Past News
Personal experiences with cancer drive Purdue’s research strides
March 5, 2026
More than six years after Tyler Trent showed campus and the world what it means to stand up to cancer, his story still touches the lives of so many. People like Purdue senior Andrew Kinder and cancer researcher Nathaniel Mabe, and everyone at the Purdue research center that bears his name: the Tyler Trent Pediatric Cancer Research Center. It’s part of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR), one of the university’s leading research centers.
Personal experiences with cancer drive Purdue’s research strides
Purdue pilots B2D7 — Bachelor’s to Doctorate in 7 Years — to enhance U.S. research talent pipeline
March 5, 2026
Inadequate numbers of domestic students in STEM doctorate programs has long been a bottleneck to research excellence and to reindustrialization workforce development in the United States. Domestic students in certain STEM fields have highly compensated industry job offers from the private sector at the time of baccalaureate graduation, and no realistic amount of additional stipends can make doctorate offers financially competitive if the duration of the doctoral path remains long and indefinite.
Purdue pilots B2D7 — Bachelor’s to Doctorate in 7 Years — to enhance U.S. research talent pipeline
New contraceptive vaccine sharply reduces fertility enabling humane wildlife management
March 5, 2026
A shot that keeps a mare from getting pregnant sounds simple. In practice, it is one of the messier problems in wildlife management, where every extra dose means another chase, another dart, another round of stress for an animal that already lives on the move.
New contraceptive vaccine sharply reduces fertility enabling humane wildlife management
Purdue study shines light on auditory attention, cognition of aphasia patients
March 4, 2026
Arianna LaCroix, assistant professor in SLHS, collaborated with PhD student Emily (Sebranek) Lenz to develop an “auditory attention task” (AAT) that can measure how people pay attention to sounds — both the ones they’re trying to listen to and the ones that distract them. The goal of this work is to shine light on a neurological deficit that may be quietly affecting how people with aphasia listen, understand and express themselves.
Purdue study shines light on auditory attention, cognition of aphasia patients
CQT Indiana Site Director Gerardo Ortiz named Distinguished Professor
March 4, 2026
Gerardo Ortiz, a physics professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics at IU Bloomington, is an internationally recognized leader in theoretical condensed matter physics and quantum information science.
CQT Indiana Site Director Gerardo Ortiz named Distinguished Professor
Women over 50 lost 35% more weight with this surprising combo
February 28, 2026
Postmenopausal women may have a powerful new edge in the battle against weight gain. A Mayo Clinic study found that those using menopausal hormone therapy while taking the obesity drug tirzepatide lost about 35% more weight than those on the drug alone. The findings hint at a surprising synergy between hormones and cutting-edge weight-loss medications, potentially opening the door to more effective, personalized treatments for millions of women facing increased cardiometabolic risks after menopause.
Women over 50 lost 35% more weight with this surprising combo
Amplified Sciences achieves CAP accreditation for cutting-edge diagnostic lab
February 27, 2026
Gold standard milestone clears the path for national expansion of PanCystPro™ assay
Amplified Sciences achieves CAP accreditation for cutting-edge diagnostic lab
Gibson Oncology, NIH to begin Phase 2 trials of LMP744 for treatment of first-time recurrent glioblastoma
February 25, 2026
Study will evaluate tumor regression in approximately 40 cancer patients
Former Postdoctoral Researcher from the ‘Camelids’ Project Appointed Vice rector for Research and Innovation
February 25, 2026
Dr. Alejandra Toro Ospina during her appointment as Vice-rector for Research and Innovation at the Universidad de la Amazonia, January 16. Photo credit: Universidad de la Amazonia.
In situ structures of the portal-neck-tail complex of bacteriophage T4 inform a viral genome positioning mechanism
February 20, 2026
The post-genome packaging mechanisms that govern the assembly of an infectious virion are poorly understood in bacteriophages and other viruses. Here, our near-atomic resolution cryo-EM structural analyses uncovered an assembly- and conformation-driven genome positioning mechanism in the tailed bacteriophage T4.