Partners break ground on Doug Meijer Medical Innovation Building
Health Innovation Partners and Michigan State University broke ground on the next phase of the university’s Grand Rapids Innovation Park, the Doug Meijer Medical Innovation Building.
The 205,000-square-foot building has received strong national interest since the initial project announcement in 2018. The university and developers have been working with potential tenants eager to help bring the unique concept to life. Current confirmed tenants include the MSU College of Human Medicine, BAMF Health and Spectrum Health. The building is anticipated to open in late 2021.
Taking Steps to Tackle Cancer
The married couple’s step-by-step approach has revealed — for the first time — a new way to detect and attack cancer cells using technology traditionally reserved for solar power. The results, published in the current issue of Scientific Reports, showcase dramatic improvements in light-activated fluorescent dyes for disease diagnosis, image-guided surgery and site-specific tumor treatment.
“We’ve tested this concept in breast, lung cancer and skin cancer cell lines and mouse models, and so far, it’s all looking remarkably promising,” says Sophia Lunt, PhD, MSU biochemistry and molecular biologist.
MSU scientist studying treatments for cancer lands NSF early career award
Michigan State University chemist Liangliang Sun has received a 5-year, $670,000 National Science Foundation, or NSF, Early CAREER Award to develop a novel mass spectrometry-based analytical method to identify and to quantify protein molecules that cannot currently be detected in biological samples.
Cellular proteins do most of the work in cells. Consequently, identifying and quantifying protein molecules in cells at a global scale, called proteomics, can have major scientific implications, allowing scientists to determine which proteins particular cells are using for growth and development at specific times. Such knowledge could unlock treatments for cancer or greater understanding of cellular growth and development.
Motivated to Make a Difference
ExpiredStudent Bailey Higgins motivated to support childhood cancer research at MSU
After seeing cancer up close, I was inspired to do something about it.
I shaved my head twice to raise money for pediatric cancer research and, as a student at Michigan State University, where I was captain of the field hockey team, I organized a fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which supports research into childhood cancers.