Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
![Group examines sample in lab](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CMD1.jpg)
Gates Foundation Grant Fuels NC State Study of Devastating Crop Disease
![Antonio Alonso-Stepanov with his parents in their growth chamber at NC State.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/alonsostepanova-e1472557332128.jpg)
The Next Science Guy?
![NC State University's belltower, lit in celebratory red as vehicles pass through a roundabout at night.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CIF-HEADER-2016-992x558.jpg)
NC State Boosts Efforts to Commercialize Research Discoveries
![Charles Wagner walking along a mountainside](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/wagner.jpg)
Student Spotlight: Wagner Helps Validate Traditional Plant-Based Medicines
![Sirius Li](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/siriusli2.jpg)
Li Wins Early Career Award
![Phytotron director Dr. Carole Saravitz inside and outside of the chambers.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cals-news-phyto.jpg)
Phytotron Facelift and Plant Research
![Seven seedlings in containers](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/pintaplant.jpg)