<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/msu-part-of-nsf-funded-project-to-digitize-1-2-million-plant-specimens.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><pubDate>09/14/2020</pubDate><title>MSU part of NSF-funded project to digitize 1.2 million plant specimens</title><description>Sep 14, 2020 - Alan Prather and colleagues from 25 institutions received a $3.6 million NSF grant to image and digitize lichen and bryophyte specimens housed in their respective collections.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="plant specimen"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2020/E200A58B-AE9D-4A7D-86FDE763A7B4CE4A.jpg" alt="plant specimen"/></image></item>