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SURF, BRUSH students among summer undergraduates who presented their research at the annual Mid-SURE event held at MSU

Pragya Saxena successfully defends her dissertation

SURF students present their research from their 10-week foray into the world of scientific research

Brad Ryva Successfully Defends His Dissertation

She was going to stay only two years at MSU. That was nearly 50 years ago and now Dr. Susan Barman can't imagine having taken her skills as a scientist and researcher anywhere else. "I really liked what I was doing here," she said.

Her study of the cardiovascular system looks at how certain drugs impact the prolongation of the heart’s QT interval, which is a risk factor for the development of ventricular arrhythmia.

Drs. Nathan Tykocki, Kin Sing Lee, and Adam Lauver will have new titles added to their names after the Michigan State University Board of Trustees on June 28 approved their promotions to Associate Professor.

Dr. Erika Lisabeth, director of the Assay Development and Drug Repurposing Core Lab, likes the challenge of helping researchers "Get the most bang for the buck in terms of data.”

Mysterious, complicated, and misunderstood, the body's immune remains a source of fascination for Dr. Cheryl Rockwell. "I need to find things not to work sometimes,” she said. “Because that brings the new questions, and that’s what makes it interesting."

Two researchers from Michigan State University's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology were part of a team that won a prestigious award from the National Institutes of Health.