to serve as the next director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, filling a key role in carrying out the administration’s cybersecurity and artificial intelligence agenda. Raman has worked at Purdue for over 20 years, with an initial focus on research and teaching. He became the college’s inaugural associate dean for global engineering programs in 2014 and rose through the ranks to be named dean...
Trump selects Purdue engineering dean Raman to serve as next NIST director
How Purdue's 'Asthma Herd' horses could breathe new life into asthma research
October 20, 2025
What comes to mind when you think about asthma? For Dr. Laurent Couetil, horses are top of mind. Why horses?
How Purdue's 'Asthma Herd' horses could breathe new life into asthma research