November 1, 2023
A hyperdiverse class of pathogens of humans and wildlife, including the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, relies on multigene families to encode antigenic variation. As a result, high (asymptomatic) prevalence is observed despite high immunity in local populations under high-transmission settings.
An immune memory–structured SIS epidemiological model for hyperdiverse pathogens
November 1, 2023
Purdue in Indianapolis engineering undergraduate students in good standing will be guaranteed a paid co-op, industry or undergraduate research internship as part of their degree, the university announced Wednesday. The school said it hopes the decision will improve retention rates, increase the likelihood of staying in the state post-grad and launch student into their careers with hands-on experience. The internship program will start with its inaugural class in 2024.
Purdue engineering school offering guaranteed internships to Indy students
November 1, 2023
Multiple journals and conferences accepted papers in recent weeks from the Mobile Artificial Intelligence (mAI) Lab at Purdue University’s Polytechnic college. The mAI Lab, directed by Sudip Vhaduri, emphasizes AI and mobile and wearable computing to develop secure, impactful solutions that enhance individuals’ quality of life through interconnected personal devices like smartphones and wearables in the IoT (Internet-of-Things) ecosystem.
Wearable tech, AI highlighted in Purdue Mobile Artificial intelligence Lab's recent publications
October 31, 2023
Protein function prediction is one of the long-standing, fundamental topics of bioinformatics, which involves profiling the activities and interactions of proteins. Although protein functions are eventually determined by experiments, the experimental effort and expense slow down the process of function discovery, which is in contrast to the ever-increasing volume of sequenced proteins.
Domain-PFP allows protein function prediction using function-aware domain embedding representations
October 31, 2023
Maintaining sanitary conditions without using water presents special challenges. Purdue University’s Haley Oliver to launch a project to improve the safety of low-moisture food-processing facilities. Oliver, a professor of food science, will collaborate with Old Dominion University’s Rishi Drolia on the project, which will target the C. sakazakii pathogen.
October 27, 2023
Purdue University researchers are using mass spectrometry, a century-old analytical technique performed by experts in a laboratory, to monitor and analyze patterns of molecules in real-time, point-of-care applications in industrial and agricultural settings by nonexpert users. Christina Ferreira, metabolomics analyst at Purdue’s Metabolite Profiling Facility and Center for Analytical Instrument Development, said traditional mass spectrometry requires several steps to obtain a profile containing structural information of diverse molecules and connect them to a specific characteristic.
October 26, 2023
West Lafayette-based Wavelogix’s Rebel Concrete Strength Sensor was named to Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2023 in the “Experimental” category. Purdue University Professor of Civil Engineering Luna Lu founded the company, and the sensors have been in the works since 2017 when the Indiana Department of Transportation requested her and her lab’s help. The sensors are installed before concrete is poured and then records data that can be accessible on engineers’ phones. This information is then used to understand whether new construction can handle traffic and when roads need to be repaired.
Purdue alum’s concrete sensors named to Time’s best inventions
October 26, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, promises to revolutionize how people work and nearly every aspect of life could be transformed — prompting lawmakers in an interim commerce committee to scrutinize the new technology and how to best regulate it.
Lawmakers grapple with legal, educational implications of AI
October 26, 2023
"Space is the ultimate frontier," Porterfield said. "If we can build capabilities to live, explore, and extend our time spent there, we will eventually move towards colonization. But that all has to be based on agriculture." While working on his doctorate in the mid-1990s, Porterfield spent summers as a fellow at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, contributing to the Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) program. A decade-long initiative launched in 1985, CELSS sought to identify ways to support large crews throughout missions. Utilizing a leftover vertical chamber from the late 1950s built to test the Mercury capsule, NASA began to experiment with the concept of closed agriculture.
October 18, 2023
Purdue University scientists are unraveling the complicated toxicity of a mixture of what are often called "forever chemicals" found in many consumer products.
Examining the bio-impact of toxic chemical cocktails in the environment
