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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
Plant Genomics @ MSU REU logo
August 8, 2025
The Plant Genomics @ MSU Research Experience for Undergraduates, or REU, program brought 21 undergraduate students from 20 universities to research and study at Michigan State this summer. 
Tom Sharkey poses at his desk as a graduate student in the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory between 1976-1980.
July 7, 2025
After 51 years of research and teaching, PRI faculty member Thomas D. Sharkey is earning the title of Emeritus University Distinguished Professor as he heads to retirement.