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The What’s New in MPMI! virtual seminar series provides new ways for the IS-MPMI community to connect and for MPMI to engage with readers and authors. The interaction is outside the regular publication cycle and is much more personal, giving readers and listeners the chance to directly interact with the…

With many conferences and regular seminar series cancelled, and many courses being held remotely, the MPMI virtual seminar series, What’s New in MPMI!, is being used by teachers looking for scientific seminars for their students or additional content for a course….

Jap​an-US Early Career Showcase: Remodeling of the Plant–Microbe Environment During Disease, Defense, and Mutualism The 12th Japan-US Seminar in Plant Pathology: Remodeling of the Plant–Microbe Environment During Disease, Defense, and Mutualism will be held online September 28 and 29 and October 5 and 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. (EDT)….

This series is designed to serve as an important venue for young scientists to share new work, as other opportunities to do so have dwindled….

Lewis provides background on work done with first author Yuan Chen on “Comparative Genomics Screen Identifies Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns from ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ spp. That Elicit Immune Responses in Plants” and shares how collaboration with and feedback from colleagues can help bring together a project….

MPMI and plant science have received some attention in the popular press lately. Here are some links to articles spotlighting work being done by some IS-MPMI members (registration may be required). If you have any press articles that you would like to with the community in the future, please forward…

The health, safety and well-being of our community is our highest priority. We are closely monitoring the evolving, international advisories and will provide regular updates on all upcoming meeting and events. While there are no federal restrictions in place to prevent meetings or travel within the United States or Canada…

Sponsored by the MPMI Journal In celebration of the 2020 International Year of Plant Health, IS-MPMI is hosting a satellite meeting to bring together scientists who are taking molecular advances in plant science and translating these discoveries to develop disease resistant crops that will impact global food security. The meeting…

Yi Li, Peking University​ The 2019 annual meeting of Plant Virology and Plant-Pathogen Interaction Committee, Chinese Society for Plant Pathology (CSPP) was held in Guangzhou on Oct 8-12, 2020. This meeting was co-organized by the Plant Virology and Plant-Pathogen Interaction Committee and South China Agriculture University. The theme of the…

​​​Please also visit the tribute to Dr. Jim Alfano in the MPMI journal​. James “Jim” Robert Alfano, 56, Charles Bessey Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), died Nov. 21, 2019, following a battle with cancer. Jim served 17 years with UNL, joining the faculty in 2002….

im Alfano was an active supporter of science (his own and that of others) using social media. He frequently tweeted about plant-microbe interactions news and updates from his account. He also maintained a Scoop.it page on plant-microbe interactions, through which he curated the literature. It is, therefore, not surprising that…

In order to include the viewpoints of our members in training in Society decision-making and Congress planning, the IS-MPMI Board of Directors (BOD) would like to add two graduate student or postdoc members to the board. The term length of these positions will be two years (Congress to Congress), although…

The United Nations (UN) has designated 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), establishing a year to recognize and protect plant health. Designating the year as such is expected to increase awareness among both the public and policymakers of the importance of healthy plants and the necessity…