Dr. Linda Prokopy appeared on WFYI’s Across Indiana: The Local Impact of Climate Change. She discussed the impact of climate change on Indiana agriculture and the need to diversify the Corn Belt to counteract the effect.
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]
Dr. Ying Li and Dr. Jing Gao’s (associate professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering) project “Decoding the Intergenic Regulatory Information in Crop Genomes to Enhance Genetic Improvement of Agricultural Traits” was one of seven to be awarded the Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) Postdoctoral…Read more about Dr. Ying Li’s Project Awarded IPAI Postdoctoral Research Award[Read More]
Celina Gómez and Cary Mitchell were in Seoul Korea May 19-22 for the LightSym2024 international conference where they presented their light-related research with plants. Celina also moderated a session at LightSym.
Purdue Agriculture Communication featured a story on the Varala Lab’s recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Purdue-USDA team develops fast-track process for genetic improvement of plant traits. The story has also been featured in the US Department of Energy’s University and Stakeholder News.
Katherine Pivaral successfully passed her M.S. thesis defense this week. Her thesis focused on creating markets for diversified crops in the Midwestern US and she did a phenomenal job collecting and analyzing complex data. Katherine’s MS thesis advisor is Dr. Linda Prokopy and committee members are Dr. Ariana Torres and Dr. Leigh Raymond (University of…Read more about Katherine Pivaral Successfully Defended Master’s Thesis[Read More]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, two undergraduate landscape Architecture students, Gabby Nivar and Jennifer Kerr, together with Ball State landscape architecture professor Taylor Metz, delivered an ASLA “STEM Literacy by Design” outreach with the children studying in Acton Academy at Fall Creek at Pendleton, Indiana. The goal of national ASLA’s STEM Literacy by Design program is to host a Story Time,…Read more about Illustrated Children’s Book on Native Plants joined ASLA “STEM Literacy by Design”[Read More]
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