Congratulations to Drs. Robin Buell and Federica Brandizzi on their promotions to Full Professor.
Dr. Diane Ebert-May was named the Michigan winner of the 2011 Professors of the Year awards program. Read more...
Dr. Rob Last recieved a $4.1 million grant to unlock plants' biochemistry secrets. Read more...
Dr. Carolyn Malmstrom recieved USDA funding to boost biofuel research. Read more...
AgBio Research scientists Dave Douches and Robin Buell look over genetic databases that will be used in combination with traditional breeding techniques to accelerate the development of new potato varieties. Read more...
Plant Biology's 4th Annual Trip to the Lansing Lugnuts!
Dr. Diane Ebert-May and colleagues are published in the July edition of The BioScience Journal, "How We Really Teach" Read more...
Work on the potato genome by the Buell lab was just
published in Nature. Read more...
Dr. Carolyn Malmstrom is the co-director of The Plant Virus Ecology Network (PVEN), which just hosted the 4th International Plant Virus Ecology Network meeting May 30 - June 1 in Montpellier, France. This year's meeting highlighted the ecology of plant viruses in tropical ecosystems. Read more...
Congratulations to Mike Grillo for receiving CNS doctoral continuation fellowship for this summer.
Graduate Student Awards are given annually in the Department of Plant Biology in recognition of graduate students whose research and/or teaching is considered meritorious by the Graduate Committee.
Congratulations to Kyaw Aung who was granted the Ernest A. Bessey Award for outstanding Research.
Congratulations to Michael Grillo who was granted the William G. Fields Award for outstanding teaching.
Plant Biology wishes you the best and brightest futures!
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Triemer for being awarded the Prescott Award for his monograph "A Color Atlas of Photosynthetic Euglenoids. Read more...
Congratulations to Tomomi Suwa, Department of Plant Biology, for receiveing the Tracy A. Hammer Graduate Student Award. Tomomi is a PhD candidate and does research on the effects of herbicides on the ecology and evolution of soil microbes and the ultimate impact on ecosystems services. This research is sophisticated and could have major impacts on understnading the role of herbicides on ecosystmes.
A Special Issue on biodiversity in The American Journal of Botany features invited review articles by Drs. Nate Swenson and Lars Brudvig Read more...
Congratulations to Dr. Robin Buell, the recipient of the 2011 Meritorious Faculty Award. Dr. Buell received this award from the College of Natural Science Alumni Association Board fo Directors. The CNS Meritorious Faculty award is presented annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in areas of teaching and research. Award receipients exemplify MSU's commitment to the land-grant mission of research, teaching, and public service through their dedication to professional, community and /or MSU service.
Joshua Springer was awarded an Excellence-In-Teaching Citation. Excellence-In-Teaching Citations are awarded to graduate teaching assistants who have distinguished themselves by the care they have given and the skill they have shown in meeting their classroom responsibilities. Read more...
