Congratulations Alex!

I have also received so much support and advice from my peers at NC State 🐺 and Oregon State University🦫 . I can’t wait to get started this September in Ithaca. ¡Nos vemos pronto!

This would not be possible without the enthusiastic, long-term support of my mentors. @linaquesadao.bsky.social‬, @grunwald.bsky.social, Jeff Chang, Peter Balint-Kurti, and Rick Davis.

It is hard to put into words what this moment means to me. I am stepping into a dream role where I get to support growers, advance plant health, mentor the next generation of translational plant pathologists, and contribute to NY agriculture through research and extension.

🚨 Big news! I am thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @CornellCALS this fall as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Field Crop Pathology in the School of Integrative Plant Science! 🌽🫛🌾🐮 #NewPI #PlantPathology #LandGrantMission #Cornell #Extension #CornellSIPS

Tar spot on a corn leaf.

Southern rust on a corn leaf.

Graph showing probability of recovering the cost of a fungicide at various application costs and corn prices.

RESEARCH: 400+ corn foliar fungicide data points from the U.S. & Ontario for applications at V6, VT & a 2-pass program at V6+VT.

RESULT: A single DMI+QoI fungicide at VT was the best chance for a positive ROI.

Article at doi.org/10.31274/cpn...

@badgercropdoc.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social

Strain tracking in complex microbiomes using synteny analysis reveals per-species modes of evolution - Nature Biotechnology The evolution of microbial strains is revealed by analyzing structural variation.

Strain tracking in complex microbiomes using synteny analysis reveals per-species modes of evolution

@natbiotech.nature.com from @microbiome.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SoftAlign: End-to-end protein structures alignment www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/jtrinquier/S...

A field day, saved from sunburn by thick clouds! We were out inoculating #wheat and #barley plots with Fusarium Head Blight and foliar pathogens. One of those days when the whole lab gets it done, many teammates not in the pictures! #AppliedWork #PlantPathology #PlantDisease

Quantification of single cell-type-specific alternative transcript initiation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪

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This is a closeup image of wheat plants in a disease trail nursery. There are yellow streaks on the otherwise healthy and green leaves caused by bacterial leaf streak

Tough day for small grains research in the Twin Cities. Myself and four scientist colleagues have all been let go from the USDA because we haven't completed our 3 year probationary period - effectively gutting the Cereal Disease Lab.
Taking a few days to be sad before I think about what comes next.

In US, MN ranks #1 in oats; #3 in spring wheat; #9 in barley. $380M in #wheat exports alone.

Scientists are needed to support farmers producing these crops!

What's the future of #agriculture if we dismantle #AgriculturalScience research?

#PlantScience #USDA-ARS #AttackOnScience #PlantPathology

Izzi! This is horrible. It feels like an attack not just on our institutions, but on the very heart of science. I’m thinking about you and the entire community.

Dr. Morgan Carter seminar at Oregon State University 2025: Exploring the microbiomes of microbes to better combat plant disease.

Seminar: "Exploring the microbiomes of microbes to better combat plant disease"‬
Dr. Morgan Carter is Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at University of North Carolina Charlotte, researching bacterial-fungal symbioses.
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4pm, Thursday January 30th
@morgancarterphd.bsky.social

We now have @smcochranmurray.bsky.social @huntercollins.bsky.social @mprietotorres.bsky.social @cahuparo.bsky.social @canolab.bsky.social @linaquesadao.bsky.social in bluesky! 🦋 we are one lab member away of being able to build our starter pack 😁