Biochemistry Professor Dean Della Penna and Plant Biology Associate Professor Robin Buell are part of a $6 million NIH Grand Opportunities grant to understand exactly which genes are involved in the synthesis of medicinal chemicals in several plants — clearing the way for cheaper and more effective ways to produce drugs. Read more>>
Zoology Professor Elena Litchman is part of an NSF grant to develop robotic fish to bring environmental monitoring of water to a new level. Watch the video>> Read the story>>
Assistant Professor Pamela Rasmussen is part of a team of scientists who have identified the Banggai crow. Thought to be extinct, the crow has re-emerged from hiding on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island. More about identifying the rare bird…
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.
Physiology professor Sandra Haslam and microbiology professor Richard Schwartz are part of a team of MSU scientists who published a study in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology examining the genes activated by progesterone and the effects of their activation in a mouse model system. The research shows that exposure to the hormone progesterone activates [...]
Gemma Reguera, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, has developed a process that can be harnessed to produce electricity and fuel from plant biomass. Using a specific selection of metal-reducing microorganisms in the Geobacter species, Reguera was able to design a microbial fuel cell that acts as a natural battery to convert plant biomass [...]
Brian Schutte, associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, is part of a team of collaborators who are looking for the genetic factors that contribute to common diseases in order to develop new innovative health care procedures for prevention and treatment of these diseases. The research group recently received a Strategic Partnership Grant through the [...]
Timothy Beers, a University Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy, is a 2009 recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Research Award. Read more about Beers’ Humboldt Award.
