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AgBioResearcher Identifies Cell Mechanism Leading to Diabetic Blindness
Published on February 1, 2010
An MAES scientist has discovered the process that causes retinal cells to die, and that discovery could lead to new treatments that halt the damage of blood vessels in the eye due to high blood sugar levels from diabetes. -
MSU Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center renamed
Published on February 1, 2010
The Upper Peninsula Tree Improvement Center has been renamed the MSU Forest Biomass Innovation Center (FBIC) to emphasize the evolving focus of the MSU AgBioResearch research activities there. -
AgBioResearcher Part of Team Receiving NSF Funding to Study Social Network Sites
Published on January 30, 2010
An MAES telecommunications scientist is studying how people use social network sites such as Facebook to connect and collaborate with others and how the sites may actually produce social benefits for users, including college students. -
AgBioResearch Scientist Honored for Contributions to Entomology
Published on January 25, 2010
Decades of outstanding research and dedication to the field of entomology have netted MAES scientist Edward "Ned" Walker a top national award. -
Two AgBioResearch Scientists Named AAAS Fellows
Published on January 16, 2010
Two MAES researchers were among five MSU scientists named AAAS fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. -
Climate Change's Effects on Human and Ecosystem Health to be Discussed in January and February
Published on January 8, 2010
Climate change's implications for both human health and natural ecosystems are the focus of the next two lectures in the yearlong Bioeconomy and Climate Change Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the MAES. -
Study Sheds Light on Microscopic Flower Petal Ridges
Published on January 5, 2010
Microscopic ridges contouring the surface of flower petals might play a role in flashing that come-hither look pollinating insects can't resist. An MAES scientist and colleagues now have figured out how those ridges form. -
AgBioResearch Economist Tapped for National Environmental Policy Committee
Published on December 18, 2009
MAES agricultural, food and resource economics researcher Jinhua Zhao was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'?s Science Advisory Board. -
MSU, Michigan Tech Sign Biofuel Research Contract with Frontier
Published on December 7, 2009
Ensuring a sustainable supply of woody biomass for the state's first cellulosic ethanol plant is the goal of a research partnership between MSU and Michigan Technological University supported by Frontier Renewable Resources, of Kinross, Mich.