The MSU chapter of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers will host the Midwest Regional Conference beginning Oct. 31. Green chemistry, green energy and green engineering are part of the “Go Green Technologies” theme. Professionals, alumni and students are all welcome to attend. More details on the NOBCChE conference.
With an improved dome and new seating, Abrams Planetarium has launched a new season with the show “Two Small Pieces of Glass” honoring the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s discoveries. Read more on the program and get show times for Abrams.
Robin Buell, associate professor of plant biology, was part of a team of 39 scientists in 14 countries that has released the first draft sequence of the potato genome. The complete sequence is estimated to be 840 million base pairs, about one-quarter the size of the human genome, and it will will help to improve yield, quality, disease [...]
New technology is changing the way scientists ask questions about gene expression in order to battle disease. Helping keep MSU on the forefront is the Gene Expression in Disease and Development group, a community of scholars focused on the mechanisms of gene regulation. The group is marking its 10th anniversary with a ceremony at 2:00 pm on Sept. 18 [...]
Several department chairs and directors have transitioned within the college. New leaders for CNS units include: Hira Koul, chair of Statistics; Fred Derksen, acting chair of FSHN; Kay Holekamp, director of EEBB; and George Leroi, acting director of ESPP.
CNS also welcomes new faculty who joined MSU this summer: Barbara Atshaves (biochemistry), Berton Earnshaw (math), Wade Fisher (physics), Susan [...]
Statistics Professor Taps Maiti will be featured in the showcase session “Breakthroughs in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics” at the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings - the largest gathering of Statisticians held in North America. Maiti and his collaborators recently published “Linear Mixed Model Selection for False Discovery Rate Control in Microarray Data Analysis” in the journal Biometrics.
