Innovative Research

Oct 6, 2025

Meet Carley Huffstetler

I’m a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Genetics and Genomics program at NC State. I work in Nanette Nascone-Yoder’s lab at the College of Veterinary Medicine, where we study left-right asymmetry, a highly conserved and fundamental feature of our internal anatomy. We use Xenopus laevis frog embryos to study how left-right asymmetry develops in the individual organs of the digestive tract.

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Sep 12, 2025

From Computer Science to Crop Science

At 70 years old, Steve Amerige is working toward a doctoral degree in crop science using skills from his long career in software programming to develop new tools for precision agriculture.

Aug 19, 2025

Summer Internship Spotlight: Muhammad Ikbal Putera, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Putera, a second-year Ph.D. candidate studying parks, recreation and tourism management, recently completed a two-month placement in the Interpretation and Education Division at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.

Graduate student Taynara Possebom walks a visitor through her research poster display at the Graduate Student Research Symposium.

Aug 18, 2025

Soundbites of Graduate Student Research

The annual Graduate Student Research Symposium provides a bird’s eye view of the diversity and quality of research being conducted at NC State. Six graduate student presenters share the societal challenges that motivate them to Think and Do.

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Aug 18, 2025

Sparking Student Entrepreneurism

An award from the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative is helping two Ph.D. students turn lab-based discoveries into commercial products for crop and animal production.

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Aug 18, 2025

Grad Students Dig Into AI for Ag

NC State’s GRAD-AID for Ag program got off to a great start this summer in preparing a future-proof workforce at the intersection of plant science and artificial intelligence,

Jul 16, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Samantha Kisthardt

Samantha Kisthardt, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Theriot lab at NC State, researches how the gut microbiome prevents C. difficile infection.

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Jun 11, 2025

Growing Blueberry Research

Postdoctoral researcher Heeduk Oh’s cutting-edge work with blueberries has earned him the Keller Award for doctoral dissertation research for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Apr 28, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Aniruddha Kulkarni

From a young age in Pune, India, Aniruddha Kulkarni approached life as a puzzle waiting to be solved, a curiosity sparked by the endless possibilities he saw within the realm of computers. This fascination led him to pursue a degree in computer engineering, but it was the burgeoning field of Artificial Intelligence that truly captured his imagination, prompting the decision to pursue a master's degree.

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Apr 11, 2025

Investing in Innovation: Two BAE Students Awarded NSF Fellowship

Christopher Oates and Evelynn Wilcox are among six NC State students recently named to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program’s 2025 cohort.