MSU Plant Resilience Institute

Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance This review examines the environmental and genetic factors that contribute to heat and drought stress tolerance in crops. It also assesses the limitations

A new review article from @msupri.bsky.social scientists with collaboration from ag industry colleagues. Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

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TOMORROW is the LAST DAY to submit an abstract for the first annual WALII Symposium! 💧🗓️

Submit your abstract now!

www.walii.science/virtual-symp...

Upcoming C-SPIRIT team member talk! Director of the Plant Resilience Institute & C-SPIRIT Michigan State University Dr. Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee Talk Title: Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork (C-SPIRIT) Tuesday, October 21st 6:30 - 7:15 pm CT Learn more!

C-SPIRIT’s Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) is giving a keynote at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress! 🌱
🗓️ Oct 21 | 6:30-7:15 pm CT
💬 Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork

See more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx
#PlantScience

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...

PRI is continuing to build on our collaborative mission, connecting leading plant scientists to drive unique solutions to global challenges in food security and climate resilience, and we invite applications for multiple tenure-stream faculty positions: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

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We're excited to welcome Christopher Topp to the Plant Resilience Institute! Dr. Topp uses powerful imaging tools to envision the future of sustainable agriculture, and he will soon bring his expertise in root biology to MSU. Read the full story: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

Open rank faculty positions available at MSU Plant Resilience Institute. Apply online at: https://tinyurl.com/yy2kvt3n

Only 10 days left to apply to the MSU Plant Resilience Institute for a faculty position.We're looking for 1 junior and 1 senior faculty. Applications submitted after 10/15 cannot be considered. Join us! It's a very collaborative, fun, innovative group of plant biologists. Apply at: lnkd.in/eRyDv_Pi

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Did you miss the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images?

No worries!

You can view it here:
youtu.be/4TMJt69yyjw

📌 Institutional Feature Series | No. 16: Michigan State University

MSU’s 37 members contribute to 6 areas of work: discovery, annotation, gene-pathway studies, lab/field testing, toxicity testing, and broader impacts. We're lucky to have their expertise!

🔗 c-spirit.org/research

#PlantScience

🚨 Just one week left to submit an abstract for the first annual WALII Virtual Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water!

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Imani Pascoe stands next to her poster.

Sydney Chen stands next to her poster.

This summer, Sydney Chen and Imani Pascoe, doctoral students in Sarah Lebeis' lab, traveled to Cologne, Germany to present their research at the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Representing the Lebeis Lab and MGI with excellence! 🦠🌱

Check out this opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher to join us at C-SPIRIT!

#plantscience

Our September newsletter is out! 🌿

Inside:
🔹Blogpost on C-SPIRIT’s role in the bioeconomy
🔹Spotlight on the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences
🔹Member publications
🔹Upcoming events
...and more!

👉 Read: createsend.com/t/y-23A65796...
✉️ Subscribe: forms.gle/Wkz3TgNQ2wJZ...

#plantscience

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The @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how #nematodes respond to chemical and environmental cues as part of @c-spirit.org and @waliianhydro.bsky.social. 🪱

Apply now at: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

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Next Week!

Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

The graphic has a faded background image of plants under a microscope with the Plant Resilience Institute logo in the top left corner. In a green gradient arrow in the middle of the graphic, there is text that says, “Now Hiring: Tenure Stream Faculty Positions, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor Level." In the bottom right corner, there is the MSU PRI logo and the text, “Apply online at careers.msu.edu.”

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search!

We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

Congratulations to our winners and all who presented at #GLPSC2025! Your work is helping to expand the horizons of plant science across the Great Lakes region and beyond!

Poster Competition Winners:
🥇 1st Place: Briana Hashim, MSU
🥈 2nd Place (Tie): Mashal Copperman, @ecushing.bsky.social, & Asia Hawkins, MSU
🥉 3rd Place (Tie): Karli Boer, MSU & Gelito Inácio Franco Sululu, CYCCN

Flash Talk Competition Winners:
🥇 1st Place: @balptekin.bsky.social, UW-Madison
🥈 2nd Place: Frederick Mildenhall, Purdue
🥉 3rd Place (Tie): @caldwed.bsky.social, Purdue & Julia Pastor Fernandez, UW-Madison

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Briana Hashim poses with Sue Rhee and David Lowry while holding her first place poster certificate

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Poster presenters talk about their research to conference attendees during one of the poster sessions

Congratulations to all the incredible trainee presenters at #GLPSC2025! Your flash talks and posters showcased the creativity and rigor driving the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region. We’re excited to highlight our competition winners! 🏆🧵

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This past weekend, members of WALII presented their posters at the first annual Great Lakes Plant Science Conference.

WALII member Erin Cushing's poster on "Decoding Desiccation Tolerance in Arabidopsis Seeds" tied for second place at the poster competition! #GLPSC2025

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In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we want to extend our sincere gratitude to the postdoctoral researchers at MSU's Plant Resilience Institute. We’re proud to work alongside you and excited to support your continued growth and success. PRI is more resilient because of all of you! 🌱

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Karine Prado with her poster at GLPSC

Kwang-chul Shin with his poster at GLPSC

Bri Hashim presenting her poster at GLPSC

🌿 C-SPIRIT members represented at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference this past weekend in Lansing, Michigan!

5 members of our research team gave fantastic poster presentations: Shogo Kuwayama, Kwang-chul Shin, Karine Prado, Danielle Hoffmann, & Bri Hashim 🌱

#PlantScience #GLPSC2025

I won the FIRST place in the flash talk competition at #GLPSC2025 🍀

I must admit, it was unexpected because this was my first flash talk and let me tell you; explaining what you do in 3 minutes is not easy!

Thanks to organizers of #GLPSC2025 for the opportunity to share my work on 🌱 and space 🛰️

And @c-spirit.org, @waliianhydro.bsky.social, @plantcellatlas.bsky.social, @plantmetabolism.bsky.social, @10xgenomics.bsky.social, & @rheelab.bsky.social!

A special thank you to @biochambers.bsky.social, @templetonfdn.bsky.social, @alizeemalnoe.bsky.social, @adammott.bsky.social @omalley-regulome.bsky.social, @manishbiotechie.bsky.social, @balptekin.bsky.social, @msudoeplantlab.bsky.social, @msunatsci.bsky.social, @chooselansing.bsky.social

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Thank you to everyone who attended the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference and helped make it a success! This inaugural meeting brought together 416 registrants from 55 institutions. Together, we’ve built momentum for the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region and beyond! #GLPSC2025

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WALII member Cathy Mercado from the VanBuren Lab at Michigan State University, presented her poster, "Photoprotective Strategies Underlying Desiccation Tolerance in Linderniaceae" at the very first Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! #GLPSC2025

We're here at the first GLPSC in Lansing! Come stop by our booth for a chance to win our prize pack! #GLPSC2025 #BioChambers #PlantScience #MSU

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The 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference is in full swing! 416 registrants from the Great Lakes region and beyond are connecting, presenting, and pushing the boundaries of plant science together. 🌿 #GLPSC2025

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Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍

#ChooseLansing