<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-08-barrick-returns-as-hannah-professor-LTEE.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science,Faculty</categories><broadcast>integrativebiology,mgi</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>08/07/2025</pubDate><title>Homecoming of Discovery</title><subTitle>MSU welcomes back Jeff Barrick and the landmark Long-Term Evolution Experiment</subTitle><description><p>Barrick re-joins the MSU community to continue a landmark experiment and expand his research on honeybee microbiomes.</p></description><highlights/><author>Debbie Walton</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="https://mgi.natsci.msu.edu/_assets/images/whatsnew-images/2025/2025-08-barrick-return-hannah-professor-LTEE%20380.jpg" alt="The photo is a close-up headshot of Jeff Barrick."/></image><tags><tag>microbiology</tag></tags></item>