What's New
February 3, 2025
MSU graduate student Lexi Vu has received a prestigious NIH fellowship to support her work investigating how HPV-induced head and neck cancer cells evade the immune system. Vu's research aims to uncover the mechanisms behind immune receptor disruption, bringing hope for more effective and less invasive cancer therapies.
January 29, 2025
MSU researchers developed a neonatal mouse model to study how the antibiotic-resistant bacterium Enterobacter hormaechei colonizes the gut and causes infections. Their study identified key genes that help the bacterium feed on intestinal mucus, providing potential targets for new treatments to prevent life-threatening infections in newborns and immunocompromised individuals.
April 30, 2024
Chris Adami’s newest book, The Evolution of Biological Information, flew to the top of the Amazon Best Sellers list in information theory when it published earlier this year and remains there today.“There’s a famous saying in biology which says, ‘Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution,’ and I have co-opted that statement and said that it is in light of the information,” says Adami, a professor in MSU’s Department of Microbiology, genetics, & Immunology.
April 25, 2024
Jade Le Bris, a first-year D.O. – Ph.D. student in MSU’s Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology has recently published her first novel, “All the Gold Between Us,” a fantasy inspired by Greek Mythology.
April 19, 2024
Sixty-three exceptional students from MSU’s Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology were honored at a departmental awards ceremony held on April 16 at the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building. More than 100 faculty, students, donors and parents joined to celebrate this year’s recipients.
