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The Sun and Mahmoud groups have collaborated to pioneer the application of mass spectrometry-based top-down proteomics in nanomedicine.

The summer school focused on experimental training for researchers who are interested in using CE-MS for biomedical applications.

Katharina Domnanich is helping FRIB prepare to provide a bounty of isotopes useful for medicine, plant science and more

Researcher Gary Blanchard will study the science behind a phenomenon discovered at MSU in 2023

When it comes to inspiring the next generation of chemists, you can’t beat going green.

Liangliang Sun received a $2.2 million NIH MIRA grant for his breakthrough work in top-down proteomics.

Researchers have found how fungi rebuild, reinforce their cell walls after exposure to antifungals, opening opportunities to improve current therapies

Combining chemistry and art, Selvan Demir has earned new support for her team’s ‘exceptionally creative’ research

Ph.D. student Karthik Gururangan talks quantum chemistry and the Piecuch Group's latest research.

The accolade recognizes research excellence in the realm of carbohydrate chemistry.

Odom teams up with science illustrator Matt Bohan to tackle some of chemistry's trickiest topics.

Ph.D. student Atanu Ghosh gives a behind-the-scenes look at the McCusker Group's latest paper.

MSU's chapter of ACS Women in Chemistry hosted three community events centered on equity and inclusion in the sciences.

The Sun group reported the most systematic survey of the proteome landscape of zebrafish embryos during the maternal-to-zygotic transition.

MSU Chemistry's Xuefei Huang earned the MSU Innovation Center's Technology Transfer Achievent award, one of three total winners from the College of Natural Science.

Like many great honors, it began with a missed phone call and an email asking if there was time to chat. Soon enough, Michigan State’s Melanie Cooper had gotten the good news — she’d been elected to the National Academy of Education.

MSU, Harvard Medical School team up to expand vaccine science’s role in the fight against MRSA and other infections

Michigan State students Libby Ashby and Aaron Philip have earned the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, becoming the university’s 54th and 55th Goldwater Scholars. Ashby is a student in the laboratory of MSU Chemistry's Angela K. Wilson, becoming the group's 10th awardee.

Xuefei Huang of Michigan State University is part of a national team of chemists doing cutting edge research on carbohydrates that could lead to new drug candidates for treating cancer, brain disease, autoimmune disorders and more.

Nobel Prize-winner Professor David MacMillan  took part in MSU’s fall commencement festivities as well as several community and received an honorary Doctor of Science recognizing his research and advocacy for accessible education. 

LBC alum Keenan Noyes is a Spartan through and through. He graduated from MSU in 2022 with a Ph.D. in chemistry and in 2016, with a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and biotechnology from Lyman Briggs College. Recently, Noyes was awarded a NSF STEMEd Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

Michigan State University researchers Piotr Piecuch and Guowei Wei were formally honored as MSU Research Foundation Professors at an investiture ceremony held on Nov. 14. Piecuch and his team develop quantum-mechanical theories and computational tools that enable them and researchers worldwide to probe a wide range of questions in chemistry and atomic, molecular and nuclear physics. Wei’s group combines expertise in artificial intelligence with mathematical tools from topology and algebra to develop innovative approaches to solving medical issues, such as drug discovery and predicting viral mutations.

The 2023 Biannual Chemistry Newsletter has officially been published! Read up on the latest stories, breakthroughs, and news from our incredible community of researchers, educators, students, and staff. 

MSU Chemistry held a night of celebration to recognize community achievements, accolades, and good news.

Get to know Dr. Elizabeth McGaw, long-time Spartan chemist and Analytical and Physical Chemistry Lab Coordinator and Lecturer.

Michigan State University chemist Tuo Wang, an associate professor in MSU’s College of Natural Science was honored as the inaugural Carl H. Brubaker, Jr. Endowed Professor at an investiture ceremony held Sept. 28 at MSU’s Wharton Center. Wang is a preeminent researcher in the application of sensitivity-enhanced solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to biomaterials. The endowed professorship was established in 2020 by James Hoeschele, an MSU chemistry alumnus, in honor of his graduate mentor, Carl H. Brubaker.

From veterinarian medicine to Motown legends, staff member extraordinaire Chantal McWillie shares her journey to MSU Chemistry.

Professor Melanie Cooper's involvment with a national project seeking to improve students' course evaluations is featured by The Chronicle of Higher Education's Beth McMurtrie.