News and Announcements
Building a competitive edge
The Division of Research awarded the first round of Research Council grants, internal funding that paves the way for extramural awards and more.
Top 10 teams win spots in EQ
Judges chose 10 student teams with the most viable business ideas to participate in Mizzou's Entrepreneur Quest program, which offers $30,000 in funding. See who made the cut.
Dedication and grit
Recently, veterans with service-connected disabilities from 13 states participated in Mizzou's entrepreneurship bootcamp, a program that empowers them to employ higher education skills, resources and infrastructure to boost their businesses. Only eight universities in the U.S. offer the program.
Celebrate Bond LSC anniversary
Time flies when you’re partnering in the pursuit of research, and on Sept. 26, Bond Life Sciences Center celebrates 20 years of working together to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges.
New genomics tool
Reading genetic code is now quicker and less expensive with the newly acquired NovaSeq X, left, the most powerful and advanced DNA sequencer available from Illumina. The new instrument has been in production and generating data since July 1.
MU, UMKC to lead SECURE Center
Michele Kennett, associate vice chancellor for research compliance and integrity, is working with University of Missouri-Kansas City to establish and run one of five NSF-backed regional centers charged with safeguarding the U.S. research enterprise.
Meet Mizzou’s new faculty fellows
Last spring, 47 faculty learned they were accepted as 2024-26 fellows in three programs that provide sustained support to help them reach their goals in teaching, research, scholarship and creative pursuits.
Virologist heads infectious disease lab
Anthony Griffiths joins the Mizzou research ranks as new director of the Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research and principal investigator at the Bond Life Sciences Center. Read about his biocontainment experience and plans to advance viral research.
Where research and people meet
Supported by $9 million from the National Science Foundation, Mizzou researcher Susan Renoe and her team are bringing research discoveries to the people who fund it and benefit from it.
Unveiling Missouri dialects
Matthew Gordon used voice recordings of Missourians born as early as 1884 to study how our speech has changed since then.