Josh Widhalm, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture, has been appointed and assumed the responsibilities of director of Purdue University’s Center for Plant Biology (CPB). Widhalm’s roles will include enhancing CPB’s community-building activities, fostering collaboration to enable more interdisciplinary grant submissions and increasing the center’s and its members’ visibility. Widhalm succeeds Natalia Dudareva, a[Read More…]
Purdue University is partnering with STR on a DARPA-funded project exploring whether plants can detect synthetic chemical exposures. Associate Professor Joshua Widhalm, director of the Center for Plant Biology, leads Purdue’s involvement, overseeing biochemical data collection and analysis to explain observable changes in plants triggered by chemicals. Widhalm’s team tests agronomic and horticultural species using[Read More…]
Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture welcomed ten students for the 4-H Plant Science Academy, Living Landscapes, led by Dr. Kathryn Orvis. Students explored Vegetative Propagation and participated in activities including tours of the Purdue Sports Turf Facilities, Student Farm, and Meigs Farm. They also explored essential oils and plant chemistry with Dr.[Read More…]
Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Kranthi Varala, and Dr. Josh Widhalm were awarded seed grants by the Purdue Center for Plant Biology. Each project received $40,000 to support the generation of data for submitting federal grant proposals. Their projects awarded funding are: Gyeong Mee Yoon (PI) and Ying Li (co-PI): Phase separation in ethylene signaling. Kranthi[Read More…]
The HLA department kicked off the new semester with their annual Welcome Back Taco Thursday celebration August 22. Students, faculty, and staff came together to enjoy tacos, trivia, cornhole, and a fun photobooth. A big thank you to Gloribel Rosales-Burdin and Brandy Pinkard for organizing this fantastic event. We also appreciate Pam Fisher, the HLA[Read More…]
Drs. Mearaj Shaikh and Josh Widhalm published a paper with Dr. Mike Mickelbart and HLA alum Dr. Chan Yul Yoo in Plant Direct titled “Transcriptional repression of GTL1 under water-deficit stress promotes anthocyanin biosynthesis to enhance drought tolerance.” Dr. Yoo received his PhD in 2011 working with Dr. Mike Hasegawa. He is currently an assistant professor of biology[Read More…]
