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If a protein faces the wrong way, it could lead to eye and neurological diseases

Grotewold's research explores how plants can be the solution to many of the world's biggest problems.

Christoph Benning, Michigan State University researcher, inventor and one of the world's foremost experts in plant lipid metabolism, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

MPS student Anne Steensma was awarded the 2025 Anton Lang graduate student award.

The award recognizes Hegg's contributions to alternative energy research and bioenergetics.

Shin-Han Shiu and Randolph Beaudry were recognized at the April 7 All-University Awards ceremony.

Plant scientists from labs and research groups across MSU will present 'The World of Plants,' a showcase featuring 17 unique booths dedicated to different aspects of plant science, at the 2025 SciFest STEAM Expo Days.

Researchers in Thomas Sharkey's lab are studying changes in plant metabolism that occur when plants are grown in high light, high CO2 conditions.

This past summer, graduate student Bianca Serda had the opportunity to participate in the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program.

Expanding knowledge of the carbon concentrating mechanism in the extremophilic algae C. merolae allows scientists to better understand and possibly improve photosynthesis.

Plant and agricultural sciences must make rapid and significant changes to ensure global food security in the face of climate change, according to a Michigan State University-led international group of plant researchers.

Some trees seem able to adjust to climate extremes without altering an important process for their growth, according to new research from Michigan State University.

New paper in leading journal lead by undergraduate researcher Alassane Sow and co-authors Bryan Rennick and Jud Van Wyk in PSM.

MPS alumnus Luke Gregory looks at how paper birch trees are acclimatizing to changing environments.

MPS student Lexi Heger reflects on her experience organizing and attending the Financial Wellness workshop for plant science graduate students and postdocs.

This October, two students in the Molecular Plant Sciences graduate program were awarded the inaugural MPS Outstanding Paper Award.

Annabella Lyndon shares her non-traditional path to Michigan State and her passion for plant sciences.

Michigan State University has been awarded one of six Global Centers through the U.S. National Science Foundation and its partner agencies.

MPS researchers have discovered what bridges two important pieces of cellular machinery in plants.

MPS researcher Berkley Walker, and Hiroshi Maeda, were awarded $1.9 million to study how plants make critical choices during photosynthesis.

MPS faculty member Polly Hsu received $3.7 million in funding to expand genetic research that has applications for heartier crops and healthier lives

The organelle can arrange itself in a sheet or a shell — but that doesn’t change how it operates.

Researchers have found how fungi rebuild, reinforce their cell walls after exposure to antifungals, opening opportunities to improve current therapies

With new funding, graduate student Lexi Heger’s research takes an unexpected turn

The fellowship provides opportunities for international exchange programs in drug discovery, agriculture and medicine.

Spartan researchers have developed a way to get poplar trees to produce valuable molecules usually derived from shark livers

The nearly $1.8 million award will support work in drug discovery through molecular dynamics research in plants

Maxwell Harman shares his insights on his acceptance to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Björn Hamberger, MPS faculty member, is the winner of the 2024 nnovation of the Year award from the Innovation Center.

A group of graduate and undergraduate students participated in the 2024 EnergyTech University Prize, making it to the regionals portion of the competition. The contest is organized by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions and challenges students to create and present a business plan in the energy sector.

The College of Natural Science has three newly minted Red Cedar Distinguished Professors, including MPS faculty member Shinhan Shiu.

Researchers from across the Michigan State University plant science community, including several MPS students, participated in this year’s Science Festival on campus.

Graduate students Xiaotong Jiang and Bailey Kleven are the 2024 recipients of the Keegstra and Thomashow Travel Awards.

Using molecular dynamics, researchers from David Kramer and Josh Vermaas's labs, both MPS faculty members, showed how electrons move through a crystal, jumping from heme to heme.