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For Michigan State University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2015-2017, the graph shows 51 visible PIs and 30 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (49% of slots across 47 PIs; 47 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (36% of slots across 42 PIs; 42 labels), and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms as the leading topic (5% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). The network looks reasonably well-rounded, with visible collaboration groups but not so much concentration that one field explains the whole department. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Cheryl A. Kerfeld (23.3 weighted works; Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction). The clearest collaboration lines are Robert L. Last and A. Daniel Jones (5 shared works, weight 2.8). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 8.7, around Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, led by Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Beronda L. Montgomery, David Kramer; group 2 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 7.3, around Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Cell Biology, led by Michael Feig, Guo‐Wei Wei, Jian Hu.