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Danielle Hoffmann is the 2024 recipient of the Kende Award, which acknowledges the best doctoral dissertation in plant sciences at Michigan State University over the last two years.

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.

New research from the Walker lab is looking at ways to help plants adapt by introducing engineered enzymes that will make the plants more heat tolerant.

Some trees seem able to adjust to climate extremes without altering an important process for their growth, according to new research from Michigan State University.

Thomashow lab undergrad Hope Dzik participated in Freshwater@UW this summer.

Researchers from the Walker lab are looking at how paper birch trees are acclimatizing to changing environments through how they manage a vital plant process called photorespiration.

This October, two students in the Molecular Plant Sciences graduate program were awarded the inaugural MPS Outstanding Paper Award.

MSU experts can comment on policies and issues impacting the environment that will be influenced by the Nov. 5 election.

Using molecular dynamics, researchers disprove a long-held view on the permeability of carboxysome shells, revealing a new path for both carbon dioxide and research in photosynthesis.

A state-of-the-art Plant and Environmental Sciences Building is officially under construction, accelerating climate-critical discoveries and advancing Michigan State University’s excellence in food security.

For the second year, the PRL Community Building and Outreach Committeeparticipated in the MSU Detroit Early Honors Experience.

Gregg Howe is one of many MSU researchers involved in MSU's Global Center

This summer, the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory kicked off its Summer Research Experience, a program designed to bring students to Michigan State University’s campus and participate in plant research.

On Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees voted to authorize construction of a new Plant and Environmental Sciences Building

Researchers have discovered what bridges two important pieces of cellular machinery in plants

Researchers Berkley Walker and Hiroshi Maeda were awarded $1.9 million to study how plants make critical choices during photosynthesis

The organelle can arrange itself in a sheet or a shell — but that doesn’t change how it operates

Researchers have found how fungi rebuild, reinforce their cell walls after exposure to antifungals, opening opportunities to improve current therapies

Researchers in the Brandizzi lab have discovered two proteins that work in tandem to control an important response to cell stress

Five PRL undergraduate students participated in the 2024 2024 Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences.

The fellowship provides opportunities for international exchange programs in drug discovery, agriculture and medicine.

Gutter Ball returned on June 12, with Tony Schilmiller claiming his fourth championship.

NASA awarded its Silver Achievement Medal to a multi-institution team that includes researchers from the College of Natural Science

Spartan researchers have developed a way to get poplar trees to produce valuable molecules usually derived from shark livers

Award will support the Vermaas lab’s work in drug discovery through molecular dynamics research in plants. 

This analysis and review suggests that the different families of the OCP use similar structural determinants for non-photochemical quenching.

Maxwell Harman shares his insights on his acceptance to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Alumni and friends of the college gathered to peer into the future of sustainability with Spartan student and faculty experts

Joshua Kaste and Xinyu Fu have been awarded the 2024 Anton Lang Memorial Award. The lecture was given by Robert Last.

A group of graduate and undergraduate students participated in the 2024 EnergyTech University Prize, making it to the regionals portion of the competition. The contest is organized by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions and challenges students to create and present a business plan in the energy sector.

For the past fifteen years, Ryan Mosley has been providing IT support for both the Plant Research Laboratory and the Department of Plant Biology. Now, after accepting a new position on the Research Cyberinfrastructure team at MSU, he will be working with researchers all over campus.

Researchers from across the Michigan State University plant science community, including from eight PRL labs, participated in this year’s Science Festival on campus.

Graduate students Xiaotong Jiang and Bailey Kleven are the 2024 recipients of the Keegstra and Thomashow Travel Awards.

Using molecular dynamics, researchers from the Kramer and Vermaas labs showed how electrons move through a crystal, jumping from heme to heme. The researchers found that the rate at which the electrons jump from one heme to another highly depended on the temperature of the crystal.