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Congratulations to Drs. Katherine Osteryoung and Diane Ebert-May for being named among the top 25 women professors in the state of Michigan by Online Schools Michigan. Read more...


Congratulations to Anna Groves and Daniel Brickley for receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for 2013!


Drs. Carolyn Malmstrom and Tom Oswald were recently published in MSU Today. Their article is titled “Avoiding Virus Dangers in ‘Domesticating’ Wild Plants for Biofuel” and is about the ongoing quest for alternative energy sources. Read more…


Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Osteryoung for being awarded the University Distinguished Faculty Award! Dr. Osteryoung has been selected for this award in recognition of her outstanding contributions in scholarly research and teaching.  


Congratulations to Dr. John Mugg for being selected as the recipient of the CNS Lorena V. Blinn Endowed Teaching Award!

 


Congratulations to Dr. Jen Lau for being selected as the recipient of the CNS Excellence in Teaching Award!

 


Congratulations to Dr. Frank Telewski for being selected as a recipient of the CNS Graduate Academic Advisor Award!

 


Congratulations to Mridul Thomas, Colin Kremer, Chris Klausmeier and Elena Litchman on making the cover page on NSF and their recent paper in Science! Read more...


Congratulations to Anne Royer for being selected as a recipient of the CNS Excellence-in-Teaching Citation! Anne has been selected for this award in recognition of her outstanding contributions in undergraduate instruction.  

 


Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Osteryoung for being awarded the CNS Distinguished Faculty Award

 


Congratulations to Tracey Barner for being selected the recipient of the CNS Support Staff Award! Tracey has been selected for this award in recognition of her exceptional support to the Department of Plant Biology and the College of Natural Science.  


Peter Carrington has been named one of Michigan State University's experts in toxic plants. He has be contacted by many to remove an invasive plant, referred to as Hogweed. Read more...

 

 

Recent Publications
  • Yan, J; Chen, WL; Luo, F; Ma, HZ; Meng, AP; Li, XW; Zhu, M; Li, SS; Zhou, HF; Zhu, WX; Han, B; Ge, S; Li, JQ; Sang, T (2012). Variability and adaptability of Miscanthus species evaluated for energy crop domestication. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 4:49-60
  • Hulshof, CM; Stegen, JC; Swenson, NG; Enquist, CAF; Enquist, BJ (2012). Interannual variability of growth and reproduction in Bursera simaruba: the role of allometry and resource variability. Ecology. 93:180-190
  • Chen, YN; Brandizzi, F (2012). AtIRE1A/AtIRE1B and AGB1 independently control two essential unfolded protein response pathways in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 69:266-277
  • Shyu, C; Figueroa, P; DePew, CL; Cooke, TF; Sheard, LB; Moreno, JE; Katsir, L; Zheng, N; Browse, J; Howe, GA (2012). JAZ8 Lacks a Canonical Degron and Has an EAR Motif That Mediates Transcriptional Repression of Jasmonate Responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 24:536-550

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