Affiliated Programs

PULSe - Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Graduate Program
Research in the life sciences has become increasingly interdisciplinary as a result of the complex nature of the questions asked. In response, many graduate programs in the basic life sciences have provided opportunities for interdisciplinary study. At Purdue University, students and faculty have had access to a variety of interdepartmental and interdisciplinary programs for many years. We now introduce PULSe, a new approach to interdisciplinary life science graduate study. PULSe will allow you to take better advantage of the expertise available on our campus!

NGICA - Network for the Genetic Improvement of Cowpea for Africa
Cowpea, originally inconspicuous little plants that crept among the rocks of the dusty southern Sahel in north central Africa, was domesticated thousands of years ago. Today, the genetic descendants of those wild plants are grown, as local or improved cultivars, on tens of millions of smallholder farms in the drier zones of Africa, in a great arc from Senegal eastward to Sudan and Somalia and southward to Zimbawe, Botswana and Mozambique. Two hundred million children, women and men consume cowpea often, even daily when it is available. It is widely known as a crop of the poor.

MPRINT - Molecular Plant Resistance to Insects & Nematodes Team
Faculty in Purdue University's Department of Entomology, together with members of other departments in Purdue Agriculture, collaborate as a multidisciplinary team whose goal is to foster pest resistance for crop improvement using modern molecular-biological and genetic tools.