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IDDA: Indiana Drug Discovery Alliance

The Molecular Therapeutics Program (MTP) released the IDDA 2015 RFA on May 8, 2015. Please see the link for guidelines. If you have any questions, please direct them to Padma Portonovo, who is the Program Manager for the MTP at pportono@iupui.edu.

Purdue, IU Health Arnett sign agreement to collaborate on human clinical research efforts

Purdue University and Indiana University Health Arnett in Lafayette have announced a three-year collaboration agreement to promote human clinical research efforts between the two groups.

Purdue professor elected to National Academy of Sciences

A Purdue University professor has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors given to a scientist in the United States.

Study illuminates role of cancer drug decitabine in repairing damaged cells

A Purdue University study sheds light on how cell damage is reversed by the cancer drug decitabine and identifies a potential biomarker that could indicate a patient's stage of cancer and response to treatment.

January 30, 2015

Purdue researchers identify possible drug candidate which inhibits EV-D68 enterovirus

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is a causative agent of recent outbreaks of respiratory illness in children in the United States. Purdue researchers have shown that pleconaril, a capsid-binding compound that had been developed as an anti-rhinovirus drug, binds and inhibits EV-D68, suggesting that pleconaril may be a possible drug candidate to alleviate EV-D68 outbreaks. The results were reported in the January issue of the journal Science.

January 12, 2015

Purdue University researchers receive $150,000 in funding to advance innovations

Five Purdue University researchers received nearly $150,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to further develop their technologies. The innovations originate from multiple disciplines and range from water purification to a drug-delivery technology.

December 18, 2014

Three Purdue professors elected as fellows of National Academy of Inventors

Three Purdue University professors have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

December 5, 2014

Challenge offers Purdue postdoctoral researchers $5,000 translational research grant opportunity

Postdoctoral researchers at Purdue University will have a chance to gain valuable proposal writing and reviewing experience in translational research, as well as the chance to win $5,000 for their own research, through the Purdue Postdoc Challenge.

September 5, 2014

Dedication celebrates new Drug Discovery, Bindley Multidisciplinary Cancer Research facilities

Purdue University marked the opening of new Discovery Park interdisciplinary research facilities in drug development and cancer, key components of the Purdue Moves initiative, during a dedication ceremony on Friday (Sept. 5).

September 3, 2014

Purdue to mark opening of new cancer buildings

Purdue University is planning a ceremony to mark the opening of a nearly $29 million facility that will consolidate drug research centers at the school and a $16 million expansion of a cancer research center.