Congratulation's to Dr. Hailing Jin, Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology for making the list of the most highly cited researchers. From the UCR News Article: " In its annual list, Clarivate Analytics names the most highly cited researchers — those whose work was most often referenced by other scientific research papers...
A paper from the Georgios Vidalakis Lab at UC Riverside has now been published on PLOS ONE. In the study they propose/argue for a more through and standardized way of designing and validating diagnostics. Below is a an excerpt from the discussion but you can read the paper titled " Full genome characterization of 12...
Microbiology program and Dr. Emma Aronson graduate student Hannah Shulman has received the 2020 Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program Fellowship. The fellowship includes a monthly stipend while conducting research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Congratulations Hannah on this fellowship!
Microbiology and Plant Pathology Professor's Dr. Hailing Jin and Dr. Jason Stajich have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) for their proposal to study fungi and fungi's dangers and benefits. Read more about the awarded fellowships at the INSIDE UCR story here.
CE Specialist and Professor Georgios Vidalakis, has been named the Citrus Research Board Presidential Researcher for Sustainable Citrus Clonal Protection! The Citrus Researcher funds provide dedicated support to improve California Citrus production and quality. Read more about the endowed citrus research position at the Inside UCR news story here.
Congratulations to the Plant Pathology Graduate Student Association for being awarded the Educational Program of the Year for their organization of Plant Pathology Day and President of Year awarded to Sara Dorhmi. The awards were presented at the 2019 Student Organization Awards hosted by UCR Student Life.
Nichole Ginnan, a Plant Pathology graduate student in the Caroline Roper lab, has been chosen for the prestigious University of California’s President’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship for the 2019/2020 academic year! This fellowship includes three quarters of stipend plus payment of all fees, a $500 research allowance, and a $470 travel allowance. Nichole and Dr. Roper will...
Congratulations to this years Microbiology and Plant Pathology Department Award Recipients: - Andrea Vu (Plant Pathology Graduate Program)- recipient of the inaugural Peter and Pamela Tsao award. -Nichole Ginnan (Plant Pathology Graduate Program)- recipient of the 6th annual Edmond C. Calavan award. -Salma Alavi (Microbiology Graduate Program)- recipient of the inaugural Microbiology and Plant Pathology...
Dr. Hailing Jin from the department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology is the principal investigator for a $4M NIFA-USDA grant to study huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening disease. Co-principal investigators from the Microbiology and Plant Pathology department include Dr. Georgios Vidalakis, along with other UCR faculty members and researchers from UC Davis, the University...
Plant Pathology graduate students Derreck Carter-House and Lindsey Pedroncelli completed a rigorous and competitive Certificate program and earned official Science to Policy (S2P) Certificates from UCR. Both were also presented with training certificates from the California State Assembly by the office of Assemblyman Jose Medina. See more here at the Science to Policy Website. The...
Research led by Dr. Hailing Jin, Professor in the department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology,has been published in Nature Communications. The paper titled " Dual regulation of Arabidopsis AGO2 by arginine methylation" can be found here at the Nature Communications website. To read the UCR press release and learn more about the research click here.
