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Michigan State University Research Foundation and MSU Announce Recipients of 2024 Strategic Partnership Grants

Michigan State University Research Foundation

The Michigan State University Research Foundation and Michigan State University will fund programs for prostate cancer therapy, polycrystalline diamond membranes for space-based communications, and advanced AI for early disease diagnostics. The Michigan State University Research Foundation (MSU Research Foundation) and Michigan State University (MSU) have announced the recipients of the 2024 Strategic Partnership Grants (SPG) …

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sustainable agriculture

A Spartan Bringing Sustainable Agriculture Into The Future

MSUToday

On a cloudless day at a farm in Portland, Michigan, Bruno Basso inspects rows of small, leafy green plants that will eventually grow into towering cornstalks. He turns and tells Jeff Sandborn, who runs the farm, that the soon-to-be crops look great. Over the past decade, Basso and his research team at Michigan State University have worked …

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Venture Fund

MSU Research Foundation’s Captive Venture Funds Close 30 Investments Between April and June 2024

Michigan State University Research Foundation

The Michigan State University Research Foundation backs a diverse range of startups through its Red Cedar Ventures and Michigan Rise Pre-Seed III investment funds, spanning from cybersecurity and healthcare to AI, renewable energy, financial technology, and more.   The Michigan State University Research Foundation announces 30 new investment and purchase order (P.O.) financing transactions in …

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insect

The buzz on the new insect/arthropod diagnostician at MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics

Plant & Pest Diagnostics

After 44 years of dedicated service, Howard Russell, also known as Bugman, has retired from Michigan State University. He spent the last 37 of those years as the Michigan State University (MSU) insect/arthropod diagnostician. In this role, he helped thousands of clients identify and manage arthropods over the phone, through email and Ask Extension, and by …

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Danielle K. Brown, 1855 Professor of Community and Urban Journalism at Michigan State University, was recognized as the Early Career Scholar by the International Communication Association.

MSU researchers receive international communication honors

MSU Today

Researchers in the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences have been recognized as top scholars in the field of communication. Danielle K. Brown, a journalist and researcher who uses her craft to foster racial justice, and Maria Lapinski, a leading scholar of health and risk communication, recently received honors from the International Communications Association, or ICA, which …

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CRISPR

MSU discovers method for CRISPR-based genome editing in Nile grass rats

MSU Today

A team of researchers at Michigan State University has discovered a set of methods that enabled the first successful CRISPR-based genome editing in Nile grass rats. The study, published in BMC Biology, is the first to successfully edit genomes in Nile grass rats. As diurnal rodents, Nile grass rats have similar sleep/awake patterns to humans which could …

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science

Eric Hegg recommended as dean of MSU’s College of Natural Science

MSU Today

Eric Hegg has been recommended to serve as the next dean of Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science effective Sept. 1, 2024. He will serve as dean designee prior to the MSU Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 6. Pending board approval, Hegg will succeed Phillip Duxbury who has served as the college’s dean …

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drug

Foundation Professor Guowei Wei is Leading Drug Discovery with AI

Michigan State University Research Foundation

A new AI-powered program developed by an interdisciplinary team at Michigan State University, led by MSU Research Foundation Professor Guowei Wei, enhances drug discovery by translating three-dimensional molecular information into data usable by drug-interaction models, improving their ability to predict drug efficacy. A new AI-powered program developed by an interdisciplinary team at Michigan State University …

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invasive

MSU leads project hailed as ‘Holy Grail’ of invasive species control

MSU Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5NrJuSQsJA&t=1s A behavioral ecologist and two engineers are on a team commissioned by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, or GLFC. Their objective? Over the next decade, they’re charged with creating a groundbreaking selective fish barrier in Traverse City that’s hailed as the “Holy Grail” of invasive species control. If successful, the barrier, called FishPass, will be …

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