Research Pinpoints Genetic Pathways Involved in Breast Cancer

Physiology Assistant Professor Eran Andrechek has research published in the journal Cancer Researchthat uncovers a role for several members of the E2F family of genes, which control cell division and growth. The findings uncover a genetic pathway that affects the development of breast cancer. Read more…

Developmental Genes Have More Than One Way to Stop

Biochemistry Professor David Arnosti has research published in this week’s Current Biology discussing how specific repressor proteins slow genes during development and how the process is comparable to slowing down a car. Read more…

Unlocking the Secrets of the Chloroplast

MSU scientists are unlocking the secrets of the chloroplast by taking a new approach to genetics in the Chloroplast 2010 Initiative. This new method examines the relationships between thousands of different genes and almost 100 different measurable physical characteristics, called phenotypes, in the chloroplast. The method has already led to new discoveries about gene function [...]

NatSci launches site for graduate recruitment

Six interdisciplinary graduate programs have partnered to launch Biomolecular.msu.edu - a new website designed to promote graduate studies and more easily showcase the range of options and funding available to prospective students.