Purdue takes medical science back to basics at farmers markets

Representatives from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the College of Veterinary Medicine will be at the West Lafayette Farmers Market in Cumberland Park throughout the summer to showcase how basic science and engineering concepts are used to address problems in human and animal health.

"We got together and thought a farmers market would be a really nice venue to share all the awesome science and engineering approaches at Purdue that we use to address problems in health," said Russell Main, assistant professor of basic medical sciences in the veterinary medicine college and biomedical engineering school.

The program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, will have a different focus each week in topics ranging from food safety to biomedical devices, he said.

This week, on Wednesday, the Purdue team will dive into plant, animal and human anatomy by allowing participants to look at plant and animal tissue through microscopes.