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January 23, 2023
MSU researchers, including MPS students Emily Lanier and Abigail Bryson, have traced the evolution of mint genomes for potential future applications that range from medicines to pesticides to antimicrobials.
September 21, 2022
Bianca Serda is a second-year graduate student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Molecular Plant Sciences programs here at Michigan State University. "I have learned that there are many resources available to help move my research forward, all I need to do is ask what is available for me and somehow, I find what I need."
September 8, 2022
Berkley Walker's lab - including MPS graduate students Luke Gregory, Kalia Smith and Anne Steensma - was acknowledged by the Office of Environmental Health and Safety as a part of their inaugural Laboratory Safety Recognition Awards this year.
August 24, 2022
MPS faculty member Federica Brandizzi and graduate student Joanne Thomson send seeds to space in the Artemis 1 spacecraft.
August 10, 2022
Third-year graduate student Bianca Serda attended two scientific conferences this summer: The Gordon Research Conference on Biogenic Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere in June, and the American Society of Plant Biologists Plant Biology Conference in July.
May 2, 2022
Graduate student Philip Engelgau and postdoc Peipei Wang have been awarded the 2022 Anton Lang Memorial Award at a ceremony which took place on Monday, April 25, 2022. This year’s lecture was given by Professor Emeritus Govindjee from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
April 3, 2022
MPS graduate student Philip Engelgau was interviewed about his research for The Sci-Files, a science podcast from Impact 89FM.
February 20, 2022
MPS graduate student Serena Lotreck was interviewed about her research for The Sci-Files, a science podcast from Impact 89FM.
December 22, 2021
A new study from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory (PRL) shows how some algae can protect themselves when the oxygen they produce impairs their photosynthetic activity. The discovery also answers a long-standing question about how algae survive when CO2 levels are low.
March 23, 2021
The NRT program at Michigan State University, funded by the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program, trains doctoral students in applying computational data science approaches to solving problems in plant biology.
