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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.

March 2, 2022

Cyanobacteria balancing act insight paves way for biotechnology application advances

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biotechnology applications, cyanobacteria, faculty, photosynthetic microbes, research

A new study from the Michigan State University-DOE Plant Research Laboratory brings fresh insight on the source/sink balance of cyanobacteria and paves the way for further advancements in photosynthetic microbes for potential applications. The research, conducted in the lab of biochemist Danny Ducat, was recently published in Plant Physiology.