Collaborators

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Oct 2, 2025

N.C. PSI Welcomes Three Companies to Innovation Hub

Albaugh LLC, Mosaic Biosciences and Terrana Biosciences have joined 15 other companies in the Innovation Hub, designed to spark new partnerships and ideas among industry representatives, university researchers and students.

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Sep 15, 2025

N.C. PSI Selected as Technical Partner in National Effort to Catalyze AgTech Innovation

The H.A.R.V.E.S.T. AgTech program provides emerging agricultural technology companies with technical resources and direct funding opportunities.

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Sep 2, 2025

Startups Invited to Compete for Ag Tech Incubator Space

Entrepreneurs looking for a place to grow their early-stage ag tech companies are invited to compete for a year’s worth of free, state-of-the-art office and lab space in a leading hub for plant sciences innovation.

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Aug 5, 2025

Researchers Pursue Automated Staking for Ag Labor Savings

Amid agricultural labor shortages, a university horticultural scientist is working with the N.C. PSI's Makerspace to automate a labor-intensive process vital for tomato production.

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Jul 16, 2025

Experts Propose N.C. Agtech Innovation Corridor

A new report calls for an agtech innovation corridor across 42 counties to broaden how farmers participate in and benefit from innovation.

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Jul 9, 2025

Building Bridges for Better Breeding

A rising star in computational biology for agriculture, Amanda Hulse-Kemp helps interdisciplinary teams leverage advancements in genomics, artificial intelligence and sensor technology to breed better crops faster and more efficiently than ever before.

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Jun 19, 2025

N.C. PSI Welcomes Four Companies to Innovation Hub

The NetZero Project, Casimir Jones S.C., The Traits Company and PlantSustain recently joined the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative’s Innovation Hub.

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May 19, 2025

Pioneering Biological Solutions for a More Sustainable World

Alumna Pam Marrone lands a place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame — and lends her expertise to aspiring plant sciences entrepreneurs.

Mar 11, 2025

APRIL Group Joins N.C. PSI Innovation Hub

The N.C. PSI welcomes Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd. (APRIL Group) to its Innovation Hub.

Feb 12, 2025

N.C. PSI Seeds Project to Improve Apple Production

An interdisciplinary North Carolina State University team has kicked off new research exploring whether imaging technologies paired with artificial intelligence might prove useful for apple farmers. Seed funding for the…