Michigan State University Assistant Professor Carolina de Aguiar Ferreira has the resources at MSU to precisely target cancer cells with diagnostics and therapies using radioisotopes produced by the world’s most powerful heavy-ion accelerator, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams located in the heart of campus. Her love for science was nurtured by her pharmacist grandfather while growing up in Brazil, and his own battle with colon cancer fuels her commitment as she and her colleagues work together to better treat cancer and improve lives.
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 165 years. One of the world’s leading public research universities, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery to make a better, safer, healthier world for all while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 400 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.