The award recognizes the best doctoral dissertation in the plant sciences at MSU from the previous two years.

MSU’s second-ever iGEM team earned a Silver Medal for a new technology that can detect dangerous contaminants in the environment.

A protein that helps plants prepare for the cold also helps them beef up for bacterial attacks, as a precautionary measure.

The Nature Communications study shows how high temperature weakens plant defenses while, separately, strengthening bacterial attacks.

Their research ranks among the top 1% most cited works in their fields during the year of publication. He and Howe have made the list three years in a row.

A peek into the logistics of how bacterial nanofactories move electrons, towards creating chemical products. Future apps include renewable energy and medical tools.

The cooperative works like an assembly line and is relatively cheap to run. Future products could include medicine, even food for Martian outposts.

The Department of Plant Biology student won for his poster presentation on research to improve photosynthetic performance in heat-sensitive cowpea crops.

When engineers want to speed up a system, they look for the slowest steps and make them faster. In plants, this approach potentially does more harm than good, says the Kramer lab.

The new family of proteins protects cyanobacteria from sunlight damage, and they are interesting for use in synthetic medical or renewable energy applications.

Scientists show how the two OCP parts interact and also create new synthetic versions of that protein. The goal is to use it in synthetic healthcare systems, powered by light.

Scientists are learning how bacterial nanofactories are constructed in nature. Recent experiments show we could engineer their building blocks into new structures, for useful applications.

Her poster showcased a newly discovered family of light-sensitive proteins of interest for renewable energy and medical applications.

The former He lab post-doc joins the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology. She studies plant-microbe interactions and how plants control a healthy microbiome.

Taylor will be Assistant Professor in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, researching the design of artificial and synthetic algae-bacteria consortia for scaled production of bioproducts.

The postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University reflects on coordinating MSU's first Fascination of Plants Day.

Plants, like us, don’t like too much sunlight. The Kramer lab has figured a way to better measure how plants respond to excessive exposure, and the information might help us create more resilient plants.

In addition to doing photosynthesis, the chloroplast is the source of up to 10% of seed oil production in plants. Scientists are experimenting with harvesting that oil to make biofuels.