<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-04-msu-to-host-inaugural-great-lakes-plant-science-conference.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Climate and Sustainability,Events,Plant Sciences</categories><broadcast>bmb,plantbiology,prl,plantresilience</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>04/16/2025</pubDate><title>MSU to host inaugural Great Lakes Plant Science Conference</title><subTitle>Register for GLPSC 2025, a collaborative initiative by 10 leading universities from the U.S. and Canada to explore the future of plant science.</subTitle><description><span>The Great Lakes region is poised to become an epicenter for plant science collaboration as Michigan State University prepares to host the inaugural </span>Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. </description><highlights/><author>Morgan Magilligan</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/GLPSC-April30-square-preview-1.jpg" alt="A graphic promoting GLPSC 2025 with a background image of blurred leaves and an outline of the Great Lakes, featuring a QR code and the logos of the 10 organizing universities. The text says, &#34;1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI. Registration Open! Research.msu.edu/glpsc2025, Abstract submissions and travel grant applications are due by April 30, 2025! Organized by 10 universities around the Great Lakes to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. Hosted by Michigan State University and the Plant Resilience Institute.&#34;"/></image><tags><tag>College of Natural Science</tag><tag>Conference</tag><tag>MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory</tag><tag>Plant Resilience Institute</tag><tag>biochemistry and molecular biology</tag><tag>plant biology</tag></tags></item>