WATER AND LIFE INTERFACE INSTITUTE
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life without water

Protecting macromolecules, cells, and organisms during desiccation and rehydration across kingdoms of life
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Our planet’s surface and all life forms on it are composed mostly of water. Yet, survival at extremely low water content, anhydrobiosis, is essential for organisms across all kingdoms of life. The Water and Life Interface Institute (WALII) will study how life interacts with water from the molecular to the organismal level across plants, fungi, and animals, considering reduced water across the entire spectrum.
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Muscles (red), nuclei (purple), and enlarged lipid droplets (green) are labeled in this tardigrade specimen. Photo credit: Thomas C. Boothby

Breaking News

16 August 2022
The U.S. National Science Foundation announces funding award for the Water and Life Interface Institute (WALII).

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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“WALII operates in part out of
Michigan State University. We acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – the Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. We affirm Indigenous sovereignty and hold Michigan State University accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.”
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WALII is funded by NSF DBI grant #2213983
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission, Vision, Values
    • Institute Themes & Structure
    • Team
    • Code of Conduct
    • Scientific Advisory Board
    • Researcher Spotlight
    • Contact Us
  • Research
    • Overview
    • Surviving the Solid State
    • Rehydration & Recovery
    • Molecular Engineering
    • Evolutionary Dynamics
    • Integration of Themes
  • Training
    • Overview
    • Summer Internship Program
  • Careers
  • Outreach
    • Overview
    • Seed Longevity Experiments
    • Tardigrade Hunting
  • Publications
  • Resources