Justin Walder (Widhalm lab) presented his research from his Summer College of Agriculture Research Fellowship (SCARF) project at the 2025 Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. His poster was titled “Engineering flux through the MVA Pathway to Enhance Terpenoid Synthesis in Tomato” and he was mentored by Widhalm lab postdoc Dr. Mearaj Shaikh.
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 about New Publication from Drs. Shaikh, Widhalm, Mickelbart and Colleagues[Read More]
The HLA Department participated in the Rainbow Callout on September 6 at the Co-Rec. The booth handed out carnations and other HLA swag to attendees. A special thank you to the Widhalm Lab, especially George Meyer, Thiti Suttiyut, and Mearaj Shaikh for preparing the flowers and being at the booth. Thanks also goes out to…Read more about HLA at the Rainbow Callout[Read More]