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A person in a dark room looks at a screen that has a hot pink and orange image in the shape of a heart.
December 12, 2025
The models enable new ways of evaluating heart development, diseases and drug responses.
Scott Mulrooney stands with a large group of students in Can Tho, Vietnam.
December 9, 2025
A long-standing partnership of shared learning builds cultural and scholarly connections.
Nina Wale sits for a headshot. She is smiling at the camera.
December 2, 2025
New approach revolutionizes flow cytometry’s potential for unculturable and understudied microbes
Two separate pictures show Rich Lenski getting an award from CNS Dean Eric Hegg and then a headshot of Sean Crosson. There is an MGI circle in the bottom right corner.
December 2, 2025
Professor Sean Crosson won the Outstanding Faculty Award, and Hannah Distinguished Professor Rich Lenski received the Junior Faculty Mentoring Award.
MGI doctoral student Julia Kelliher smiles at the camera. She is sitting on a bench and there are plants behind her.
December 1, 2025
STREAMS project brings together researchers from around the world to improve how microbiome studies are reported.
Pictures of Robert Quinn and James Tiejde are shown against a dark green background.
November 12, 2025
Robert A. Quinn and James Tiedje were recognized on the 2025 "Highly Cited Researchers" list
A green and white image commemorating the 125th anniversary of MSU's department of microbiology, genetics, & immunology.
October 29, 2025
In honor of this landmark occasion, the department hosted the Whittam-Brubaker Symposium on October 17.
Dr. Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan works at her lab bench.
October 10, 2025
New findings suggest that metal availability—especially zinc—could play a widespread role in regulating bacterial behavior.
Woman in MSU lab coat looks through microscope.
August 13, 2025
Longstanding Brazilian partnership expands with Harvard collaboration and plans for Rwandan training center.
The photo is a close-up headshot of Jeff Barrick.
August 7, 2025
Barrick re-joins the MSU community to continue a landmark experiment and expand his research on honeybee microbiomes.
Cancer cells, shown in red, prevent the presentation of antigens, shown in green, and evade T cells, which kill cancer cells as a part of the body’s immune system. Image courtesy of Lexi Vu in the Pyeon lab at Michigan State University.
July 21, 2025
This research offers great potential to develop new solutions to help activate the body’s immune system so it can eliminate this cancer.
Phil Delekta looks at the camera. He is wearing a white shirt and a red tie. He has a bear, glasses, and short brown hair. He is standing in front of windows.
July 18, 2025
MGI Assistant Professor Phillip C. Delekta has been selected as a 2025 Lilly Teaching Fellow, a prestigious honor that recognizes his commitment to excellence in undergraduate education.
Three people stand next to each other in front of a window. They are smiling at the camera.
July 14, 2025
MSU researchers have made a discovery that could reshape how we target pathogens like staph infections.
Two cows stand next to each other. One is black and white and the other is brown.
July 1, 2025
This study shows that livestock manure is a major reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes, some of which can potentially transfer to bacteria that infect humans
Aathmaja Rangarajan stands next to the ASM Microbe sign in Los Angeles, CA.
June 27, 2025
Dr. Aathmaja Rangarajan shares higlights of her trip, which was supported by the Peggy Cotter Travel Award.
Sarah Gonzalez sits on the rocks at the Santa Elena Ophiolite in Costa Rica.
June 23, 2025
New research reveals how microbial communities survive in extreme environments and what that might mean for finding life on Mars.
An adult rough-skinned newt rests in the gloved hand of doctoral student Sam Westcott.
May 30, 2025
A cross-disciplinary team of MSU researchers aims to identify the genes responsible for producing one of nature’s most powerful neurotoxins.
Christoph Adami sits for a formal portrait. He's wearing a black jacket and shirt. The background behind him is dark gray. He is smiling.
April 4, 2025
Adami is being recognized for significant contributions across multiple scientific fields including evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
Christopher Contag smiles at the camera. He is sitting for a formal portrait and is wearing a gray suit with black shirt. He has close-cut slightly graying hair and a very slight beard and mustache.
March 31, 2025
Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers.