Research – Page 6

Robertson named among most highly cited in global list

11.30.18

G. Philip Robertson, KBS faculty member and University Distinguished Professor of Ecosystem Science in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, has been named in the annual Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited ... Read More

KBS Long-term Ecological Research program receives NSF renewal grant

11.26.18

The MSU Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program recently received a 4-year renewal grant of $4.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This new phase of the LTER, to be led by KBS ... Read More

Pharmaceutical pollution concentrate in stream insects, found to move up the food chain

11.06.18

A new collaborative study is the first to show that pharmaceutical pollution in waterways are passed within the food chain when the contaminated insects are eaten by predators. KBS Professor and Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Ecosystem ... Read More

The carbon footprint of irrigation

10.31.18

A paper by former KBS graduate student Bonnie McGill, along with Steve Hamilton, Neville Millar, and G. Philip (Phil) Robertson, was recently published in Global Change Biology. The study focused on how irrigation affects greenhouse ... Read More

Weber integrates evolution in agriculture at KBS

10.22.18

MSU Assistant Professor of Plant Biology Marjorie Weber is the lead investigator on a $1.1 million NSF grant to study evolutionary processes in wild grape plants for five years at KBS. Weber is broadly interested in the evolution of ... Read More

MEG lab increases possibilities for discovery

10.15.18

KBS has always been an excellent place to do research, but in the past year, its facilities’ appeal has increased thanks to the establishment of the Molecular Ecology and Genomics (MEG) lab. “The MEG lab supports the growing research and ... Read More