Two W.K. Kellogg Biological Station employees have garnered awards from Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science for excellence in their work and mentoring activities. Holly Vander Stel Holly Vander Stel is the lab manager ... Read More
Don’t bank on seed banks: Study suggests they might not serve as grassland biodiversity reservoirs
As biodiversity loss wreaks havoc on grasslands worldwide, many have hoped that soil seed banks, or seeds stored in the soil waiting to sprout, would act as a biodiversity reservoir, preserving species that are disappearing ... Read More
Conner among small cohort of 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award honorees
Jeffrey K. Conner, professor of plant biology in Michigan State University's College of Natural Science, resident faculty researcher at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, and former interim director at KBS, has been honored with a 2022 ... Read More
Basso adds prominent board appointment to recent honors
Bruno Basso, Michigan State University foundation professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Natural Science and a W. K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member, has been appointed a member of the ... Read More
MSU College of Natural Science recognizes Conner as outstanding faculty
Jeffrey Conner, Michigan State University professor of plant biology and past interim director of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has been honored with an Outstanding Faculty Award by MSU's College of Natural Science. He was one of ... Read More
KBS’s Evans garners promotion, nabs major grant to study drought effects
It's been an eventful month for Dr. Sarah Evans. Evans, a W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member with joint appointments in Michigan State University's departments of Integrative Biology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, ... Read More
KBS faculty member recognized by MSU Graduate College for mentorship
Sarah Evans, assistant professor* in Michigan State University's Department of Integrative Biology and the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, has been lauded for being an exemplary leader mentor to her students. The MSU Graduate College ... Read More
Kellogg Biological Station welcomes new director
The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community is excited to welcome Dr. Fredric Janzen. Janzen assumed the role of KBS director effective June 1, 2020. He is internationally recognized for his work in the fields of ecology and evolution. ... Read More
Basso Lab: Big data leads to sustainable crop yields and resilience to climate variability
What if we could understand why crop yield varies within a field and between years? Not only is it possible, it’s been done. Bruno Basso, MSU Foundation professor of earth and environmental sciences, and postdoctoral research fellow, ... Read More
KBS’s Rutkoski selected for national leadership award focused on public policy
A member of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station research community is headed to Washington D.C. this spring to share her thoughts on science policy. Corinn Rutkoski, a graduate student in the Evans Lab, has been selected to receive a ... Read More
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