Past Events
PRI NETWORKING HOUR
PRI hosts a bi-monthly event series, "PRI Networking Hour," on the second and fourth Thursday of the month during the fall and spring semesters. You can see the current list of PRI Networking Hour workshops here.
- 01/23: Dr Charles "Lee" Cox, MSU Research Integrity Officer - RCR Discussion - Research Misconduct
- 02/14: Dr David Lowry, PRI Asssociate Director - PRI Seed Grant Submission: Your Last-Minute Q&A
- 02/27: Dr. Lucia Strader, Professor of Biology, Duke University - Engaging your Audience in Science Communication
- 03/13: Kelsey Foote and Lindsay Hill, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities - RCPD: Disability Accommodations & Inclusion
- 03/27: Dr. Olivia Scott, Acting Assistant Director of Multicultural Initiatives and Community Engagement - Reclaiming Your Wellness
- 04/10: Sylvie Martin-Eberhardt and Maya Wilson Brown, NSF-GRFP Fellows - Decoding the NSF-GRFP: Insights From NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recipients
- 04/24: PRI Seed Grant Awardees - Cultivating Ideas: PRI Seed Grant Proposal Showcase
- 09/12: Dr. Sue Rhee, PRI Director - Best Practices for Scientific Writing
- 10/10: Dr. Olivia Scott, Acting Assistant Director of Multicultural Initiatives and Community Engagement - Mental Health Workshop
- 10/24: Dr. Julie Rojewski and Theresa Murphy, Office of Graduate Career Development - Taking the Jump: Resources, Tips, and Tools for Surviving the Transition Out of Academia
- 11/07: Dr. James Santiago, R&D Plant Physiologist at Soli Organic Inc. - A Journey From Academia to Industry
- 11/21: Dr. Tom Herlache, Technology Manager Assistant Director for Commercialization - RCR Discussion - Protecting your Intellectual Property
- 01/25: Dr. David Lowry, PRI Associate Director - PRI Seed Grant Introduction
- 02/08: Dr. Sue Rhee, PRI Director / Dr. Gaëlle Cassin-Ross, PRI Training and Outreach Coordinator - Reimagining PRI Networking Hour: A Town Hall Discussion
- 02/22: Sheril Kirshenbaum, Scientist and Author, MSU - Communicating Science
- 03/14: Dr. Joanna Feehan, Rhee Lab Postdoc - Establishing Trainee Societies Discussion, trainees only
- 03/28: Dr. Stefanie Baier, Director of Instructional Development / Dr. Aaron Reifler, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs / Dr. Julie Rojewski, Director of PhD Career Development - Exploring Resources for Grad Students and Postdocs at MSU: A Comprehensive Guide
- 04/11: Dr. Lex Flagel, Staff Data Scientist, Gencove - Industry Career Exploration Strategies
- 04/25: Dr. Ryan Williams, Genomics and Data Science Lead, Bayer - Exploring Careers in Plant Biotechnology and Data Science at Bayer
- 05/09: Dr. Tom Sharkey, Professor, Plant Resilience Institute, Plant Research Laboratory - RCR Discussion - Plagiarism (Joint Event with Plant Biology Dept.)
- 06/13: Dr. Gregg Howe, Professor, Plant Resilience Institute, Plant Research Laboratory - RCR Discussion - Authorship and Publications (Joint Event with Plant Biology Dept.)
SEMINARS
- 10/10: MSU PRI and RIKEN CSRS
- Dr. Sue Rhee, PRI Director and Professor - Short introduction on MSU & PRI
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, CSRS Director - Short introduction on RIKEN & CSRS
- Dr. Kazuo Shinozaki - Facing Climate Change: Joint Efforts of Plant and Crop Science for a Sustainable Future
- 10/24: Gas exchange between plants and the atmosphere
- Dr. Tom Sharkey - Various paths of carbon during photosynthesis
- Dr. Motoaki Seki - Development of EGAO Technology and Its Application to Sustainable Agriculture
- 11/7: Bridging the gap between agriculture and the environment
- Dr. Christine Sprunger - The long-term maintenance of regenerative agriculture enhances climate resiliency
- Dr. Naoyoshi Kumakura - Fungal Turgor Generation: Unlocking the Mechanisms to Penetrate Hard Plant Surfaces
- 11/21: Genetic and physiological basis of evolutionary adaptations
- Dr. David Lowry
- Dr. Keiichi Mochida
- 09/08: Dr. Kiran Shivaiah, Lundquist Lab - An Amphipathic Helix is essential for the association of Fibrillin Proteins to Plastoglobule Lipid Droplets
- 09/22: Dr. Brian O'Shea, Director of Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research - Introduction to ICER
- 10/13: Katherine Naasko, Sprunger Lab - Microbes under water: soil health and soil microbial community recovery after a short-term flood event
- 10/22: Dr. Hui-Kyong Cho, Rouached Lab - How does phosphorus play a role in the growth of plants?
- 11/10: Dr. Mohammad Mostofa, Sharkey Lab - Wounding and cryptic isoprene emission in soybeans
- 12/08: Asia Hightower, Josephs Lab - Investigating leaf shape variation in Capsella bursa-pastoris herbarium specimens
- 1/13: Dr. Rose Marks, VanBuren Lab - Life on the edge: How to survive without water and other lessons from resurrection plants
- 1/27: Dr. Xosé López Goldar, Wetzel Lab & Dr. Nate Havko, Howe Lab - Impact of heat waves on the resilience of milkweeds and the interactions with their arthropod community
- 2/10: Dr. Daniel Anstett, Lowry Lab - Leveraging big data to study adaptation in a changing world
- 2/24: Dr. Matt Stata, Rhee Lab - Hunting for Intermediates on the Road from C3 to C4 Photosynthesis
- 3/10: Cristal López González, Gilbert Lab - How plant leaves respond to external pH changes at transcriptional level
- 3/24: Dr. Brittni Kelley, Lebeis Lab - Identifying the potential impacts of microbial seed treatments on soybeans and the surrounding soil microbiome
- 4/28: Dr. Anuradha Singh, Thompson Lab - Genetic analysis of multiple agronomic traits for optimal biomass allocation and improved water use efficiency during seasonal drought conditions in sorghum
- 5/26: Dr. Sue Rhee, PRI Director - All-Hands Town Hall
RETREATS
- The 2024 PRI Retreat was held from September 19-20, 2024 at the The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development. You can review the schedule here.
- The 2023 PRI Retreat was held on October 5-7, 2023 at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Research Station.
INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON PLANT RESILIENCE
The First International Summit on Plant Resilience took place from May 16-17, 2024 at the East Lansing Marriott Hotel. More information on the summit is available here.