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April 19, 2021
Penn State graduate, Sara Hricko, discusses how the weather affects their 90-acre farm that specializes in apples and peaches.
April 7, 2021
Congratulations to Sarah for passing her qualifying exam on April 6.
April 5, 2021
Justin Shih, a doctoral student in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been selected as one of the award winners of the 2021 Graduate Exhibition.
April 2, 2021
The Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology announced its 2021 awards and scholarships recipients during their virtual awards ceremony on March 31.
February 23, 2021
The Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology welcomed a new support staff member, Abigail Deaven, earlier this year. Deaven's position supports department research of bacteriocins and bacteriophage in biological control of pathogens causing blotch on mushrooms.
February 8, 2021
The presence of high salt and nitrogen concentrations in high- tunnel soils may make it more challenging to rebuild a healthy soil microbiome following a soil- clearing event, according to microbial ecologists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
February 5, 2021
Penn State alumnus Rondy Malik has been named a “Rising Star” on a list of “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America." Malik was advised by Terrence Bell and graduated from the ecology program in 2019.
February 4, 2021
Caylon Yates, a graduate student in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and in the Ecology Intercollege Graduate Degree Program within the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, has been selected as one of the recipients for the 2020-21 College of Agricultural Sciences Graduate Student Competitive Grant Program.
January 28, 2021
The Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology welcomes new research technologist, Shaheen Bibi, who joined Bull Lab earlier this month. Bibi will serve as the lab manager for the team.
January 26, 2021
Ram Neupane, a doctoral student in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been selected as one of the recipients for the 2020-21 University Graduate Fellowships.
January 25, 2021
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Michelle Paukett for passing her comprehensive examination.
January 21, 2021
The Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology welcomes new postdoctoral scholar, Raymond García-Rodríguez, who joined the Bull Lab earlier this month.
January 19, 2021
Understanding the genetic and environmental factors that enable some feral honey bee colonies to tolerate pathogens and survive the winter in the absence of beekeeping management may help lead to breeding stocks that would enhance survival of managed colonies, according to a study led by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
January 14, 2021
Rachel Herschlag, a doctoral student in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2020-21 Distinguished Graduate Fellowships.
January 7, 2021
The Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology welcomes new postdoctoral scholar, Felipe Dalla Lana, who joined the Esker Lab in November.
December 16, 2020
While Penn Staters may have had some time to adjust to pandemic life for the fall 2020 semester, there were still many challenges to overcome as students and instructors worked through the limitations of a mixed-mode learning environment.
December 3, 2020
Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences announced recipients of its 2020 Staff Laureate Awards during a recent virtual collegewide staff meeting.
November 30, 2020
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Laura Kaminsky for passing her comprehensive examination.
November 12, 2020
In this podcast, Terry Bell, assistant professor of phytobiomes, and Mary Ann Bruns, associate professor of soil microbiology and biogeochemistry, discuss their work on soil surface consortia with Genome Insider host Alison Takemura. They discuss why these consortia might be of interest to farmers, as well as how their interactions with other microorganisms in the environment could influence their activity.
November 11, 2020
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu for passing her comprehensive examination.
October 28, 2020
Penn State plant pathology alumnus Matt Kasson attempts to culture fungi from eight-year-old Twinkie.
October 21, 2020
Students in “PPEM 120: The Fungal Jungle” are meeting virtually for class, but that hasn’t stopped their professors from ensuring that popular hands-on activities — such as growing oyster mushrooms or enjoying a fungal feast — didn’t fall by the wayside.
October 20, 2020
Two graduate students in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology received pre-doctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
October 16, 2020
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) program selected proposals of four plant pathology graduate students for the 2020 Graduate Student Grant Awards. SARE offers competitive grants to projects that explore and address key issues affecting the sustainability and future economic viability of agriculture.
October 15, 2020
Jeremy Sutherland, a graduate student in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, was one of 23 recipients to receive the 2020 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellow Award.
October 14, 2020
A publication created by Penn State Extension has been lauded for excellence by the American Society for Horticultural Science, a national organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education and application.
October 13, 2020
Felix L. "Luke" Lukezic, professor emeritus in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, died in late September at the age of 87.
October 8, 2020
A plant pathologist in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is supporting a multi-institutional research project designed to help track the spread of a plant pathogen.
September 25, 2020
Professor and virologist Marilyn J. Roossinck joins Finding Genius Podcast to discuss the roles viruses have played in evolution to shape us and how evolution and adaptation have shaped viruses; fascinating examples, such as how insects work in the transmission of plant viruses; and surprising functions, such as how the cucumber mosaic virus results from three separate viral particles that infect together to form the genome capable of infection.
September 23, 2020
Maíra Duffeck successfully defended her thesis on September 23, 2020.
