News
April 21, 2026
PRI graduate student Kristin Leutgeb among the 21 MSU students and alumni selected for the NSF GRFP.
March 10, 2026
Graduate student Daniel Mok received a New Investigator award from the Joint Genome Institute.
March 6, 2026
Brandon Webster, 2025 plant biology graduate from the Thompson lab, is embarking on an adventure across the world and joining the Kiwifruit Breeding Center in New Zealand.
February 13, 2026
Graduate student Sylvie Martin-Eberhardt discusses their new research paper in Functional Ecology, titled, "Multiple signalling increases both prey response and diversity in a carnivorous pitcher plant."
October 28, 2025
The Molecular Plant Sciences graduate program celebrates the successes of its students with the MPS Outstanding Paper Award. PRI member Febri Susanto was one of two students recognized for accomplishments in publishing research in the past year.
February 3, 2025
In a new, collaborative PRI seed grant project, two PLB graduate students have teamed up to investigate how plants’ natural defense mechanisms can be leveraged to help improve crop resilience.







