News Archive

Jul 17, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Samantha Kisthardt

As a graduate research fellow in the Theriot lab, fifth-year Ph.D. candidate Samantha Kisthardt studies the role of the gut microbiome in preventing C. difficile infection. 

May 22, 2025

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Backs Six Budding Inventions

At NC State University, we believe the research of today enables the solutions of tomorrow. Nearly all new products and processes, from medical devices and drug development to semiconductor chips and self-driving cars, require many years of early-stage research before they’re ready to reach the market. 

May 1, 2025

Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome – Some Drastically

A new study by researchers from North Carolina State University shows that protein sources in an animal’s diet can have major effects on both the population and function of the microscopic life within their gut.  

Mar 31, 2025

Students Build Industry Connections

Stop by Witherspoon Student Center, and you’ll find it bustling with students. Last Friday, a group of graduate students hosted their own Industry Fair, with representatives in attendance from eight local biotechnology companies.  

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 the Libraries’ Research Facilitation Service (RFS) for help. Simple enough, right? 

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.  

Apr 3, 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. 

Apr 3, 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. 

Apr 3, 2024

Four Students Receive First Graduate Student Endowment for N.C. PSI

Four graduate students have been awarded the inaugural Norma L. Trolinder N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Graduate Student Endowment. 

Apr 3, 2024

Department of Plant & Microbial Biology Newsletter – Fall 2023

The Department of Plant & Microbial Biology introduces new members with our annual fall ice cream social!