Display Accessibility Tools

Accessibility Tools

Grayscale

Highlight Links

Change Contrast

Increase Text Size

Increase Letter Spacing

Readability Bar

Dyslexia Friendly Font

Increase Cursor Size

News

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.
Christine Sprunger headshot
June 24, 2025
Christine Sprunger has been selected by the World Food Prize Foundation as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer! Her work in regenerative agriculture and soil health has transformed sustainable farming systems and positions her as a global leader in agri-food sustainability.
Tom Sharkey measures the rate of photosynthesis and isoprene being released by a soybean plant.
June 13, 2025
New research 40 years in the making from Tom Sharkey sheds light on how isoprene could provide a path for engineering plants that are more resilient to environmental change and pest outbreaks. But that benefit could come at an environmental cost.