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Widhalm Lab Undergrad Researchers Receive CATE Funding

October 27, 2023 - From Issue:

Widhalm lab undergraduate research students Shoshana Keim and Lauryn Rhodes each received CATE Undergraduate Research Funding awards from the College of Agriculture. Shoshana and Lauryn are working on separate projects to investigate juglone metabolism alongside their graduate student mentor, George Meyer.
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Widhalm Laboratory Undergraduate Student Libby Sorenson Presents at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

August 12, 2022 - From Issue:
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Widhalm laboratory undergraduate student Libby Sorenson presents at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. Libby spent the summer working in the Widhalm laboratory as part of the Purdue Undergraduate Research Experiences for Plant Biology and Data Science (PURE-PD) program. She was mentored by HLA graduate student George Meyer to investigate plant resistance mechanisms to the allelochemical juglone.
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Widhalm Laboratory Members Present at Summer Research Conferences

August 12, 2022 - From Issue:

Over the summer, the Widhalm laboratory members were busy presenting their research across the country. Graduate student Thiti Suttiyut presented his work on shikonin metabolism and helped organize the phytochemical section at Botany 2022 (Botanical Society of America) in Anchorage, Alaska from July 24th – 27th. Graduate student George Meyer presented his work on juglone[Read More…]

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Thiti Suttiyut, Manoj Ghaste, Joshua Widhalm Published Paper

March 16, 2022 - From Issue:

Thiti Suttiyut, Manoj Ghaste, and Joshua Widhalm along with others from the Purdue Center for Plant Biology published a paper in Horticulture Research entitled “Integrative analysis of the shikonin metabolic network identifies new gene connections and reveals evolutionary insight into shikonin biosynthesis.  The paper is available online:  https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhab087.
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Widhalm Lab PhD Student received USDA-NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship Award

February 4, 2022 - From Issue:

George Meyer, PhD student in Dr. Josh Widhalm’s laboratory, received a USDA-NIFA predoctoral fellowship award. George will study the metabolic mechanisms evolved by the black walnut tree to resist the phytotoxic effects of its produced allelochemical juglone. George’s proposal is titled “Investigation of metabolic mechanisms underlying juglone resistance.”
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