The department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology (MPP) had the pleasure of hosting this year's Graduate Student Invited Lectureship and Awards Ceremony 2022-2023 on October 26, 2023, in the Genomics Auditorium & Lobby. This year's award recipients included: Benjamin Hoyt...

Congratulations to Dr. Emma Gachomo on receiving a 2023 NSF CAREER Award! These prestigious awards are provided to "...early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization's mission." Dr. Gachomo’s research will...

Congratulations to Dr. Jin whose lab has published an article in Nature Communications titled "Fungal small RNAs ride in extracellular vesicles to enter plant cells through clathrin-mediated endocytosis." Her research was recently highlighted on UC Riverside News examining recent discoveries...

In collaboration with other UC Riverside researchers, Drs. James Borneman and Poonamjot Deol, of the MPP department, have helped to discovered a link between high consumption of soybean oil and ulcerative colitis. These findings were recently published in the Gut...

In local news, Dr. Vidalakis and Dr. Jin were recently quoted in an article by the Press Enterprise discussing how their research is helping combat the citrus greening disease that is impacting southern California. Dr. Vidalakis and his team are...

Congratulations to Dr. Glassman whose lab published an article in Molecular Ecology titled "Rapid bacterial and fungal successional dynamics in first year after chaparral wildfire." PhD Candidate Fabiola Pulido-Chavez and Dr. Glassman were quoted in a recent article about their...

Congratulations to Dr. Sydney Glassman who has recently received a $3.1 Million grant, from the U.S. Department of Energy, to fund research studying the effects that post-wildfire conditions have on microorganisms and their emission of the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide...

Congratulations to Dr. Emma Aronson's lab, who, in collaboration with UCSD, UC Mexus Personnel, & CCB personnel, has found that Mexican mangroves have been capturing carbon for 5,000 years. Their findings have recently been published in the Marine Ecology Progress...