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MGI Professor Dohun Pyeon was recognized for his research in cancer studies. 

Sarah Gonzalez Henao has been selected for the NASA Eartly Career Collaboration Award. 

The discovery opens a potential path to new cancer therapies, pointing to the development of drugs that block MARCHF8 to treat patients who currently have no effective treatment options.

Researchers at Michigan State University have found a new angle to promote cooperation — artificial intelligence (AI). The results of this study are published in npj Complexity.

The models enable new ways of evaluating heart development, diseases and drug responses.

A long-standing partnership of shared learning builds cultural and scholarly connections.

New approach revolutionizes flow cytometry’s potential for unculturable and understudied microbes

Professor Sean Crosson won the Outstanding Faculty Award, and Hannah Distinguished Professor Rich Lenski received the Junior Faculty Mentoring Award.

STREAMS project brings together researchers from around the world to improve how microbiome studies are reported.

Robert A. Quinn and James Tiedje were recognized on the 2025 "Highly Cited Researchers" list

A glimpse behind the curtain of evolution — without the need to wait thousands or even millions of years.

In honor of this landmark occasion, the department hosted the Whittam-Brubaker Symposium on October 17.

New findings suggest that metal availability—especially zinc—could play a widespread role in regulating bacterial behavior.

Longstanding Brazilian partnership expands with Harvard collaboration and plans for Rwandan training center.

Barrick re-joins the MSU community to continue a landmark experiment and expand his research on honeybee microbiomes.

This research offers great potential to develop new solutions to help activate the body’s immune system so it can eliminate this cancer.

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.

Knowing how some corals pass along thermal tolerance can help build healthier coral reefs and protect their future.

MSU researchers have made a discovery that could reshape how we target pathogens like staph infections.

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

Dr. Aathmaja Rangarajan shares higlights of her trip, which was supported by the Peggy Cotter Travel Award.

New research reveals how microbial communities survive in extreme environments and what that might mean for finding life on Mars.

Grassroots outreach brings science, mentorship, and opportunity to Flint elementary schools.

A cross-disciplinary team of MSU researchers aims to identify the genes responsible for producing one of nature’s most powerful neurotoxins.

Godfrey is a third-year doctoral student in Andrew Olive’s lab, and he is working to understand the mechanisms behind lung inflammation.

Thirty-three exceptional MGI students were honored at a departmental awards ceremony on April 22.