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N.C. PSI Names New Platform Directors

October 2020

A corn field in North Carolina

Oct 27, 2020

NC State Teams Up with SAS and Microsoft to Predict Plant Disease and Tackle Food Recalls

The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative has teamed up with technology leaders SAS and Microsoft to predict plant disease and tackle food recalls. Several research teams will use cloud and internet of things (IoT) services from SAS and Microsoft for their interdisciplinary projects. 
Students get ice cream at the PMB ice cream social.

Oct 20, 2020

Fall Plant and Microbial Biology Newsletter

In lieu of our ice cream social event, we have prepared a fall newsletter to introduce new members of our department and to make note of new grants, papers and other achievements of the last year. 
L.W. Parks Distinguished Lectureship in Microbiology Flyer from Septmeber 29, 2020. "A day in the life of a cyanobacterium: Integrating temporal and environmental information." Susan S. Golden, Ph.D., HHMI Professor, Center for Circadian Biolohgy, University of California, San Diego.

Oct 16, 2020

Leo W. Parks Lectureship Expands In Spite of COVID-19

The Leo W. Parks Lectureship in Microbiology was expanded this year to include a panel discussion on Diversity in the Sciences, ePoster Sessions, and the keynote Lecture by Dr. Susan Golden of UC, San Diego. 
Sunrise over Raleigh

Oct 12, 2020

From Sunrise to Startups, Grad Students Plan Futures

CALS graduate students keep an eye on farming’s horizon. In labs and fields, they’re working to solve today’s problems and preparing to take on tomorrow’s challenges. CONNECTING FOOD AND CROP… 
Photo of a row of corn in a cornfield.

Oct 12, 2020

Grant Continues Support of Crop DNA Replication Research

A new NSF grant will allow two Plant and Microbial Biology professors to continue their work of 17 years unraveling how plants control DNA replication and how this influences agronomic traits. 
Hannah Burrack standing in a corn field

Oct 7, 2020

N.C. PSI Names New Platform Directors

The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative named four new platform directors and the interim director of operations. Dr. Ross Sozzani from PMB is names as one of the four new platform directors. These leaders will guide the initiative’s research, Extension and education activities. Dr. Ross Sozzani from PMB is names as one of the four new platform directors.