College of Natural Science,Plant Biology,Plant Research Laboratory11/15/2022Benning lab receives NSF grant to bring research into undergraduate classes

Researchers from the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory have received a $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant to bring research into the undergraduate classroom. The project, which looks at how the chloroplast reacts to stress responses in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, will allow students to not only learn techniques and concepts used in the lab, but to learn why researchers do what they do.

Kara Headley and Val OsowskiThe Benning lab’s NSF-funded project connects the research lab environment with the classroom environment by developing a project that looks at how the chloroplast reacts to stress responses in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The Benning lab’s NSF-funded project connects the research lab environment with the classroom environment by developing a project that looks at how the chloroplast reacts to stress responses in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. NSFgrant awardresearch-classroom integrationundergraduate courses