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Microscopic view of plant cells, thumbnail. Credit: Adobe Stock

July 31, 2023

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NSF, genomic resources, plant metabolism

A newly awarded grant from the National Science Foundation’s Plant Genome Research Program will help grow the Plant Metabolic Network, a repository of essential genomic information aimed at connecting and accelerating worldwide research on plant metabolism.

Still image highlighting how isoprene (green carbons, white hydrogens) intercalates into the hydrophobic core of a thylakoid membrane model (gray carbons, red oxygens, brown phosphorus, and yellow for sulfur.

June 28, 2023

Investigating the impacts of temperature on the thylakoid membrane: Insights from computer simulations

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Metabolism, Sharkey lab, Vermaas lab

A team of researchers, including Tom Sharkey, used computer simulations to investigate how isoprene levels and temperature affect the thylakoid membrane of plants at the nanoscale.

Sarah Lebeis (left) pictured with Ecotek lab student Haley (middle) and technician Asia Hawkins (right). Haley is isolating novel soil bacteria to examine how they impact plant growth.

December 1, 2022

Sowing Seeds of diversity

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Addie Thompson, K-12 science education, Sarah Lebeis

MSU professors begin new partnership with Detroit's EcoTek Lab to introduce youths to the research being done in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences.

July 7, 2022

MSU receives $590K USDA grant for corn tar spot resistance research

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Addie Thompson, MSU Today, Maize, Tar Spot, USDA

A team of scientists, led by Addie Thompson, has received more than $590,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study resistance to tar spot, a devastating corn disease.