Research Facilities
Agricultural & Biological Engineering Computing Facilities
GIS, CAE, mathematical modeling and simulation development.
Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Diagnostic services to veterinary practitioners, animal producers, companion animal owners, wildlife conservationists, animal researchers, and state and federal regulatory officials. Contact: addl@ purdue.edu or (765) 494-7440.
Campuswide Mass Spectrometry Facility
Mass spectrometry services and a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization instrument for peptide and protein analysis. Contact: Karl Wood, CHEM.
Cancer Center Facilities
Services to Cancer Center members and non-members in nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, analytical cytology, DNA analysis, and drug development. Contact: (765) 494-9129.
Computational Genomics Facility
Centralized service for the database needs of the Purdue genomics community. Contact: Rebecca Doerge, STAT/AGRY.
Constructed Wetlands
Monitored for studies on: treatment of agricultural runoff from land on and adjacent to the Animal Sciences Research & Education Center; and golf course and urban runoff on the Kampen Golf Course. Animal waste wetland contact: George Parker, FNR gparker@purdue.edu. Kampen Golf Course wetland contact: Zac Reicher, AGRY.
Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center
Outdoor training laboratories for small-plot demonstrations of crop problems through which agriculturists improve their troubleshooting skills, and evaluate new and alternative management strategies. Contact: Cory Gerber, AGRY.
Food Science Pilot Laboratory
Model manufacturing area for companies to evaluate how a process works before committing to full production. Contact: Erik Kurdelac, FS.
Genomics Core Facility
High throughput sequencing, low throughput sequencing, Affymetrix arrays and informatics to support genomics research. Contact: Phillip San Miguel, HLA.
Life Science Microscopy Facility
Electron microscopy instrumentation and support services, with capabilities for light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and computer-based image analysis. Contact: Chris Gilpin, HLS.
Life Science Fluorescence Imaging Facility
Gives Purdue researchers access to the highest-quality imaging technology at reasonable cost. A joint effort of the Colleges of Agriculture, Health and Human Sciences, Engineering, and Science and the School of Veterinary Medicine. Contact: Wendy Peer.
Lilly Greenhouses and Plant Growth Facility
The Lilly Greenhouses and Plant Growth Facility, located south of Lilly Hall of Life Science, serve as the primary greenhouse space available to the departments of Botany and Plant Pathology and Agronomy.
Plant Growth Facilities
Computer-controlled greenhouse zones, growth chambers, walk-in refrigeration units, controlled-environment rooms, potting area and laboratories for research and teaching. Contact: Rob Eddy, HLA.
Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
Identification of insects, plants and plant diseases or diagnosis of plant and pest problems and control recommendations, for research faculty and staff, Extension specialists and county educators, and private businesses, and Indiana citizens. Contact: Gail Ruhl, BTNY.
Post-Harvest Education & Research Center
Fully functional grain handling center and pilot bin facility that benefits crop and food producers, handlers and processors, and their allied manufacturing and service industries in Indiana and the Midwest, with research on grain quality, stored product protection, and related areas. Contact: Klein Ileleji, ABE.
Purdue Agricultural Air Quality Laboratory
Odor, gas, and dust emissions studies for industry, government, agribusiness, and communities—olfactometry, chemical analyses using gas chromatography, and continuous emissions monitoring of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and others. Contact: Al Heber, ABE.
Purdue Agricultural Centers - A network of farms across Indiana used for research and Extension activities requiring field facilities. Contact: Steve Hawkins, AGAD.
Sensory Evaluation Laboratory
Sensory analysis through food tasting in a controlled environment to help industry partners with studies, data collection, and statistical analysis that support research and development, sales, marketing and manufacturing. Contact: Dr. Andrea Liceaga, FS.
Transgenic Mouse Core Facility
A centralized resource for the production of transgenic and gene-targeted mice for Purdue investigators. Contact: Judy Hallett, BIOL, (765) 496-3352.
Water Quality Field Station
Individually tiled and instrumented field plots structured for studies on movement of agricultural chemicals under various management practices and cropping systems. Purdue and USDA researchers evaluate alternative management practices environmental, agronomic, and economic effectiveness. Contact: Sylvie Brouder, AGRY.