<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023-02-msu-chemist-receives-1.9-million nih-grant-for-antifungal-research.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><unit>Chemistry,College of Natural Science</unit><pubDate>02/12/2023</pubDate><title>MSU chemist receives $1.9 million NIH grant for antifungal research.</title><description><span>Michigan State University chemist </span><a href="https://www.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-members/wang-tuo.aspx">Tuo Wang</a><span> was recently awarded a 4-year, $1.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant. The funds will support the development of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) technology that allows enhanced understanding of the nanoscale structure of the fungal cell wall to promote development of antifungal therapeutics.</span></description><author>Val Osowski</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/2023-02-msu-chemist-receives-1.9-million%20nih-grant-for-antifungal-research.banner.fungal%20infection.jpg" alt="Illustration of invasive fungal infection to lungs. "/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/preview2023-02-msu-chemist-receives-1.9-million%20nih-grant-for-antifungal-research.banner.fungal%20infection.jpg" alt="Illustration of invasive fungal infection to lungs. "/></image><tags><tag>NIH grant</tag><tag>antifungal therapeutics</tag><tag>chemistry</tag><tag>fungal infection</tag><tag>nuclear magnetic resonance</tag><tag>ssNMR</tag></tags></item>