Dean DellaPenna has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences!

Thomas O’Halloran has been appointed as an MSU Foundation Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Chemistry.

Michigan State University has earned global accolades for its progress in working toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals — including being named No. 1 in a key area.

A multi-institution research team has earned more than $12 million total from the National Institute for Mental Health, or NIMH, to fund a multi-site clinical trial examining effective early intervention methods for toddlers with or at-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Gregory Marchal has been named Michigan State University’s 17th Truman Scholar. He is one of 62 students from 51 U.S. colleges and universities selected as scholars.

Three stellar early-career scholars bringing multi-disciplinary scientific exploration, collaboration and community engagement will be the first MSU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.

Cinnamon Mittan, Daniela Palmer and Olivia Smith will be the first cohort of the fellowship, created to increase the breadth and potential of research embracing ecology, evolution and behavior at MSU, announced EEB Director Elise Zipkin. They will begin their work in the 2021-2022 academic year.

College of Human Medicine researchers have received a National Institutes of Health grant to study the connection between a gene important for normal cell survival and endometriosis, a painful disease which affects one in 10 women of reproductive age.

Gemma Reguera, Michigan State University environmental microbiologist, was named editor-in-chief of “Applied and Environmental Microbiology”, one of two new editors for two of the 16 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Society of Microbiology. Reguera will begin her term on July 1.

The Office of Research & Innovation is pleased to announce the appointments of Rebecca Knickmeyer, Ph.D., and Martin Volker, Ph.D., as the new co-directors of the Center for Research in Autism, Intellectual and other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities or C-RAIND.

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