As part of the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, MSU received about $1 million in grants to conduct research to prevent invasive species from infiltrating the Great Lakes Basin, according to a university press release.
Last week, MSU received one of more than 20 grants given to research the subject.
Civil and environmental engineering professor Syed Hashsham is leading a team using a $600,000 grant to create a handheld genetic analysis device used to locate violating species, including killer shrimp and northern snakehead.
An additional grant for more than $390,000 will be used to research methods to block sea lamprey from evading rivers by using chemical dams, which only are visible to lampreys, as a repellent.
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