MSU Graduate Student Wins Prestigious NASA Award to Study Unique Bacteria

Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service

BOZEMAN — Continuing a research interest that began while studying microbes in Yellowstone National Park's hot springs as an undergraduate, and now backed by a prestigious NASA grant, a Montana State University graduate student will investigate unique bacteria that could provide insights into how multicellular life evolved.

George Schaible, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a fellow in MSU's Molecular Biosciences Program, was one of only 34 graduate students in the U.S. to receive the Future Investigators in NASA Earth...