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9 CALS Faculty Named 2024-25 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

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Mar 17, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Suhanee Anand and Olivia McCormack

As they open doors to the plant sciences for hundreds of middle and high school students, two North Carolina State University undergraduates are also gaining skills that will equip them… 
Video still of growing microcolonies of the single-celled fungus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is used to produce bread and wine. The green masks on top of some cells represent how a computer algorithm learns to detect mating yeast cells. (Miranda Lab)

Mar 13, 2025

The Libraries’ Research Facilitation Service helps a CALS researcher open up “a bottleneck of scientific progress”

Sometimes small problems lead to big solutions. When Plant and Microbial Biology researcher Orlando Arguello-Miranda needed a central place to store large image files for a 50-person workshop, he asked… 

Mar 6, 2025

Optimizing Corn Production for Greater Efficiency

From juicy corn on the cob and crunchy tortilla chips to livestock feed and ethanol for gasoline, corn is an essential crop for many of the products of daily life.  

Mar 5, 2025

Bridging Disciplines for Creative Solutions

The second annual BRIDGE Symposium gave graduate students and postdoctoral scholars the chance to share ideas for bridging disciplines to address complex scientific challenges. 

Mar 5, 2025

The Heart of the N.C. PSI: Geoff Bock

Geoff Bock, alumnus of the Master’s of Microbial Biotechnology program serves as the N.C. PSI’s director of operations, with day-to-day oversight within the initiative. 
Professor Debjani Sihi stands in front of equipment in her lab.

Feb 5, 2025

Debjani Sihi Joins NC State to Advance Agriculture with AI and Big Data

When agricultural challenges like sustainability and data-overwhelm intersect, innovation rarely happens in isolation. The most impactful solutions often emerge at the crossroads of disciplines, where technology and collaboration can collide. 
a women stands outside next to a sign that says syngenta

Jan 22, 2025

A Growing Passion for Improving Crops

As a doctoral student in plant biology, Anne-Marie Pullen envisions a career in the agricultural industry to improve crop resilience against environmental stressors. 

Jan 17, 2025

Submit Your Research Photos to, Envisioning Research, NC State’s Annual Research Image Contest

NC State is calling on graduate students, undergraduates, postdocs, faculty and staff to take part in Envisioning Research, the university’s annual research image contest. Help us highlight the beauty and importance of… 

Jan 13, 2025

Ummino going global with gut health supplement

Hippocrates, the “father of modern medicine,” is credited with the admonition that “Our food should be our medicine, and our medicine should be our food.” Embracing that belief, a North… 

Dec 5, 2024

9 CALS Faculty Named 2024-25 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2024-25 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today, including Kasie Raymann, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology.