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Mission

The mission of the Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) is to enhance plant resilience to environmental challenges including extremes in weather and to become a “Center of Excellence” for foundational and translational plant research aimed at stabilizing the productivity and quality of food and energy crops against climate fluctuations and uncertainties.

Purpose

Climate instability threatens agricultural productivity. Stabilizing crop production will require the development of crops that are more resistant to abiotic and biotic stresses including drought, high temperature, flooding, disease (bacterial, fungal, viral) and insect pests.

People

The PRI includes faculty, postdocs, students, and staff from diverse career stages and disciplines (biochemistry, genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, microbiology, and pathology), with expertise in both model and crop species, drought and heat adaptation, plant-microbe and plant-insect interactions, microbial ecology, and genomics.

News

2024 International Plant Resilience Summit

2024 International Plant Resilience Summit

The Plant Resilience Institute's first International Plant Resilience Summit will convene an international cohort of world-class plant science researchers at Michigan State University from May 16-17, 2024.

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Trainees at the PRI Retreat

PRI Is Hiring: Communications Coordinator

The Plant Resilience Institute at Michigan State University has an opening available for a Communications Coordinator. The Communications Coordinator will monitor and maintain strong web and social media presence, along with writing and composing press releases, newsletters, and other media as necessary.

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PRI Black History Month Art Installation

PRI Celebrates Black History Month with Art Exhibit

The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI), in coordination with Plant Cell Atlas (PCA), is excited to announce an art exhibit featuring historically significant Black scholars in plant science on display in the Molecular Plant Science (MPS) building February 2024 to honor Black History Month.

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Upcoming Events

 
May
16
International Plant Resilience Summit