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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. 

Experts from MSU offer guidance on how the 2024 election could impact research, innovation and our natural resources. Plant biologists Christoph Benning and Federica Brandizzi share their thoughts.

You might think that a pumpkin carved into a snaggle-toothed, grinning effigy is the scariest that a plant can get.But in the dark underbellies of jungles and tangled mires of gurgling swamps, fascinating and strange plants thrive.

Michigan State University has been awarded one of six Global Centers through the U.S. National Science Foundation and its partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea or ROK and the United Kingdom. The funding awards were announced today totaling nearly $82 million in the Global Centers competition.

Michigan State University’s vast collections of preserved mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, fossils, insects, and living and preserved plants are essential components of world-class scientific exploration and education. 

We're excited to welcome the 2024 cohort of Plant Biology graduate students!

Michigan State University researcher Berkley Walker and University of Wisconsin researcher Hiroshi Maeda were awarded a $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation

PLB researchers and staff participated in the 2024 meeting of the Botanical Society of America, Botany2024.

Michigan State University Welcomes Andrea Glassmire as an Assistant Professor, with a joint appointment in PLB and ENT

How Kirsten Salonga’s approach to science education was shaped by a research experience for teachers

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

Research on newly discovered root metabolites earns PLB undergrad grand prize at research forum.

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

The Data Nuggets program is promoting data literacy while making science more relatable

The tool speeds up a crucial method in which nematodes help determine if plant-derived molecules are beneficial or harmful

Outstanding Plant Biology students and faculty recognized across 2024 Plant Biology awards and All-University Awards.

A team of Michigan State University researchers has received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to investigate the climate change mitigation potential of switchgrass cropping systems.

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

Graduate student Joshua Kaste and postdoctoral researcher Xinyu Fu have been awarded the 2024 Anton Lang Memorial Awards.

The Nurture Your Roots program includes QR codes around the Beal Botanical Garden that students, faculty, staff or other garden visitors can scan to practice wellness and reflection. Each station has content contributed by community members.

Michigan State University has officially launched its effort to modernize its research greenhouse facilities supporting leading-edge plant research and education.

Long was announced as the recipient of the 2024 President’s Distinguished Teaching Award for her innovative and inclusive teaching, expertise in assessing student learning, and her national influence on transforming biology education.

MSU researchers have made an evolutionary biology breakthrough

Shinhan Shiu has been appointed as a Red Cedar Distinguished Professor in the departments of Plant Biology and Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering.  data-contrast="auto">Shiu joins the second cohort of appointees following the award’s creation in 2022.  data-ccp-props="{" 201341983="" :0="" 335559739="" :160="" 335559740="" :259=""> 

MSU researchers and faculty have been utilizing their proximity to natural areas across campus for a long time: there are more than 700 acres in 25 distinct sites across campus, providing important examples of MSU’s rich natural heritage and offering significant resources for teaching, research, demonstration and nature appreciation.

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

Researchers from MSU and UC Riverside have shown that viral diseases from farmland have spread to native habitats.

In a recent study in Plant Physiology, PRL researchers revealed a misconception that had been growing in plant science about one of the fundamental puzzle pieces of photosynthesis.