The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Robert Todd from Creighton University. Seminar Title: "Expandable and reversible copy number amplifications drive rapid adaptation to antifungal drugs in Candida albicans” Abstract: Copy number variation…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by: Sara Dorhmi, PLPA Graduate Student  Seminar Title: : “Natural and Applied Host Induced Gene Silencing  During Phytophthora Infection”  Biography: Sara is a third year PhD candidate…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by: Claudia Castro, PLPA Graduate Student  Seminar Title: : “Lipopolysaccharide primes Vitis vinifera for enhanced defense against Xylella fastidiosa” Biography: Claudia is a fifth year PhD…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by: Beth Peacock, PLPA Graduate Student  Seminar Title: “Why Do HLB Survivor Trees Persist? Probing the Microbiome and Transcriptome" Biography: : Beth Peacock is a 4th year PhD candidate in lab…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by: Aidan Shands, PLPA Graduate Student  Seminar Title: “Generating Genomic Resources to Study Phytophthora cinnamomi" Biography: Aidan is a 3nd year PhD student in Dr. Patricia Manosalva’s lab.…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by: Fabiola Pulido-Chavez, PLPA Graduate Student  Seminar Title: “Post-fire Succession of  Fungal Communities in California chaparral" Biography: I received my B.S in Environmental Science…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by: Biagio DiSalvo, PLPA Graduate Student  Seminar Title: “Grapevine Endophyte, Pseudomonas viridiflava, Enhances Biofilm Formation and Reduces Virulence of Xyllela fastidiosa" Biography: Biagio…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Roger Wise from the USDA-ARS Ames, IA and Iowa State University . Seminar Title: “Regulation of immunity during infection of barley with the powdery mildew pathogen” Biography:  Roger Wise…

Microbiology and Plant Pathology Awards Ceremony and Graduate Student Invited Lectureship Lectureship: 12:00-12:50pm Awards Presentation: 1:00-1:20pm Reception: 1:30-3:00pm Lectureship presented by: Dr. Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, James B. Duke Professor, & Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke…

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by Dr. Matthew Kasson from West Virginia University Seminar Title: Deciphering fungus-arthropod interactions: from ambrosia fungi to cicada-killing “zygomycetes" Biography: Dr. Kasson in an assistant…