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Michigan State University Plant Resilience Institute Director Sue Rhee stands in a field wearing a lab coat and holding a large beaker filled with soil planted with various small crops.
October 14, 2025
Plant researchers are racing to build climate-resilient crops before global food systems reach a breaking point.
Christopher Topp
October 8, 2025
Topp uses powerful imaging tools to envision the future of sustainable agriculture, and is bringing his root biology expertise to MSU and the Plant Resilience Institute.
The graphic features a background image of a desert and the MSU-PRI and WALII logos with the text
September 23, 2025
The Water and Life Interface Institute (WALII), a center-level grant led by PRI, is proud to announce the inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium, which will bring together the scientific community to explore anhydrobiosis.
Gregg Howe examines a tomato plant
September 18, 2025
A key feature of insect pest wound response in plants has been uncovered after 34 years of collaboration and mentorship in Gregg Howe’s lab at MSU.
Peter Lundquist working at a lab desk
August 28, 2025
The discovery of how plants move life’s building blocks has unlocked new potential for developing nutrient-rich crops and ensuring food security.
Arabidopsis thaliana as grown in a lab.
August 12, 2025
How the development of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism led to innovation in the plant sciences, agriculture and human health