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Congratulations to Katy Baldwin, winner at the Undergraduate Exhibition poster session

April 30, 2012

Katy Baldwin, an undergraduate researcher working in Dr. Tim McNellis’s program won "best overall" at the Undergraduate Exhibition poster session this week on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Her poster was titled "Exploring the genetics of fire blight from Erwinia amylovora." Katy was first author, with Caroline Black, Laura Ramos, Judy Sinn, and Tim McNellis as co-authors. Katy prepared the poster on her own and you can view it hanging in Old Main until the end of the semester.

Congratulations to Dr. Scott Isard for receiving the International IPM Award of Excellence

April 26, 2012

Scott was awarded the International IPM Award of Excellence at the 7th International IPM Symposium held March 27-29 in Memphis, TN.

Congratulations to Brian Aynardi

April 23, 2012

Brian is a student in the Plant Pathology Ph.D. Graduate program working on turf grass disease management with Dr. Wakar Uddin. Brian was recently elected in a university-wide election as the Faculty Senate representative for the Penn State Graduate Student Association for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Big Congratulations to Dr. David Geiser on being elected a Fellow of the Mycological Society of America

April 18, 2012

David Geiser was elected a Fellow of the Mycological Society of America (MSA) for 2012. MSA Fellows are recognized as outstanding mid-career mycologists on the basis of their record of mycological research, teaching, and service. Fellows will be honored at a ceremony at the MSA meeting in New Haven, Connecticut in July.

Big Congratulations to Dr. Seogchan Kang on becoming a 2012 Penn State Institute for CyberScience (ICS) Faculty Fellow

April 13, 2012

Seogchan Kang has been selected as a 2012 Penn State Institute for CyberScience (ICS) Faculty Fellow based on the proposal entitled “iFungi: A Comprehensive Cyberinfrastructure Supporting Data Management and Utilization and Knowledge Sharing on Fungi” and will receive $25,000.

Probing Question: What causes trees to be diseased?

April 13, 2012

From the delicate cherry blossoms of Washington, D.C. to the towering redwoods of northern California, many towns and institutions across the nation are known and loved for their iconic trees. Count the majestic elms of Penn State's University Park campus among these beloved arboreal symbols—but if you literally count them, you'll notice there are fewer today than ever.

Plant Pathologists Participate in University Graduate Research Exhibition

March 27, 2012

Seven Plant Pathology graduate students participated in the 2012 Penn State University Graduate Research Exhibition held on March 25 at the Hetzel Union Building (HUB).

SPOREPRINTS 2012

March 21, 2012

2012 College of Agricultural Sciences Research Exposition

March 19, 2012

Six graduate students from the Department of Plant Pathology participated in the 2012 College of Agricultural Sciences Research Exposition, sponsored by the Gamma Sigma Delta Ag. Science Honor Society, on March 14-15.

SPOREPRINTS - Issue 1, February 2012

February 20, 2012

The first issue of SPOREPRINTS, a monthly newsletter for the Plant Pathology department, for 2012, is published.

Department of Plant Pathology’s Annual International Cookie Bake-off Contest

February 17, 2012

Thursday through Friday, February 16-17, was the Department of Plant Pathology’s annual international cookie bake-off contest.

New Fact Sheets are Posted

February 13, 2012

Dr. Gary Moorman posted the following new fact sheets:

Plant Pathology hires new Administrative Support Coordinator

January 20, 2012

The Department of Plant Pathology welcomes Ms. Diane Yoder in her new position as the Department’s Administrative Support Coordinator (Administrative Assistant).

Steve Conaway’s March 2011 trip to Cereal Disease Laboratory at University of Minnesota

January 1, 2012

With the assistance of the plant pathology departmental travel award Steve had the opportunity to travel to the USDA Cereal Disease Laboratory in March of 2011 and observe techniques used by the world's preeminent rust researchers. The scientists at the CDL were kind enough to explain the details of their work as well as provide helpful suggestions pertaining to my research questions. Although Steve does not work with cereal diseases, his research on Canada thistle biological control with the rust fungus Puccinia punctiformis considers many of the same issues that the CDL focuses on with rust diseases on grain. Topics that have become the center of Steve’s biological control research such as host resistance, virulence genes, dispersal characteristics and epidemiology have all been intensively studied for rust diseases of cereal crops.

Steve Conaway’s Summer 2011 trip to USDA-ARS in Hilo, Hawaii

January 1, 2012

In the summer of 2011 Steve had a rare opportunity to present his research at two conferences in the Hawaiian islands. Because of his interest in tropical agriculture and plant pathology he arranged to spend the month between the two conferences as a visiting scholar at the USDA-ARS Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center in Hilo. He gained insights into a variety of interesting research projects being conducted by the USDA, Forest Service, and University of Hawai'i.