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For his work on developing new treatments for tuberculosis, a Michigan State University researcher has been named a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Robert Abramovitch of MSU’s Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is using a synthetic biosensor that glows green in response to conditions that [...]
Statistics and probability professor Tapabrata Maiti has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics for his significant research contributions in small area inference, inference for mixed models, and Bayesian methodology in settings such as panel-count data; and for service to the profession, for example extensive service on editorial boards. The award will [...]
For some freshmen students, their first experience in an MSU lab or classroom will occur a month before they arriving on campus in East Lansing in Fall 2012. SpartaNature is an intensive 4-day summer program hosted by the College of Natural Science. The program is designed to give freshmen a jump start on fall semester with a [...]
The huge changes in the Earth’s crust that influenced human evolution are being redefined, according to research published today in Nature Geoscience. The Great Rift Valley of East Africa — the birthplace of the human species — may have taken much longer to develop than previously believed. “We now believe that the western portion of [...]
The College of Natural Science will host alumni on campus April 13-14, 2012, for the 3rd annual Science University where alumni get an insider’s look at some of the research and learning at MSU. As part of Science University, alumni will attend special classes conducted by faculty and students, tour facilities and experience the Undergraduate [...]
The journal Science has awarded a biology lab developed for BS110 the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction. The “Campus Trees Phenology Project” was developed by Tammy Long, an assistant professor of plant biology, and Sara Wyse, now an assistant professor of biological sciences at Bethel University, as part of the coursework in the class Biological Sciences [...]
Tom Hamann, assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship. The two-year fellowships are awarded yearly by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to 118 early-career scientists in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. His research interests in inorganic materials and electrochemistry of energy [...]
Covance, one of the world’s largest drug development services companies, is coming to MSU campus as part of an annual recruitment visit. MSU is one of a select group of universities partnering with Covance to provide career placement and internships for students. Covance has a strong track record of hiring MSU graduates and they are especially [...]
Dapeng Zhan, assistant professor of mathematics, has been named a recipient of the Salem Prize from the the Institute for Advanced Study. The Salem Prize is awarded annually to young researchers for outstanding contributions to the field of analysis. Zhan received the award, along with Julien Dubedat from Columbia University, in recognition of their outstanding [...]
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research led by Dana Spence, associate professor of chemistry. The research has revealed a way to isolate and test the receptor known as P2X1. By creating a new, [...]
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