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PATHFINDER - Michelle Korf, Production Planning Manager, Evonik Get inspired and learn from successful scientists in the life sciences industry. In this captivating YouTube video, Dr. Tommy Sors, Director of Scientific St...

We have been working hard with our partners of the Indiana CTSI focusing on building a program on reciprocal innovation for global health partnerships. To see how we are building this program, check out our latest publication "Reciprocal innovation: A new approach to equitable and mutually beneficial global health partnerships" here:
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Reciprocal innovation: A new approach to equitable and mutually beneficial global health partnerships Global health researchers often discount mutual learning and benefit to address shared health challenges across high and low- and middle-income settings. Drawing from a 30-year partnership called A...

Congratulations to Dr. Stahelin on becoming a 2022 ASBMB Fellow!

2022 ASBMB fellows named The 28 honorees have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the society and have made outstanding contributions to advance the molecular life sciences.

Purdue scientists key in state’s battle against COVID variants, future viral threats WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is at the forefront of Indiana’s fight against the spread of COVID-19 variants and remains uniquely able to assist should the pandemic surge or change course…

I’m excited to provide you with a glimpse of the work we are doing at our institute to develop point-of-care diagnostics. Research at Purdue Purdue University Life Sciences

New electronic diagnostic test sends COVID-19, other pathogen test results to smartphones The Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease at Purdue University has partnered with Cleveland-based technology firm IdentifySensors Biologics to develop a rapid diagnostic platform for detecting pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q4/new-electronic-diagnostic-test-sends-covid-19,-other-pathogen-test-results-to-smartphones.html

New electronic diagnostic test sends COVID-19, other pathogen test results to smartphones The Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease at Purdue University has partnered with Cleveland-based technology firm IdentifySensors Biologics to develop a rapid diagnostic platform for detecting pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

PI4D would like to promote the upcoming installment of the PCCR's monthly seminar series: Dr. Perry Kirkham, Ph.D. from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships will give a talk on “Communicating for fun and profit: grants, papers, presentations and family dinners”.

PI4D will be hosting the COVID-19 Research Spotlight Series, Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00 -11:00 am via Webex. This is a virtual seminar that takes place every several weeks. Next week we are pleased to have Dr. Philip E. Paré, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering , presentation entitled, “Smart Contact Tracing to Control COVID-19 Epidemic Spread”.



PI4D COVID-19 Research Spotlight Series link for this presentation is:



Webex Meeting Link – https://purdue.webex.com/webappng/sites/purdue/meeting/info/a307564c025d446f884e320940024efc?siteurl=purdue&MTID=me4c2ecf32ed5235384e72c0afc97fbbc&meetingAuthToken=QUhTSwAAAAQWQiMLS757Mffi6%2FTzYJYRAxr%2BZmTdZYzyqbr%2FubNx4x5k9aAcDkHh0RnLcqgnqY643RteNnpJmxIr08MbFJ8oGa5sbya5mkA4Gx7dRoleLtwL7yQ6L6z5GDT40QqnrKoA5mDNYldDtxbp%2Fd5ETWR0%2FWvNdpinbxF%2FLWTOjQ%2BHX2CIunzEuWXXdqPzrHycqliShsHCP7RGZYllxZh19jiuQuPe%2BvqPGUjhRkOEqkuWQw%3D%3D

Meeting Number – 120 931 0666

Password – wvB3kSMEG58

PI4D would like to let everyone know that the Purdue Lecture Hall Series is shifting to accommodate more people's schedules as our semester continues this fall. Please follow the link below to our survey of what nights would work best for you!

https://doodle.com/poll/q2imzxd5m2fs7wg4

Please reach out if anyone has any questions!

PI4D is excited to invite you and your students once again to join us for The Purdue Lecture Hall Series on Thursday, October 1, 2020 @ 7pm via WebEx (see link below). Thanks to our partnership with Purdue’s Women in Engineering Program, we will be featuring Caralyn Stevenson, from the Department of Chemical Engineering. Cara will be telling us about her research studying powders and their particles, such as their size and shape to better understand powder behavior. Please, see the attached documents for more information about this exciting talk.

Meeting number (access code): 120 673 7103

Meeting password: October

Join Link:
https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m17835228fc441472c9c7366f1df4eaa5

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PI4D is delighted to recognize several recent awards and honors in our academic community:

Congratulations to Jessica Huber, co-founder of SpeechVive™. Her company raised $1.5 million to speed the company’s growth and increase accessibility for the wearable technology (https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/2020/07/15/speechvive-raises-1-5m-to-speed-companys-growth/) that improves speech clarity in Parkinson’s patients. Huber is a professor of speech, language and hearing sciences and associate dean for research in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Congratulations to Gaurav Chopra, assistant professor of analytical and physical chemistry, and Riyi Shi, professor of basic medical sciences and director of the Center for Paralysis Research, for receiving $1.3 million from the Department of Defense for research looking at connections between traumatic brain injury (https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/pu-pir072020.php) and Alzheimer’s disease. Shi also was recently named the Mari Hulman George Endowed Professor of Applied Neuroscience.

Aaron Bowman, professor and head of the School of Health Sciences, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Labor’s advisory board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.

Stay safe!

Purdue innovators receive $1.3 million from DoD for traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's A Purdue University team, including innovators from several disciplines across the university, received a $1.3 million grant from the Department of Defense for their work on traumatic brain injury.