{"id":17335,"date":"2022-04-19T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/four-international-agribusiness-titans-commit-to-collaborative-work-in-nc-state-university-plant-sciences-building\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:40:20","slug":"four-international-agribusiness-titans-commit-to-collaborative-work-in-nc-state-university-plant-sciences-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/four-international-agribusiness-titans-commit-to-collaborative-work-in-nc-state-university-plant-sciences-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Four International Agribusiness Titans Commit to Collaborative Work in\u00a0NC State University Plant Sciences Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four international agribusiness leaders will soon take up residence at NC State University. Bayer<\/a>, BASF<\/a>, SAS<\/a> and Novozymes <\/a>have agreed to collaborate with NC State University researchers at the new Plant Sciences Building<\/a>, a leading-edge facility at the heart of the university\u2019s N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI), an effort that fosters interdisciplinary, team-based work between academia, industry, government, and growers to solve the most perplexing plant science challenges locally and globally.<\/p>\n\n\n

The new industry collaboration model brings the brightest minds from multinational companies together with NC State faculty into a space that intentionally intersects science, technology, and the marketplace to foster innovative thinking and collaborative problem-solving. Through N.C. PSI, NC State scientists and staff will seamlessly integrate research and talent from across the university while working shoulder-to-shoulder with private industry biologists, engineers, computer scientists, innovation leaders, analytics specialists, and other experts to cultivate robust thinking and generate solutions-based outcomes where agriculture and society overlap.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cNC State is leveraging its assets from across the university in partnership with world agricultural leaders to drive innovation in the area of plant sciences,\u201d said Dr. Randy Woodson, chancellor of NC State University. \u201cBy building on our existing partnerships with Bayer, BASF, SAS and Novozymes we will expedite solutions and maximize our impacts for our stakeholders here in NC and throughout the world.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

Positioned in the heart of NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus<\/a>, the NC State Plant Sciences Building is a significant factor in attracting multinational partners as well as exceptional faculty and students from around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cThe building itself will accelerate workforce development and talent acquisition within the agriculture industry as its innovative design allows us to create an ecosystem where industry can liaise with students to better prepare them for careers,\u201d said Dr. Adrian Percy, executive director of the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative. \u201cIt will also serve as a convening point across the agriculture industry to provide a broad spectrum of stakeholders with a way to engage in important conversations in a neutral space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

Access to cutting-edge tools and equipment, co-working spaces, and teams of interdisciplinary researchers allows both industry and academia to effectively collaborate to address grand challenges facing food, health, and agriculture. The 185,000-square-foot world-class facility is home to:<\/p>\n\n\n