Bioinorganic Research Group at Purdue
About Us
We are an interdisciplinary research group in the Department of Chemistry and Purdue Institute of Integrative Neuroscience to decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying the complex biological systems. We aim to investigate the roles of metal ions homeostasis in neurodegenerative diseases, design functional metalloproteins for biosynthetic, biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications, and elucidate the molecular basis of the mechanism of magnetoreception.
News
12/2023 - Our collaborative paper titled 'Fe(III) Bis-Alkynyls Supported by the TIM Macrocycle: Molecular and Electronic Structures and Altering the Nature of Charge Transfer Transitions through Reduction' has been successfully published in Organometallics. Link
02/2024 - Our collaborative paper titled 'Multi-electron Oxidation of Ce(III) Complexes Facilitated by Redox-Active Ligands' has been successfully published in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. Link01/2024 - Tian Lab welcomes undergraduate student Keela Zambre to our team!
12/2023 - Our collaborative paper titled '1,4-Diurea- and 1,4-Dithiourea-Substituted Aromatic Derivatives Selectively Inhibit α-Synuclein Oligomer Formation In Vitro' has been successfully published in ACS Omega. Link
11/2023 - Tian Lab is excited to welcome two new members to our team: graduate student Joey Palazzo and undergraduate student Alana Thomas!
09/2023 - Tian Lab welcomes undergraduate students Caitlin Birthright and Maggie Kim to our team!