Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory, home of the Plant Sciences Institute. The 45,000 square foot facility houses research laboratories and business incubator space to facilitate biotechnology research, technology transfer and economic development related to plant science.
The Plant Sciences Institute is housed in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory (1111 WOI Road, Ames, Iowa 50011-1085), which is located north of the communications and molecular biology buildings in the NW corner of the Iowa State University campus.
PSI Faculty Scholar Liang Dong, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, holds a three-inch silicon wafer containing thousands of microscale sensors developed in his Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Biochip Laboratory. The sensors were designed to measure plant and soil nutrients. MEMS and Biochip Laboratory Website
$20 million federal grant launches AI institute for better crops, agricultural production
Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian launches AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture (AIIRA). The latest artificial intelligence tools will allow researchers to develop digital twins of individual crop plants and entire farm fields, helping plant breeders improve crop varieties and farmers boost production. Read More
- 1 Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory, home of the Plant Sciences Institute. The 45,000 square foot facility houses research laboratories and business incubator space to facilitate biotechnology research, technology transfer and economic development related to plant science.
- 2 The Plant Sciences Institute is housed in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory (1111 WOI Road, Ames, Iowa 50011-1085), which is located north of the communications and molecular biology buildings in the NW corner of the Iowa State University campus.
- 3 PSI Faculty Scholar Liang Dong, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, holds a three-inch silicon wafer containing thousands of microscale sensors developed in his Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Biochip Laboratory. The sensors were designed to measure plant and soil nutrients. MEMS and Biochip Laboratory Website
- 4 Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian launches AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture (AIIRA). The latest artificial intelligence tools will allow researchers to develop digital twins of individual crop plants and entire farm fields, helping plant breeders improve crop varieties and farmers boost production. Read More
About Us
The Plant Sciences Institute is dedicated to enhancing Iowa State University's international prominence in the plant sciences.
Our research focus is to understand the effects of genotype and environment on phenotypes (traits) sufficiently well that we will be able to predict phenotype of a given genotype in a given environment (i.e., predictive phenomics)
News & Announcements
Tuesday August 16, 2022
Researchers Studying Leaf Angle Aim to Improve Yields, Inspire Young Scientists
Wednesday June 15, 2022
Dr. Aaron Kusmec Presenting Research on Yield Predictions in Future Climates During the National Corn Growers Association Board of Director's Visit
Thursday January 20, 2022
Plant Sciences Institute Welcomes Four New Faculty Scholars in Third Cohort
Monday January 10, 2022
Second round of grants awarded in agriculture genome-to-phenome research