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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Natural Science
Plant Resilience Institute

News

PRI Faculty Gregg Howe named to the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List November 30, 2022 PRI Faculty Gregg Howe named to the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List

Gregg A. Howe has been recognized as being among the world’s most influential scientists thanks to his papers’ usefulness to other researchers in their fields. He is among 11 MSU scientists named to the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List compiled by Clarivate Analytics.

 
Dr. Sue Rhee will be the next director of the PRI November 10, 2022 Dr. Sue Rhee will be the next director of the PRI

We have big news to share! This summer, Dr. Sue Rhee will join Michigan State University as the director of its Plant Resilience Institute and as an MSU Foundation Professor in the departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, and Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. 
How do plants survive drought? September 21, 2022 How do plants survive drought?

MSU researchers, Sue Rhee and Bob VanBuren are part of a multi-institution and cross-disciplinary project to study how plants survive drought. The $12.5-million project was funded by National Science Foundation and will lead to the creation of the virtual Water and Life Interface Institute — WALII, pronounced “Wally”. 
MSU receives $590K USDA grant for corn tar spot resistance research July 7, 2022 MSU receives $590K USDA grant for corn tar spot resistance research

The team led by Addie Thompson has received more than $590,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study resistance to tar spot, a devastating corn disease.
MSU's Gregg Howe selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar May 31, 2022 MSU's Gregg Howe selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Gregg Howe, an MSU College of Natural Science (NatSci) researcher who is internationally known for his work on plant resilience and how plants respond to insect attacks, will be heading to Japan as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the 2022-2023 academic year to apply cutting-edge genetic technologies to the development of crop plants that will contribute to sustainable agriculture and food security.
A 'pilot light' for photosynthesis March 9, 2022 A 'pilot light' for photosynthesis

Plant Resilience Institute Interim Director Thomas D. Sharkey has a gift for exploring the intricate biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis, the life-sustaining reactions that plants use to grow literally from thin air.