News and Announcements

Two researchers discuss their work.

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. 

Headshots five faculty fellows. TTop row: Cynthia Dudenhoffer, Steven Krauss and Bornali Kundu. Bottom row: Shuangyu Xu and Faizan Shafique.

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.

Anthony Griffiths

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. 

Susan Renoe

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. 

Soda, scribbled out and replaced with POP, crawdad scribbled out and replaced with CRAYFISH, and missouri with the last two letters circled and the letters RAH? next to it. Under those it says Q&A with Matthew Gordon, author of the Origins of Missouri English

Unveiling Missouri dialects

Matthew Gordon used voice recordings of Missourians born as early as 1884 to study how our speech has changed since then.

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The patent puzzle

In 2023, Mizzou received 16 U.S. patents for a variety of inventions. See which researchers successfully navigated the complex patent process in partnership with the Technology Advancement team. 

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The power of iron

In “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,” Ron Mittler reveals how mitochondria in muscle cells fail to generate energy when one iron-sulfur protein is removed. His work could lead to treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and age-related muscle deterioration. 

Research Council Grants awarded. Two recipients were Yerina Ranjit and Noah Heringman.

Augmenting discovery, art, imagination

In April, the Division of Research awarded the final round of 2023-24 Research Council grants for faculty projects and activities. See who received funding this academic year. 

Associate Professor Diana Gil Pagés (gesturing) works with a six-person team in her laboratory at the NextGen Precision Health building. Pictured, left to right, are Research Specialist Nhan Vu and microbiology doctoral candidates Onyekach (Juliet) Okpasuo, Liangyu Wang and Hein Huynh.

Harnessing cancer’s nemesis

MU researcher Diana Gil Pagés and her team are weaponizing the immune system against cancer. Learn about their individualized health care approach, a welcome change for cancer patients exposed to conventional treatments.

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Show Me Student Success

More than 500 students participated in Show Me Research Week where they learned valuable skills such as communication and professionalism.