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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Natural Science
Plant Resilience Institute

News

A line of members of the Plant Resilience Institute and MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory toss scoops of dirt with shovels. They're wearing Spartan hard hats with construction equipment behind them.
October 25, 2024
MSU’s new Plant and Environmental Sciences Building critical to advancing climate-resilient plants
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MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, PESB, Plant Resilience Institute
The state-of-the-art Plant and Environmental Sciences Building (PESB) is officially under construction, accelerating climate-critical discoveries and advancing Michigan State University’s excellence in food security. PESB will be the home of PRI when construction is complete in 2026.
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October 3, 2024
MSU awarded one of the NSF’s six Global Centers to solve worldwide food challenges
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Plant Resilience Institute
The Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute has been granted a 2024 Global Centers award through the NSF and its partner agencies. The International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience addresses the critical challenge of stabilizing global food production amid unpredictable weather patterns.
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Latest News

A graphic promoting GLPSC 2025 with a background image of blurred leaves and an outline of the Great Lakes, featuring a QR code and the logos of the 10 organizing universities. The text says, April 16, 2025MSU to host inaugural Great Lakes Plant Science Conference
Dr. Rose Marks and field assistant Yandisa Ndzeku sample resurrection grasses at the Free State National Botanical Garden in Bloemfontein, South Africa.April 16, 2025New Paper Explores the Secrets of Surviving Without Water
A graphic promoting the MSU SciFest STEAM Expo Days 'World of Plants' room. The graphic has a magenta background and features images around the border of plants, seeds, soil, a microscope, and other scientific equipment. There is a white circle in the center containing the following text, March 24, 2025MSU Plant Science Community showcases 'The World of Plants' at STEAM Expo Days
Yuan Xu, postdoctoral researcher in the Sharkey lab, uses a LICOR to measure the rate of photosynthesis in a plant.March 11, 2025Using unique approaches to study plants in future conditions