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April 30, 2024
Chris Adami’s newest book, The Evolution of Biological Information, flew to the top of the Amazon Best Sellers list in information theory when it published earlier this year and remains there today.“There’s a famous saying in biology which says, ‘Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution,’ and I have co-opted that statement and said that it is in light of the information,” says Adami, a professor in MSU’s Department of Microbiology, genetics, & Immunology.
April 25, 2024
Jade Le Bris, a first-year D.O. – Ph.D. student in MSU’s Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology has recently published her first novel, “All the Gold Between Us,” a fantasy inspired by Greek Mythology.
March 21, 2024
Three members from the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, or MGI, were recently recognized with university-wide awards: MSU Research Foundation Professor Shannon Manning was awarded the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award; Assistant Professor Andrew Olive was selected for the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award; and University Distinguished Professor Edward “Ned” Walker received the 2024 Ralph H. Smuckler Award for Advancing International Studies at MSU.
March 18, 2024
In a commentary published in the journal Cell, a group of 24 transgender (and/or family members of transgender) scientists describe what it’s like to be a transgender person in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, or STEMM. One of the co-authors is Maeve McLaughlin. McLaughlin is a postdoctoral researcher in MSU’s Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology.
February 28, 2024
Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase “bile acids,” and you might get a few unpleasant answers. Ask Robert Quinn, assistant professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology housed in the College of Natural Science, and you’ll kickstart a conversation about some of the most versatile and crucial actors in the human gut.
