RESEARCH THAT ENRICHES LIVES

We create an innovative research environment that stimulates the discovery, synthesis, testing and clinical translation of new drugs for the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases. Our institute includes more than 120 researchers representing more than 16 countries around the world, in disciplines ranging from biomedical engineering to medicinal chemistry to fluorescence-guided surgery.

Analytical chemistry and its instruments provide the measurements and quantitative information underlying much of the research and commercial activity in chemistry, biology, and medicine. CAID was created to develop innovative “machine-tools of science” that enable discoveries across a broad research spectrum.

WGHI at Purdue serves as a nexus of interdisciplinary research to create partnerships, promote research, and develop training opportunities to improve the health of women globally. The institute focuses on the prevention and early detection of diseases, rather than the classic medical model focusing on treatment. It also seeks to improve our understanding of sex differences in health across the lifespan.

This institute has been a National Cancer Institute-designated basic research cancer center since 1978. Only seven institutions in the United States have earned this title. Our work focuses on investigating cancers where they begin — at the cellular level. Doctors and scientists throughout the world use our discoveries.

Purdue’s neuroscience enterprise, part of the Pillars of Excellence in the Life Sciences, spans 30 departments across six colleges and includes about 160 faculty with ongoing neuroscience-related research activities or interests. This deep pool of human resources has positioned Purdue well in target research areas within the broad field of neuroscience, and this center synergizes these efforts for major impact.

The PI4D leverages the significant diversity of life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering on campus to invent and integrate basic immunologic advances and new diagnostics; probe basic biological and inflammatory processes; and develop and commercialize novel intervention methods to control an array of chronic inflammatory conditions, cancer, and infectious diseases.

As a world-class open access research facility, Birck enables leading-edge micro and nanotechnology education, innovation and advancement.