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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Natural Science
Plant Resilience Institute

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December 12, 2025
Securing Planet and People Resilience through Innovative Plant Resilience Research
PRI Director Sue Rhee gives a research presentation at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting in October of 2025.
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December 4, 2025
PRI Celebrates Three Faculty at the 2025 College of Natural Science Awards
Three PRI faculty members, Emily Josephs, David Lowry, and Sue Rhee, were recognized at the 2025 College of Natural Science Awards.
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Karine Prado wears a lab coat, gloves, and mask while examining T. oblongifolia plants inside a plant growth chamber.
November 24, 2025
This Shrub Thrives in Death Valley’s Scorching Temperatures
Tidestromia oblongifolia thrives in high heat—and scientists think it may hold the key to making food crops more resilient amid global warming.
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Arabidopsis thaliana as grown in a lab.
August 12, 2025
Seeding the Field
How the development of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism led to innovation in the plant sciences, agriculture and human health
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More than 60 faculty members have been named MSU Research Foundation Professors since the recognition was established in 2014.
December 18, 2024
The MSU Research Foundation helps turn Spartan discoveries into impact
PRI Director Sue Rhee speaks on the MSU Research Foundation, which has empowered groundbreaking research and entrepreneurship at MSU for over 50 years.
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Seung Yon
December 5, 2024
MSU plant scientists unite global community to call for advancing plant resilience
Plant and agricultural sciences must make rapid and significant changes to ensure global food security in the face of climate change, according to a Michigan State University-led international group of plant researchers.
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Several nematodes under microscopic imaging
June 27, 2024
DIY lab tool evaluates new molecules in minutes
Researchers, including PRI Director Dr. Sue Rhee, have developed new DIY laboratory tools to greatly speed up a crucial analytical process.
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Sue Rhee
April 19, 2024
Humans of Banbury: Interview with Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee
During the Banbury Center’s October 2023 meeting, “The Future of Plant-Environment Interactions: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Climate,” Sue Rhee had an opportunity to speak with Jenna Jacobs from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Banbury Center.
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A headshot of Kevin Santiago‑Morales in an orange shirt taken outsideJune 3, 2026Dissertation fellowship awarded to MGI/PRI graduate student
A headshot of David LowryJune 3, 2026PRI Celebrates David Lowry’s Appointment as MSU Subcontract Lead of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Three headshots of seed grant awardees are featured above the PRI Seed Grant Program and MGI logosJune 2, 2026MGI graduate students awarded Plant Resilience Institute Seed Grants
Three people stand outside of a greenhouse smilingMay 19, 2026MSU opens newly renovated $35-million Plant Science Greenhouses