Past News
ISF: Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies
June 11, 2025
Dr. Ximena E. Bernal, a professor in Purdue University's Department of Biological Sciences, and faculty affiliate of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, has co-authored a new study which has uncovered how young fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosis) learn to identify and hunt prey—not through instinct, but by listening, learning the mating calls of their prey, and observing mature bats.
ISF: Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies
New HPAI test could help poultry producers combat the disease
June 11, 2025
Purdue University researchers have created a rapid detection test that could help poultry producers detect the disease faster.
New HPAI test could help poultry producers combat the disease
An expert from Purdue University offers insight into rapid HPAI diagnostic test
June 10, 2025
The ag sector remains on alert for high path avian influenza, with farmers implementing a number of biosecurity protocols.
An expert from Purdue University offers insight into rapid HPAI diagnostic test
The Pathological Role and Therapeutic potential of ALDH2 in acrolein detoxification Following Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
June 8, 2025
Oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation-derived aldehydes, such as acrolein, play a central role in the pathology of spinal cord injury (SCI) and have emerged as promising therapeutic targets.
Karen Plaut - June Dimensions of Discovery Introduction
June 6, 2025
As many of you know, after 15 years at Purdue as associate dean for research, dean, and executive vice president for research, I will be retiring on June 30.
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Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases
June 5, 2025
Dr. Rebecca Wilkes (Tennessee ’01), Lafayette, Indiana. A diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists in virology and bacteriology-mycology, Dr. Wilkes is an associate professor of molecular diagnostics in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Two-week supplementation of Bifidobacterium adolescentis iVS-1 reduces symptoms associated with lactose intolerance in lactose maldigesters
June 4, 2025
Probiotic supplements containing high β-galactosidase-producing bacteria may aid in the management of lactose intolerance.
New assay offers way to combat threat of highly pathogenic avian flu
June 2, 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island nations as the only regions on Earth that remain free from the H5N1 strain.
New assay offers way to combat threat of highly pathogenic avian flu
Discovery and Mechanism of 16–19F, a Novel Synthetic Lethal Inhibitor of the PRMT5•MTA Complex in MTAP-Deleted Cancer Cells
May 29, 2025
Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), which uniquely binds to 5′-methylthioadenosine (MTA) among the PRMT family, is emerging as an attractive epigenetic target for 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP)-deleted cancer treatments.
RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance
May 28, 2025
On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of immunizations it recommends for healthy children and pregnant women.