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Buidling on earlier research, MSU graduate students Emily Lanier (left) and Abigail Bryson (right) discovered how several genomes of the mint family have evolved and how these chemistries have emerged over the past 60 to 70 million years.

January 23, 2023

MSU researchers uncover new potential for ancient mint plants

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Molecular Plant Sciences, biotechnology applications, bmb, metabolic diversity, plant biology, plant metabolism

MSU synthetic biologist Björn Hamberger and graduate students Emily Lanier and Abigail Bryson have traced the evolution of mint genomes for potential future applications that range from medicines, pesticides and antimicrobials. Their research was published in the journal Nature Communications.

January 11, 2022

Jianping Hu appointed director of MSU's Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program

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Molecular Plant Sciences, faculty, graduate program

Professor Jianping Hu has been appointed as the new director of the Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University.