News
May 10, 2026
Dr. Ian Gilman, postdoctoral researcher in the VanBuren lab, reflects on his journey, MSU experience, and future.
May 6, 2026
PRI Postdoctoral Fellow honored with the 2026 W.S. Cooper Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Fields of Geobotany and/or Physiographic Ecology
March 30, 2026
Kaitlin, who works with Dr. Christine Sprunger, recently presented highlights of her research spanning studies on the community assembly of nematodes in the Nebraska Sandhills and the effects of prairie strips in row crop fields in Iowa.
March 12, 2026
Former PRI Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Anstett reveals how natural populations of scarlet monkeyflower survived severe drought by undergoing rapid evolutionary change.
May 1, 2025
PRI Fellow Derek Denney is part of a team of scientists that revealed even common plant species that may not be showing obvious signs of decline could still be affected dramatically by climate change.
September 12, 2024
PRI proudly announces that its first cohort of postdoctoral research fellows is moving on to new and exciting roles after three transformative years. These talented plant scientists—Drs. Daniel Anstett, Brittni Kelley, and Stephanie Schmiege—have made significant contributions to plant resilience research and are now set to continue their impactful work in new positions.
June 21, 2024
A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Rose Marks, a Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute postdoctoral fellow in the VanBuren Lab, sheds new light on the evolutionary origins and mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants.
