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Wide shot of boxy, gray mass spec instruments lining the wall of the newly renovated facility space. Thin tubing and reagent bottles rest on top of the instruments, while green nitrogen piping descends from the ceiling. A computer monitor, desk, and chair sit to the right of the instruments. In the foreground, out-of-focus plastic tubing frames the space.

January 10, 2024

MSU's Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core completes $2.2 million renovation

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Analytical Chemistry, biochemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology

The facility fully overhauled 3,400 square feet of laboratory to improve day-to-day operations and better enable world-changing life science research at MSU.

June 15, 2023

MSU biochemist receives $2.8 million NIH grant for epigenetic research on autism spectrum disorder

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NIH, autism spectrum disorder, biochemistry, brain function, gene expression

Michigan State University biochemist Jin He recently received a five year, $2.8 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his investigation into the role of the ASH1L (Absent, Small, or Hometoic discs 1-Like) gene in the origins of autism spectrum disorder and, specifically, the impact of epigenetics—non-genetic processes that regulate gene expression.