Department Newsletters - Molecular Matters

Molecular Matters - June 2008:Publications and New hires. Day on campus news. Undergraduates in summer research labs. Travel news. Sirius and Liying get married. Dr. David and Loretta Krogmann celebrate 50 years of marriage!

Molecular Matters - April 2008:Promotions and New hires. Agriclture Spring Awards to outstanding students and faculty. Jacob Galan wins Cancer Prevention Retreat poster. Updates on Undergrad research and poster symposium. New Purdue Ag Ambassadors and PGSG senator. Emily Sturm highlighted in Destination Purdue. Success story - Christina Velasquez. BioChemistry Club showcase Enzymes in Spring Fest 2008. Job Postings, upcoming events, birthdays and more...

Molecular Matters - March 2008:New staff join our department. Barbara Golden Highlighted in Purdue Alumnus Magazine. Kwok Ki “KK” Ho and Abhijit Mukhopadhyay receive Professional Advancements. Megan Schnur awarded summer research fellowship. Travels, upcoming events, birthdays and more...

Molecular Matters - February 2008:New Department Head of Biochemistry. Clemens’s prestigious fellowships get highlighted in alumni magazine. Travels of Dave Krogmann & Barbara Golden. Bo Yang's and Erin Kischuk's recent fellowship award. Bella Siangonya's paper gets accepted by journal. Biochemistry students win agricultural research fund scholarships. Upcoming events, jobs and more...

Molecular Matters - January 2008:Finding the missing evolutionary link - Barbara Golden, along with Jui-Hui Chen and Elaine Chase crystallized a fungus molecule. Clint Chapple received funding for $1.93 million. Scott Briggs began serving as board member of the New Epigenetics Society. Recent awards, Jim Forney & Barbara Golden's travels, Bo Yang's marriage, Yifeng Li's baby girl, job postings and more...

Molecular Matters - December 2007: Holli Hunter joined the department. Jim Henderson and Fred Gimble received awards.Dr. Mark Hermodson's retirement party. Winter commencement ceremony and the reception. BCHM Hawaiian Holiday - Staff Recognition Party. Birthdays, Holidays, Job postings and more...

Molecular Matters - November 2007: Shinyoung Lee & Anita Durairaj joined our department. Dr.Clint Chapple recieved an award from U.S. Department of Energy. David Krogmann received a package. What was in it? Henry Weiner, Clint Chapple and Ann Kirchmaier's travels. Upcoming Retirement Events. Job Postings and more...

Molecular Matters - October 2007: Tuajuanda Jordan (Ph.D. 1989, Rodwell) is the department’s 2008 Distinguished Ag Alumnus. Jim Clemens was featured in the October 11 issue of Purdue News. Who won the Kiss the Pig contest? 2007 BCHM Research Retreat...

Molecular Matters - September 2007: Xiaoming Yang, Nick Bonawitz & Hua-Jie Zhang joined our department. Where did Ann Kirchmaier, Scott Briggs and Barbara Golden go this month, extending their work? What did our undergrads do over the summer? Purdue Family Day, Sports....

Molecular Matters - July/August 2007: New Faces in BCHM. Birthdays. Recent Faculty Awards. New BCHM Graduate Students. Welcome Mixer Picnic. Upcoming Events.....

Molecular Matters - June 2007: Biochemistry Options Representative, Joe Ogas and Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Sherry Pogranichniy, kept busy with Day on Campus meeting with 27 new students. This program brings new undergraduate students to West Lafayette to familiarize with the campus, get their Purdue I.D. card, register for fall classes....

Molecular Matters - May 2007: Spring Fling is held annually to appreciation to those listed above for efforts during the year. This year’s will include a new event! Spring Fling Off. Teams of four players each match wits against each other in this game of trivia. Prizes will be awarded to....

Molecular Matters - April 2007: Michael Beach (Ph.D. 1987 Rodwell) visited the department on April 10 to speak to the students taking Dr. Brandt's HONR 199 class as part of their lecture series, "Malaria: First World Science v. Third World Disease. What Are Our Moral Responsibilities?"....

Molecular Matters - March 2007: Adam Henry (BCHM undergraduate, Dean's Scholar) was appointed to the Student Advisory Council for the Dean's Scholars Program in the College of Agriculture. The Dean's Scholars Program provides stimulating academic courses, research, and enrichment activities for highly qualified undergraduate students....

Molecular Matters - February 2007: In December we said good-bye to Gill. This month we welcome Cory Nguyen to the department to help support our computers! Cory is originally from Irving, Texas and is a sophomore in CIT Network Engineering Technology....

Molecular Matters - January 2007: The JCB "Classics" series featured the work of Jack Dixon (faculty 1973-1991) in the December 22 issue. The lead paper cited is from work at Purdue and the topic is protein tyrosine phosphatases....

Molecular Matters - December 2006: Collin Mitchell (B.S. 2000) was the featured speaker at the December 8th GAC Pizza Gathering. He spoke about alternative career opportunities for Biohemistry majors and discussed his job as Molecular Sales Specialist for Abbott Laboratories....

Molecular Matters - November 2006: Ag Council's annual Hog Roast took on a new spin this year with a "Kiss the Pig Contest." Twelve professors, one from each department in the College of Agriculture, participated in the event. For three weeks collection jars for each professor were placed in various locations. The professor with the highest collection got to kiss the pig at the Hog Roast held on October 19....

Molecular Matters - October 2006: Barbara Sturm, MD (B.S. 1980 Alumna, & Hermodson's Lab Tech) was invited to speak at the Biochemistry Club Meeting on Thursday, October 5th. Her topics included: Medical School, working in industry, Biochemistry Graduate School and skin cancer....

Molecular Matters - September 2006: Homecoming events will include a pep rally, parade, fireworks, food, music and a variety of other activities. The weeks events lead up to the noon kickoff Homecoming game on Saturday, September 23, in which Purdue takes on Minnesota....