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The award is for advances students with a distinguished record of accomplishment and provides a stipend of $30,000 plus health insurance and tuition waver for one year.
June 28, 2018![Microbiologists and plant scientists find secret to tackling cholera [LINK]](/sites/_prl/cache/file/3A736924-4341-451F-87C336D311DFEA80_newslisting.jpg)
While cholera rages across many regions of the world, a team of microbiologists and plant scientists from the Benning lab has pinpointed a genetic weakness in the pandemic’s armor, which could lead to future treatments.
June 26, 2018
Alexander, who works in the GLBRC Cell Wall Analysis Facility, won the coveted "Gutter Ball Champion" title.
June 21, 2018
The two proteins, called VAP, indicate where endocytosis, a form of transport in which a living cell imports molecules, should occur.
June 19, 2018
The National Academy of Sciences, established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, recognizes achievement in science by election to membership.
June 18, 2018
PRL and MSU scientists invited the general public to explore the world of plants and algae, including fun hands-on activities for kids and adults.
June 13, 2018
The NPR1 gene keeps the unfolded protein response, a plant fail-safe for stressful times, in check.
June 12, 2018
Han Bao and Eric Poliner have won the 2018 Anton Lang Memorial Award.
June 11, 2018
Pengfei Cao and Alyssa Preiser, both graduate students, were each awarded $1200 to present their research at upcoming science conferences.
June 7, 2018
The award will provide up to $300,000 over three years to support the post-doc's research on marine cyanobacterial photoprotection.
May 31, 2018
Understanding how the plant cell's food processors are built might help us breed better plants and even benefit human medicine.
May 29, 2018
The alga Nannochloropsis is increasingly of interest for the production of biofuels and other oil-based chemicals.
May 17, 2018
The fellowship is the oldest of its kind in the nation. Aiko will benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, and opportunities for career development.
May 15, 2018
How plants harvest their own chloroplasts - photosynthesis machines that make their food - to help defend against outside threats.
May 7, 2018
Yang Yang, a former post-doc in the lab of Christoph Benning, has started a science editor position at the Wiley Beijing office. Wiley is a global company that specializes in academic publishing.
April 30, 2018
The two scientists were recognized by the MSU Innovation Center for their work on a gene switch that allows plants to accumulate seed oil.
April 23, 2018![[LINK] He featured in Current Biology Q&A](/sites/_prl/cache/file/CF840796-7470-41B8-8A5A91FE82B39728_newslisting.jpg)
Find out what drew Sheng Yang He to plant biology, how he got into researching plant disease, and what he would have become had he not made it as a scientist.
April 16, 2018
Nick Fekaris and Tomomi Takeuchi, from the Benning lab, have won for presenting their research at the 2018 Annual Meeting - Midwestern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists.
April 4, 2018
Hurlock, formerly in the lab of Christoph Benning, joins the Utah-based biotech company as a Clinical Affairs Scientist.
March 5, 2018
The MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory Director reflects on his experience of fruitful multi-lab projects at MSU.
February 27, 2018