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MSU Study Finds Placebos Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

A study out of Michigan State University found that non-deceptive placebos, or placebos given with people fully knowing they are placebos, effectively manage stress even when the placebos are administered remotely.
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Mild Cognitive Impairment Could be Going Unreported in Rural Areas of West Michigan, Study Suggests

Researchers from Michigan State University and Corewell Health used de-identified electronic health records of more than 1.5 million patients to analyze incidence rates and risk factors of mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, in rural and urban areas in West Michigan.
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MSU Discovers Method for CRISPR-Based Genome Editing in Nile Grass Rats

A team of researchers at Michigan State University has discovered a set of methods that enabled the first successful CRISPR-based genome editing in Nile grass rats.
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How Fungi Elude Antifungal Treatments

Every year, life-threating invasive fungal infections afflict more than 2 million individuals globally. Mortality rates for these infections are high, even when patients receive treatment.
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Water Alliance Leads Project Hailed as ‘Holy Grail’ of Invasive Species Control

Michigan State University researchers are tackling a problem no one has ever solved: How do you stop an invasive fish from entering a river without entirely blocking all fish?
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Discovering How Plants Make Life-and-Death Decisions

Researchers at MSU have discovered two proteins that work together to control whether a plant can live or die under stress conditions as a part of a project that took over seven years to complete.
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Research Reveals Conditions That Can Help Staph, MRSA and Other Bacteria Spread

Gemma Reguera, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology, has found that certain microbes, such as Staphylococcus aureus and its antibiotic-resistant variant MRSA, move deeper into the airways or into other body sites, like the heart, and that they can cause serious, even fatal, infections.
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MSU Researchers Use VR to Understand Stuttering in Children

Researchers in Michigan State University’s Developmental Speech Lab have codeveloped virtual reality, or VR, simulations to understand how stuttering develops in young children with the goal of improving diagnostic and treatment approaches for children who stutter.
Announcements
Request for Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI) Proposals
The Office of Research and Innovation (OR&I) requests applications for the 2024-2025 Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI). The application and proposal development document deadline is March 13, 2025.
Neogen Land Grant Prize Applications Due Febraury 27, 2025
The Office of Research and Innovation is seeking applications for the Neogen Land Grant Prize.
Grants.gov Maintenance February 8 - 10
Grants.gov will be down this weekend for scheduled maintenance and upgrades.
Update on Executive Orders and Federal Funding
University leadership is closely monitoring the recent announcement from HHS/NIH and evaluating any impact to the research enterprise at MSU. The pause in communications from HHS/NIH is scheduled through February 1, 2025.
Planned Click IRB Maintenance 1/31 – 2/3
On Friday, January 31, 2025 at approximately 5:00 PM through Monday, February 3, 2025 at approximately 8:00 AM, the Click™ Research Compliance System IRB module will experience scheduled maintenance and be unavailable to users during this time.
New Michigan Innovation Fund to Benefit MSURF Startup Programs
On Jan. 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 5651, 5652 and 5653, sponsored by Reps. Alabas Farhat, Jason Hoskins and Greg VanWoerkom, which will create the Michigan Innovation Fund. This $60 million fund will provide critical funding to Michigan’s existing early-stage evergreen venture funds, emerging evergreen funds and the entrepreneur ecosystem.