Author: Mick Kulikowski
![A food scientist hydrates a protein for use in a food formulation.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mksustainableprotein1500.jpg)
Bezos Earth Fund Grant Creates Sustainable Protein Research Hub at NC State
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2 CALS Faculty Included in New Class of AAAS Fellows
![Researcher works with carrots to study pigmentation, domestication](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mkiorizzocarrot1500.jpg)
What Makes a Carrot Orange?
![Photo of CRISPR-modified and wild trees in an NC State greenhouse.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mkcrisprpoplargreenhouse1500-scaled-1.jpg)
Building a Better Forest Tree With CRISPR Gene Editing
![Scanning electron microscopy image of a chigger.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mkchiggerbacteria1500.jpg)
Bacterium Associated With Disease Found in N.C. Chiggers
![Picture of florescent flies.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/mkscottpnas1500-scaled-1.jpg)
CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Drive Could Suppress Agricultural Pests
!["Drought on Lake Mead" by U.S. Geological Survey is marked with CC0 1.0.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LakeMead_research_042823.jpg)
Study: Tribal Water Rights Underutilized in U.S. West
![Fall armyworm moth.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mkschalfallarmywormmoth1500-scaled-1.jpg)
Perfume Component Helps Lure Male Moth Pests
![Potato plant with late blight](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mkristainoplosonetreeoflife1500-scaled-1-e1681144458825.jpg)
NC State Researchers Assemble Pathogen ‘Tree of Life’
![Tractor at a cover crop conference in North Carolina.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mkcovercrop1500-scaled-1.jpg)