Cyanobacteria are little green microorganisms that photosynthesize, like plants and algae do, but with stark differences in how they function. “I prefer to say that they are tiny green bacteria that are able to perform photosynthesis as plants but within a really tiny compartment,” María Santos-Merino, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ducat lab at the …
This year’s theme “Map Your Mind” gave young learners an opportunity to learn how the brain works through interactive stations, brain games and presentations by the medical students. Parents attended workshops with community leaders and health professionals. Building a pathway to medicine Reach Out to Youth is hosted by the college’s Student National Medical Association …
For people who stutter, Siri, Alexa, and other voice-activated artificial intelligence technologies can feel like foes rather than friends. These technologies — hailed by most for their efficiency and convenience — fail on all counts for people who stutter like Jia Bin, an MSU doctoral student from China who leads the East Lansing chapter of …
Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase “bile acids,” and you might get a few unpleasant answers. Ask Robert Quinn, assistant professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology housed in the College of Natural Science, and you’ll kickstart a conversation about some of the most versatile and …
The FRIB Project team received a U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Secretary of Energy Achievement Award—DOE’s highest form of employee recognition for achievements—at the annual Secretary’s Honor Awards ceremony held 20 February. The event included an address from U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and award presentations from Deputy Secretary David M. Turk. The …
Michigan State University College of Education Spartans were among 40 women honored by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education for their contributions to higher education during Women’s History Month. Faculty leaders Emily Bouck and Sheneka Williams were listed in the publication’s 40th anniversary special edition. The accolade celebrates “women who have made a difference in the …
Thousands of types of bacteria live in the human gut. They help digest the food we eat and absorb nutrients, but these bacteria don’t just do this to be kind to humans, there is a benefit for them too. Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, an assistant professor in the College of Natural Science, has received a five-year National …
Michigan State University’s Research Technology Support Facility, or RTSF, consists of five analytical cores that offer researchers the tools they need to perform world-changing life science, from cryo-electron microscopy to advanced genome editing. Recently, the Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Core located in the College of Natural Science’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, or BMB, …
Michigan State University researchers Evangelyn Alocilja, André Bachmann, and Richard Lunt have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors. This year’s class of NAI Senior Members is the largest to date and hails from 60 NAI member institutions across the nation. Collectively, they are named inventors on over 1,000 U.S. patents with …
Researchers at Michigan State University and the Carnegie Institution for Science have developed a model that connects microscopic biology to macroscopic ecology, which could deepen our understanding of nature’s laws and create new opportunities in ecosystem management. Reporting in the journal Science on Feb. 15, the team showed how microscopic relationships in plankton — such …
