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NSF grant awarded to study what happens when plants “overspend”

MSU-DOE Plant Research Labratory

Researchers Berkley Walker and Hiroshi Maeda have been awarded a total of $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how plants compensate when they “overspend” the carbon that they take in during photosynthesis.   Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. They grab carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make sugars and other compounds, which …


Hsu receives NIH, NSF awards for genetic studies

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Michigan State researcher Polly Hsu has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $3.7 million to continue her pioneering exploration of gene expression regulation — research with exciting applications for plant resilience and human health. These include a four-year grant from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, and a five-year award from the National Institutes of Health, …


MSU Animal Science FFAR Fellows poised to advance future of dairy research, sustainability

College of Agriculture and Natural Recources

Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, Animal Science graduate students, have been selected as Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows, which offers opportunities to further advance their impactful dairy research Paiton McDonald and Haylee Reisinger, graduate students in the MSU Department of Animal Science, have been selected as members of the 2024-2027 cohort for …


MSU researchers to explore climate change solutions based on Indigenous knowledge in new NSF grant

MSU Today

As we recognize Sustainability Month, we’re proud to highlight the incredible work of MSU faculty who are pioneering sustainable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. It’s long been known that Indigenous communities around the planet are on the frontlines of climate change impacts. In a new international joint initiative, researchers led by …


MSU’s Indy Autonomous Challenge team takes first place in passing overtake competition

Michigan State University

Michigan State University and Politecnico di Milano’s team, PoliMOVE-MSU, competed in the seventh edition of the Indy Autonomous Challenge at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sept. 6, taking first place in the passing competition and second place in the time trials competition. The team’s self-driving AV-24 race car, piloted by an AI driver developed by …


MSU researchers fight the battle against PFAS

MSU Today

Jason Grostic spends his days caring for cattle he’ll never sell. His 400-acre farm is covered with empty fields that may never again grow crops. Feed bins sit mostly empty. Every pasture except one is off limits to the cows now stuck in his barn.Just a few years ago, Grostic Cattle Company was a booming …


Harnessing AI to accelerate cancer drug development

College of Osteopathic Medicine

Putting his knowledge and passion for research to work to develop solutions to improve patients’ health and quality of life led Yasser Aldhamen, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, to collaborate with a TechBio company at the forefront of AI. With a …


Another $5 million for industrial assessment center

College of Engineering

The Michigan State University Industrial Assessment Center has received another $5 million in its work to make manufacturing and commercial operations more sustainable throughout Michigan and the broader United States. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, it extends the efforts of the MSU IAC that began in 2021 to …


MSU water expert honored for career protecting public health

MSU Today

Michigan State University water microbiologist Joan Rose was honored for her lifetime of water research with the International Water Association Global Water Award. She was recognized Aug. 10 at the IWA World Water Conference in Toronto, Canada. It’s the latest accolade in a storied career for Rose, who is the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research and director …


MSU Innovation Center Celebrates Sustainability Month

As we recognize Sustainability Month, we’re proud to highlight the incredible work of MSU faculty, who are pioneering sustainable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. MSU stands at the forefront of clean energy technologies, including significant contributions to the development of electric vehicles (EVs) and the introduction of numerous clean energy solutions …


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