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President Kevin Guskiewicz speaks at a podium

October 25, 2024

MSU's new Plant and Environmental Sciences Building critical to advancing climate-resilient plants

A state-of-the-art Plant and Environmental Sciences Building is officially under construction, accelerating climate-critical discoveries and advancing Michigan State University’s excellence in food security.

researcher checks rain water levels at Kellogg Biological Station

October 24, 2024

Spartans lead research for a sustainable Michigan

MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station serves as a hub for groundbreaking research in ecology, evolution, agriculture and environmental sustainability that benefits the state and beyond.

The proposed outside of the new MSU Plant and Environmental Sciences Building. Note the rendering is not yet finalized.

September 6, 2024

MSU trustees approve construction of new Plant and Environmental Sciences Building

On Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees voted to authorize construction of a new Plant and Environmental Sciences Building.

Katharina Domnanich (left) and Greg Severin (right) are working together to build an isotope harvesting laboratory at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University.

September 5, 2024

Ask the expert: How — and why — do you harvest isotopes?

Katharina Domnanich is helping FRIB prepare to provide a bounty of isotopes useful for medicine, plant science and more

Kirsten Salonga stands in front of a black backdrop with “National Geographic” written on it. She holds a large yellow rectangle, making it look as though she’s on the cover of a National Geographic magazine.

KBS experience inspires Yager teaching award winner

How Kirsten Salonga’s approach to science education was shaped by a research experience for teachers

Dozens of small, greenish-brown seeds are suspended in liquid in the conical tip of small vial held by a hand wearing a purple glove.

Discovering how plants make life-and-death decisions

Researchers in the Brandizzi lab have discovered two proteins that work in tandem to control an important response to cell stress

A large green poplar leaf speckled with water droplets

Green gold: Turning trees into 'biofactories'

Spartan researchers have developed a way to get poplar trees to produce valuable molecules usually derived from shark livers

A colorful molecular model. Green and purple ribbons depicting the heterodimeric cisprenyltransferase complex floating above gray, red and blue dots depicting a cell membrane.

Vermaas awarded NIH MIRA Grant

The nearly $1.8 million award will support work in drug discovery through molecular dynamics research in plants

Nematodes

DIY lab tool evaluates new molecules in minutes

The tool speeds up a crucial method in which nematodes help determine if plant-derived molecules are beneficial or harmful

Peter Lundquist

Lundquist receives NSF CAREER Award

The award supports Peter Lundquist’s search for “master regulators” in the stress response of plants

A looping GIF. On the left, a top-down view of green moss growing in a round habitat, eventually filling the entirety of the space

February 10, 2024

Friend or foe? Exploring the ancient partnership between moss and fungi

Michigan State University researchers have shed new light on the ancient relationship between moss and fungi in a recent paper published in The Plant Journal.