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October 16, 2017
Ph.D. candidate Maliheh Safari successfully defended her dissertation on October 16.
October 11, 2017
The Plant Pathology Association (PPA) offers oyster mushroom grow-kits to raise funds to send PPEM graduate students to conferences. Pre-order by October 18.
October 9, 2017
Dr. Manan Sharma, Research Microbiologist at USDA-ARS, visited PPEM October 8-9.
October 5, 2017
PPEM scientists are among those at the forefront of microbiome research.
October 3, 2017
Dr. Carolyn Malmstrom, Associate Professor of Plant Biology at Michigan State, visited PPEM October 1-3.
October 2, 2017
Drs. Davis and alumnus Kasson report on Ailanthus tree lifespan and seed viability in current issue of Forests.
October 2, 2017
Drs. David Geiser and Seogchan Kang receive National Science Foundation grant for first new synthesis of taxonomy for Fusarium in 30 years.
October 2, 2017
Dr. Kutubuddin Molla joined the Yang Lab as Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow on October 2.
September 30, 2017
Dr. Terrence Bell is one of the recipients of the 2017-2018 Teaching Transformation and Innovation Grant Awards.
September 29, 2017
This year's networking event will take place at the Huck Life Sciences Building 3rd floor bridge on October 3, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
September 29, 2017
The upgraded potato processing building at the Larson Agricultural Research Center will provide post-harvest research opportunities.
September 26, 2017
Dr. James Bradeen, Professor and Department Head at the University of MN, visited PPEM September 24-26.
September 19, 2017
Dr. Zhonglin Mou, University of Florida Associate Professor, was PPATH 590 Colloquium speaker on September 18.
September 15, 2017
Plant sciences student Laura Reese spent her spring semester working for NASA in Cape Canaveral, Florida. She performed research in conditions meant to emulate growing plants in space.
September 9, 2017
Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, which includes Plant Pathology Farm, is hub for cutting-edge research and education.
September 7, 2017
Justin Shih passed his Ph.D. oral candidacy exam on September 7.
August 28, 2017
Dr. Samuel J. Martins began work as Bull Lab Research Technologist and Lab Manager on August 28.
August 14, 2017
Postdoctoral scholar Prem Kandel joined the Hockett Lab on August 14.
July 31, 2017
Laura Ramos-Sepúlveda becomes Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Millersville University on Aug. 1.
July 28, 2017
The Plant Disease Clinic in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences provides clinical diagnoses of plant diseases for Pennsylvania's agricultural producers, gardeners and homeowners.
July 27, 2017
Emeritus Professor Gary Moorman offers valuable plant disease diagnosis techniques through PPATH 502 course.
July 24, 2017
Northeast SARE awards Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón a 2017 Graduate Student Grant.
July 19, 2017
Mycological Society of America awards Brenda Wingfield the Honorary Member, the highest award to international fungal scholars.
July 19, 2017
Plant Science Ph.D. student Julianna Razryadov gave PPA students a campus green roofs tour on July 19.
July 11, 2017
Ph.D. candidate Natali Özber concluded her Upward Bound 2017 course on July 11.
July 3, 2017
On July 1 Paul Esker joined PPEM as Assistant Professor specializing in epidemiology and field crop extension.
June 26, 2017
Dr. Brenna Aegerter, UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor, visits Gugino Lab.
June 26, 2017
Arabella (Bell) Confer joins PPEM as Financial Assistant beginning June 26.
June 22, 2017
Dr. Alyssa Collins helped with project to provide growers and industry with comprehensive study information especially focused on disease control.
June 6, 2017
In keeping with Penn State's recent focus on microbiome research, the University will join the International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research as a sponsoring partner, both organizations announced on June 6. An international, nonprofit consortium of academic institutions, large and small companies, and governmental agencies, the Phytobiomes Alliance was established in 2016 to coordinate public-private research projects on various aspects of agriculturally relevant phytobiomes.
