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April 3, 2023
The researchers in the PRL Ducat lab show Cyanobacteria, photosynthetic microorganisms which have widespread uses in the production of pigments, antioxidants and supplements and potential ones in biofuels and plastics, have a new way to communicate to control their population.
March 28, 2023
MSU Research Foundation Professor Guowei Wei was among 140 colleagues who make up the AIMBE College of Fellows class of 2023
March 24, 2023
Michigan State University researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that connects plant root growth to phosphorus availability.
March 9, 2023
Spartan researchers help show how omnipresent biomolecular machines with important health implications transport metals
January 23, 2023
MSU researchers have traced the evolution of mint genomes for potential future applications that range from medicines to pesticides to antimicrobials.
December 16, 2022
Researchers from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory Benning lab have received a $1,076,813 grant from the National Science Foundation to bring research into the undergraduate classroom setting with a project looking at how the chloroplast reacts to stress responses in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
December 15, 2022
With nearly $11M from DOE, MSU is leading a collaboration to usher the US into new frontiers of clean energy with inspiration from microbes
December 9, 2022
MSU earns $2M DOE grant to improve the oilseed yield of Camelina sativa, a common plant that could provide cleaner jet fuels and teach us about other important crops
November 18, 2022
Gregg Howe is recognized in the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List compiled by Clarivate Analytics.
November 10, 2022
Renowned plant scientist Seung Yon “Sue” Rhee will join Michigan State University as the director of its Plant Resilience Institute and as an MSU Foundation Professor in the departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences.