October 13, 2023
Andrew Mesecar, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and the Walther Professor in Cancer Structural Biology, was named assistant vice president for research and director of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research after serving, since Aug. 2022, as interim director. Mesecar was chosen for the position after a nationwide search.
Andrew Mesecar named director of Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
October 12, 2023
Andrew Mesecar, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and the Walther Professor in Cancer Structural Biology, has been named assistant vice president for research and director of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) after serving since August 2022 as interim director. Chosen for the position after a nationwide search, his new role was effective Sept. 1.
Mesecar named director of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
October 11, 2023
A recent study, led by Sabre Kais, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, and IBM’s Barbara Jones, used a quantum computer to perform chemical calculations via perturbation theory. The science could potentially be used to solve quantum mechanics problems on a larger scale using perturbation theory.
Purdue researchers, IBM perform perturbation theory method on quantum computer
October 10, 2023
Dr. Stephen Byrn, CSO of Improved Pharma, will be featured in the Speaker Spotlight: Accelerating Drug Development: Past, Present and Future. The talk begins at 2:30 PM at Spotlight Stage C in Exhibit Hall West A4-B3. Dr. Byrn will talk about his role in the conceptual design and development of the INDiGO program during his previous tenure at Aptuit (SSCI).
October 10, 2023
Every food has a unique, and invisible, chemical “fingerprint.” A researcher from Purdue University has discovered a quick and portable way to identify that fingerprint and sniff out food fraud on the go.
October 5, 2023
Purdue University on Friday will mark the founding of its Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratories (MMRL). The university said the effort brings together 10 faculty from different engineering disciplines to boost manufacturing research, funding and industry collaboration. Arvind Raman, the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering at Purdue, said the MMRL will be an umbrella organization with experimental facilities for physical domain manufacturing. “This will allow us to have a stronger outward projection to industry partners and federal agencies and promote collaborations leading to federal funding, industry linkups and workforce development,” Raman said in a news release.
October 4, 2023
Research produces a ton of data. You may think researchers inherently know what to do with this data, but when it comes to big data, the scale of information is so vast that tackling it requires some training. That’s what the BigCare 2023 Summer Workshop aims to do – show cancer researchers how to use all that data, specifically by incorporating cyberinfrastructure resources into their work. This year, the 10-day workshop held at Purdue used ACCESS resource Anvil to support both the in-person and online workshops
ACCESS Empowers Cancer Researchers with Big Data Analysis Skills at BigCare Workshop
October 3, 2023
Imagine brain implants that could detect neural impulses and then wirelessly communicate those signals with a prosthetic arm, or even a smart home device. Engineers are one step closer to this possible future, based on the results of a recent study in Nature Electronics. While there have been many attempts to link brain signals with an external device or computer, this work is the first to demonstrate high-bandwidth wireless communication between neural implants and wearable devices, taking advantage of the body’s natural electrical conductivity. “No previous tech had a broadband nature in the brain,” says senior author and principal investigator Shreyas Sen, an electrical and biomedical researcher and inventor at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.
In proof-of-concept study, mouse brain implants communicate wirelessly with wearable electronics
October 3, 2023
Natalia Rodriguez, assistant professor in the Purdue University Department of Public Health, has been selected as a 2023 NIH (National Institutes of Health) Director’s New Innovator Award recipient. The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award is a component of the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Program, which supports exceptionally creative scientists conducting highly innovative research. The program seeks to identify scientists with high-impact ideas that may be risky or at a stage too early to fare well in the traditional peer review process. The program encourages creative, outside-the-box thinkers to pursue exciting and innovative ideas in any area of biomedical, behavioral or social science research relevant to the NIH mission.
PURDUE PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCHER RECEIVES NIH DIRECTOR’S NEW INNOVATOR AWARD
September 30, 2023
Purdue University has received $2.7 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for developing a field test that can measure and predict the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in a wide range of wildlife and farm animals. Mohit Verma, assistant professor in agricultural and biological engineering and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and his colleagues plan to collect nearly 2,000 nasal and oral samples from over three dozen species of mammals and birds ranging from cattle, swine and wolves to chickens, ducks and turkeys.
