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Research

Research, teaching and outreach from the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources has an impact that is worldwide.

From breakthrough research using a DNA screening test to more rapidly detect a disease affecting Old Order Mennonites in Missouri to new developments in wheat genetics making the crop more tolerant to the high-aluminum soils found in many developing countries, our work spans the globe.

Featured Research

Keeping Our Big Blue Planet Green

The Department of Forestry monitors how trees are working naturally to balance carbon and water in Missouri's Ozarks as part of a coordinated network created to monitor and address scientific uncertainties associated with global climate change.

The Bug Collector

CAFNR researcher documents life in a disappearing ecosystem. Where the insects go, Bob Sites goes.

When It Comes to Understanding Cancer, 14 Heads are Better than One

From cell growth and basic biochemical interactions research to diagnosing skin cancer using laser-induced ultrasound, researchers in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources are attacking cancer from 14 different perspectives.

MU Biological Engineers Build Capillary-Sized Laboratories

MU researchers are taking major strides toward the development of tiny, highly efficient liquid-core optical ring resonators (LCORR), or "lab-on-a-chip" sensors, which can perform multiple analyses at a high rate of speed with samples as small as a picoliter, or one-trillionth of a liter.

MU Entomologist Finds Host of New Aquatic Insect Species in Thailand

MU Entomologist Robert Sites discovers more than 50 new insect species in Thailand, some of which even eat small fish.

MU Researcher Uses Sound to Detect Skin Cancer

MU assistant professor of biological engineering John Viator uses a method called photoacoustic detection, which combines laser and ultrasound techniques, to speed melanoma diagnosis.

Hearing cancer (WMV)

Boaters on Missouri rivers have been ducking these flying Asian carp to avoid serious injury from the huge fish as they launch themselves into the air. MU's researchers have applied creative thinking to this problem.

Bad Fish to Good Food

Boaters on Missouri rivers have been ducking these "flying" Asian carp to avoid serious injury from the huge fish. MU's researchers have applied creative thinking to this problem.

Flying carp may jump onto zoo menus (WMV)

MU assistant professor of biological engineering Mark Haidekker tests way to monitor living vascular grafts from patient's cells.

Breakthroughs Offer Promise for Cardiovascular Disease

MU assistant professor of biological engineering Mark Haidekker tests a method to monitor living vascular grafts from patient's cells.

Scanning blood vessels (WMV)

Guess What's Powering Mizzou?

CAFNR is working with the campus' power plant to determine if using discarded corn cobs mixed with coal is a viable method to reduce fuel costs while helping to keep the pollution in the skies to a minimum.

Guess what's powering Mizzou? (WMV)

Adult pig stem cells were successfully directed to become neurons, which are found in the brain and spinal cord. These particular pig cells are unique because the pigs also contained a gene that makes their cells fluorescent.

MU Researchers Grow Neural Cells from Adult Stem Cells

Adult pig stem cells were successfully directed to become neurons. These particular pig cells are unique because the pigs also contained a gene that makes their cells fluorescent.

MU researchers make stem cell discovery (WMV)

Additional Research Features

Read about the dangers of synthetic turf, pigs that produce their own omega-3 fatty acids and final reports for the six-state animal waste management consortium. More Research Features