Posted: October 24, 2017

Dr. Lindsay Triplett from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station visited PPEM October 22-24.

(L-R) Drs. Kevin Hockett, Lindsay Triplett, and David Geiser | Credit: Nancy Wenner, Penn State

(L-R) Drs. Kevin Hockett, Lindsay Triplett, and David Geiser | Credit: Nancy Wenner, Penn State

Dr. Lindsay R. Triplett visited the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology (PPEM) October 22-24, 2017. Dr. Triplett is a plant microbiologist and molecular geneticist in the Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES).

Triplett met with faculty and students during her stay as the visiting PPATH 590 Colloquium speaker. Her seminar was titled "A weapon of suicide or warfare: understanding the functions of the bacterial virulence effector and universal toxin AvrRxo1."

Contact Information

Kevin L. Hockett, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology