<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/link-2024-07-vermaas-lab-awarded-nearly-2-million-nih-grant.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Vermaas awarded NIH MIRA Grant </title><description>The nearly $1.8 million award will support work in drug discovery through molecular dynamics research in plants</description><pubDate>07/01/2024</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/2024-07-vermaas-protein.png" alt="A colorful molecular model. Green and purple ribbons depicting the heterodimeric cisprenyltransferase complex floating above gray, red and blue dots depicting a cell membrane."/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://prl.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/2024-07-josh-vermaas-awarded-nih-mira-grant.aspx</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Discovery Science,Health Science and Innovation,Plant Sciences</categories><broadcast>bmb,mps</broadcast></item>