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- February 18, 2019
- NatSci to conduct collegewide survey to inform culture change efforts
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In its continuing effort to create long-term, meaningful culture change post-Nassar, the MSU College of Natural Science will launch a collegewide survey on Feb. 20 to solicit feedback from faculty, staff and students about their experiences with and perspectives about the NatSci community.
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- February 14, 2019
- NatSci students nominated for prestigious national scholarship
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Three College of Natural Science students were nominated by MSU for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The honor provides up to two years of undergraduate tuition for outstanding students pursuing research careers in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.
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- February 13, 2019
- Machine learning unlocks plants' secrets
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Plants are master chemists, and MSU researchers, including plant computational biologist Shin-Han Shiu, have unlocked their secret of producing specialized metabolites. The research appears in the Feb. 12 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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- February 7, 2019
- Periodic Table still influencing today's research
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In a special issue of Science, which celebrates the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Periodic Table, MSU chemist James McCusker highlights some of the current research around the globe driven by Mendeleev’s influence.
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- January 29, 2019
- Four NatSci faculty members to be honored at MSU Awards Convocation
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Four College of Natural Science faculty members will be honored at the 2018–2019 MSU All-University Awards ceremony on February 5 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to education and research.
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- January 28, 2019
- Undergraduate conference empowers female physicists
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Hundreds of women who are enrolled in physics programs across the United States recently attended the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics. More than 150 of them gathered on the MSU campus to attend the Midwest regional session—one of 12 regional conferences held simultaneously across the country Jan. 18-20.
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- January 25, 2019
- Cleft palate gene mutations now linked to spina bifida
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MSU and Children's National Health System researchers, including NatSci's Brian Schutte, are the first to link mutations in a gene known as “interferon regulatory factor 6,” or IRF6—which cause cleft palates—to spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
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- January 23, 2019
- Birth of massive black holes in the early universe revealed
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New collaborative research led by researchers from several institutions including MSU showed that when galaxies assemble extremely rapidly – and sometimes violently – it can lead to the formation of very massive black holes. In these rare galaxies, normal star formation is disrupted and black hole formation takes over.
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- January 22, 2019
- Research on new approach to treating myeloma continues with grant award
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MSU chemist Jetze Tepe is the recipient of a highly competitive 2019 Brian D. Novis Senior Research Grant from the International Myeloma Foundation. The award will support his ongoing work on the development of a new approach to treating multiple myeloma.
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- January 22, 2019
- Keeping astronauts healthy during deep space missions
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MSU’s George Mias recently received a grant from the Translational Research Institute for Space Health in partnership with NASA look at molecular signatures from previous space missions – thousands of body signals ranging from genes, proteins, heart rate, saliva, blood pressure and more – to detect illnesses before they happen.
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