The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Paul Carini from the University of Arizona  Seminar Title: "Developing microbial culture collections to understand the complex phenotype of actinobacterial desiccation (and rehydration!) tolerance"…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Jonathan Jacobs from The Ohio State University.  Seminar Title: “Evolutionary and biological basis of tissue-specificity in plant pathogenic bacteria" Biography: Jonathan Jacobs is an…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Liliana Cano from the University of Florida.  Seminar Title: "Discovering effectors from plant pathogens and insect pests" Biography: Dr. Liliana M. Cano, Assistant Professor…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Nicolas Corradi from the University of Ottawa. Seminar Title: "The Genetics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi” Abstract: The genetics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are notoriously difficult to…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Stephanie Kivlin, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Seminar Title: "Microbial effects on ecosystems in a changing world" Faculty Host:…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Rodrigo A. Valverde from Louisiana State University-Agricultural Center  Seminar Title: "Plant Endornaviruses: parasites or mutualists?" Abstract: Based on the type of relationship with the host…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Posy Busby from Oregon State University  Seminar Title: "Differentiating host genetic from environmental drivers of plant microbiome composition and function"  Seminar Description: My…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Michelle Heck from Cornell University  Seminar Title: "Coupling evolutionary and molecular biology to probe the vector-pathogen interface"  Biography: Dr. Michelle Heck completed her PhD degree…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Rytas Vilgalys from Duke University. Seminar Title: "Genetics of linked plant-fungal invasions: tracing the origin and evolution of microbial communities introduced with exotic pine forests in the southern…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Cynthia Gleason from Washington State University. Seminar Title: "Enhancing potato resistance against root-knot nematodes"  Biography: Cynthia Gleason an assistant professor at Washington State…