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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Natural Science
Plant Resilience Institute

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A headshot of Kevin Santiago‑Morales in an orange shirt taken outside
June 3, 2026
Dissertation fellowship awarded to MGI/PRI graduate student
Kevin Santiago‑Morales, a doctoral candidate in MGI Associate Professor Sarah Lebeis’ lab, received a Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
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Three headshots of seed grant awardees are featured above the PRI Seed Grant Program and MGI logos
June 2, 2026
MGI graduate students awarded Plant Resilience Institute Seed Grants
Three graduate students from the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology have been awarded PRI Seed Grants.
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Sarah Lebeis smiles at her lab manager while sitting together at a lab bench
November 21, 2025
Unraveling the mysteries of the plant microbiome
Sarah Lebeis has been appointed Science Director at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
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EcoTek students learning about lab technology with postdoctoral researcher Anuradha Singh and graduate student Matt Chansler.
February 4, 2024
PSM researchers host high school science students from the Detroit Metro area
PSM faculty, including PRI's Sarah Lebeis and Addie Thompson, and staff wrap up a second program together with Detroit's EcoTek lab.
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Sarah Lebeis (left) pictured with Ecotek lab student Haley (middle) and technician Asia Hawkins (right). Haley is isolating novel soil bacteria to examine how they impact plant growth.
December 1, 2022
Sowing Seeds of diversity
MSU professors begin new partnership with Detroit's EcoTek Lab to introduce youths to the research being done in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences.
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A headshot of Kevin Santiago‑Morales in an orange shirt taken outsideJune 3, 2026Dissertation fellowship awarded to MGI/PRI graduate student
A headshot of David LowryJune 3, 2026PRI Celebrates David Lowry’s Appointment as MSU Subcontract Lead of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Three headshots of seed grant awardees are featured above the PRI Seed Grant Program and MGI logosJune 2, 2026MGI graduate students awarded Plant Resilience Institute Seed Grants
Three people stand outside of a greenhouse smilingMay 19, 2026MSU opens newly renovated $35-million Plant Science Greenhouses