PMB News

Apr 12, 2024

Award-Winning Plant Science Grad Student Hopes To Share Research Internationally

Ph.D. Student Anna Farrell is headed to Amsterdam this summer to develop a more targeted approach to the design and development of microbial products for sustainable agriculture. 

Apr 10, 2024

Giving Symbiosis Back to the Brassicas

Heike Sederoff and her team are trying to understand the symbiotic relationship between certain plants and the fungi and bacteria in the soil, so they may some day return that lost relationship to the brassicas. 

Apr 8, 2024

Four Faculty Win Holladay Medal

Dr. Linda Hanley-Bowdoin has won the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees! 

Apr 2, 2024

CALS 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awardee: Lisa Metzger

Lisa Metzger, Microbiology doctoral student, is a recipient of the CALS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. 

Mar 15, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Raul Doyle

Raul Doyle graduated from NC State University with a Master of Microbial Biotechnology. Check out what he has been up to since graduating! 

Mar 12, 2024

New Talk Series: PMB Shorts

Welcome to our new series PMB Shorts! These are 20 minute, non-technical talks created to open the floor for anyone in the department to share their knowledge. 

Feb 13, 2024

GG Scholar Spotlight: Bethany Mostert

A question & answer session to get to know the 2021 GG Scholar Bethany Mostert, 1st year graduate student in the Plant Biology Program. She has joined the Xie Lab. 

Nov 6, 2023

In Their Own Words: CALS First-Generation Students

In honor of First Generation Celebration Week, CALS recognizes the diversity within the first-generation community and explores how their experiences contribute to the university’s richness. 

Oct 27, 2023

Bacteria Could Help Build Structures in Space

CALS graduate student Micaela Robson is studying how to use bacteria to create “bio-bricks” in Outer Space as a research fellow with the NC Space Grant. 

Oct 25, 2023

PMB Family Fun at the Farm

We had a wonderful time celebrating our department at our annual PMB Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day at the Johnson Farm.