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New AgBioResearch faculty members announced
Published on October 2, 2012
Michigan State University (MSU) AgBioResearch is pleased to welcome three new faculty members, all of whom joined MSU and became affiliated with AgBioResearch in August. -
Mapping the Cause of Tropical Disease Improves Lives
Published on September 25, 2012
An MSU AgBioResearch geographer reaches around the world to help eradicate a disease and bring measurable improvements to the lives of the poorest people of Africa. -
Watch out E. coli, Streptococcus – there’s a serious Spartan on your heels!
Published on September 14, 2012
MSU AgBioResearch scientist Shannon Manning focuses on fight against E. coli and Streptococcus. -
Common plant holds key to healthier oil, greener fuel
Published on September 11, 2012
AgBioResearch scientist leads effort to find new sources of plant oils that produce higher value food crops and bioproducts. -
Rackham Research Endowment planting agricultural seeds at MSU for 75 years
Published on September 4, 2012
Learn about the Detroit philanthropist Horace H. Rackham who started the fund and the many advancements in agriculture that have followed. -
MSU AgBioResearch scientists to lead new global food security effort
Published on August 27, 2012
MSU will use a $7.3 million federal grant to cultivate the next generation of agricultural scientists in Africa and Asia in hopes of improving food security and nutrition there. -
Plants unpack winter coats when days get shorter, says MSU AgBioResearch scientist
Published on August 27, 2012
Mike Thomashow and his team have discovered the cold response pathway in plants, which allows the plant to funnel resources away from freezing resistance in the summer and from drought resistance in the winter. -
Finding the answers to tough animal welfare questions
Published on August 25, 2012
Wireless technology is helping to monitor the welfare of egg-laying chickens in non-cage housing systems to provide a scientific basis for designing better housing. -
MSU AgBioResearch scientist helps devise method to remove phosphorus from wastewater
Published on August 20, 2012
Steve Safferman is part of a team developing a new method of removing phosphorus from wastewater.