Issue 3 • 2018

Xueping Zhou, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, is a 2018 Fellow of The American Phytopathological Society (APS). This honor recognizes distinguished contributions to plant pathology in one or more of the following areas: original research, teaching, administration, professional and public service, and extension and outreach. Xueping Zhou, center, receives the…

​Barbara S. Valent, Kansas State University (KSU), is the 2018 winner of the APS Noel T. Keen Award. The Keen Award recognizes research excellence in molecular plant pathology. Nominees have made outstanding contributions and demonstrated sustained excellence and leadership in research that significantly advances the understanding of molecular aspects of…

Howard S. Judelson, University of California at Riverside, is a 2018 Fellow of The American Phytopathological Society (APS). This honor recognizes distinguished contributions to plant pathology in one or more of the following areas: original research, teaching, administration, professional and public service, and extension and outreach. Howard S. Judelson, center,…

Melania Figueroa, University of Minnesota, is the 2018 recipient of the APS Syngenta Award. This award is given by Syngenta Crop Protection to an APS member for an outstanding recent contribution to teaching, research, or extension in plant pathology. Priority for this award is given to APS members who are…

IS-MPMI member Pierre de Wit is the 2018 recipient of the Jakob Eriksson Prize, awarded by the International Society of Plant Pathology at the International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2018). The Eriksson Prize is the highest international honor for achievement in plant pathology. Established in 1923, the prize encourages creative…

Two years have passed since the highly successful and scientifically stimulating XVII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions in Portland in 2016, and it is almost 1 more year to go until IS-MPMI XVIII convenes in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 14–18, 2019. This long period makes you wonder what IS-MPMI…

2018’s third issue of IS-MPMI Interactions includes a letter from IS-MPMI President Regine Kahmann and IS-MPMI members who received awards at ICPP2018. Letter from the President IS-MPMI President Regine Kahmann previews the IS-MPMI XVIII Congress in Glasgow and recaps this year at IS-MPMI. Pierre de Wit Receives Prestigious Jakob Eriksson…