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Congratulations, Philip!!
Poster Prizes Awarded at @IUCr2026
Congratulations to Philip Rushton (Purdue University) and Ryu Williston (McGill University).
Many thanks to the meeting organizers and the wwPDB Foundation
Details: rcsb.org/news/feature/6a9974…
ALT Left: Philip Rushton (Purdue University) Right: Ryu Williston (McGill University)
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Purdue Bio Sciences prof Rams Subramanian, @DECTRIS Japan's Leo Chavas and Nathan Coussens of the Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research received the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on how cockroaches nourish their developing embryos.
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Congratulations, Rams!! Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
Purdue Bio Sciences prof Rams Subramanian, @DECTRIS Japan’s Leo Chavas and Nathan Coussens of the Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research received the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on how cockroaches nourish their developing embryos.
purduesci.com/4xMQ00L
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Welcome to Purdue, Raluca Ostafe, Nandini Krishnamoorthy, Runxi Shen and Anne Carpenter!
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Congratulations to Daniel Suter, professor of biological sciences at Purdue, on being named a 2026 Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology!
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New paper from our lab: "Queryome: orchestrating retrieval, reasoning, and synthesis across biomedical literature" Journal of Biomedical Semantics. Answers biological questions precisely with reference. State-of-the-art performance in multiple benchmarks.
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A Purdue alumna and internationally recognized computational biologist, Anne Carpenter is returning to her alma mater as the Irwin Tessman Professor in Biological Sciences and Computer Science.
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📢 New paper in Current Protocols! 🧬
We present practical protocols for ComplexModeler and CryoZeta, deep learning tools for modeling protein–DNA/RNA complexes from cryo-EM maps, freely available through EMSuite. 🔬💻
📄 doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.70409
em.kiharalab.org
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Pranav Punuru received the Best poster in Biology Award at the Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) conference at Milwaukee last week. Congratulations, Pranav! His poster was about the EM modeling server. em.kiharalab.org/
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The REU program was organized by Prof. Nick Noinaj. We'll be hosting the program again next summer, so if you're an undergraduate student interested in structural or computational biology, we'd love to have you join us!
The REU in Structural & Computational Biology Program at Purdue Structural Biology concluded last week with presentations at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Pictured are Laura Dong and Isaiah Philip, whom we had the pleasure of hosting in our lab. They did a fantastic job!
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Read about Professor Nick Noinaj's recent discovery: Structural insights into the mechanism underpinning iron piracy in pathogenic Neisseria
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New article "Comp. approaches for protein complex modeling for intermediate res. cryo-EM maps" in Progress in Mol Biol & Translational Sci, by Joon Hong Park, @GTerashi, @d_kihara.
Introduces how to use DiffModeler and DMcloud in em.kiharalab.org
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CBS News recently featured Purdue's first-in-the-nation AI working competency graduation requirement, highlighting how the university is preparing students to use artificial intelligence thoughtfully, responsibly and effectively across disciplines. cbsnews.com/video/purdue-uni…
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In May (5/6 2026) we gave a webinar introducing our EM web server. The recording is now available!
Highlighted 2 recent additions:
• DAQplugin: On-the-fly structure validation for ChimeraX
• CryoZeta: A heterogeneous str modeling for proteins and DNA/RNA
piped.video/watch?v=AeynIBm1…
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Immediate 6-month position available for a Technician/Lab Manager. Expertise in protein purification/tissue culture desired. Apply via below link or by directly emailing me at smattoo@purdue.edu.
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Purdue researchers found that a key freshwater species changes its biological response over time during a moderate heat wave, offering new clues about how aquatic ecosystems may adapt to a warming climate.
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Presentations at the Hitchhiker's Guide Structural Biology symposium at Purdue last week! Anika, Farhanaz, Genki, Yuki with Professor Wah Chiu. hitchhikersguide2biogal.com/
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🚨 NEWS: The Purdue Institute for Cancer Research has secured $9.4M in renewal of its National Cancer Institute (@theNCI) Cancer Center Support Grant.
The award extends nearly five decades of NCI designation and positions PICR to reach 50 consecutive years of recognition in 2028.
One of only 8 NCI-designated Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers nationwide. The only one in Indiana. purdue.link/NCI-grant-renewa…
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The Hitchhiker’s guide structure biology symposium coming next week! Lots of excellent talks and workshops including a keynote talk by Prof Wah Chiu. Register and join us!! hitchhikersguide2biogal.com/
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🚀 New paper in J Cheminformatics!
"PL-PatchSurfer3: improved str-based virtual screening using 3D Zernike descriptors".
Even in the deep learning era, this surface-based approach competes with modern DL methods, especially on apo & AlphaFold structures.
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