Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Michigan State University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a 41-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (39% of slots across 29 PIs; 29 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (27% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Guo‐Wei Wei (28.2 weighted works; Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Protein Structure and Dynamics); Kenneth M. Merz (19.9 weighted works; Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Machine Learning in Materials Science). The strongest pairings are Josh V. Vermaas and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (8 shared works, weight 4); Robert P. Hausinger and Jian Hu (7 shared works, weight 3.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 11.3, around Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, led by Josh V. Vermaas, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Michael Feig.