Issue 4 • 2018

IS-MPMI will be distributing travel awards for eligible students, post-docs, and early career professionals to attend the IS-MPMI XVIII Congress, July 14-18, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Awards up to $1,500 (depending on travel distance) will be given to pay for registration, travel, and/or lodging expenses. Award selection will be based…

IS-MPMI is bringing together scientists with diverse backgrounds in disease resistance, molecule manipulation, fungal effectors, and other technologies for the premier event in plant-microbe interactions: the 2019 IS-MPMI VXIII Congress, taking place July 14-18, 2019, in Glasgow, Scotland. Topics in this year’s program include molecular recognition in plant immunity, microbial…

The 2019-2021 Editorial Board for ​​MPMI ​began their term this month. Welcome to the new Board! Pictured: Back Row: Peter Balint-Kurti, Scott Gold, Kee Hoon Sohn Middle row: Erica Gross, Yi Li, Maria Alvarez Front Row: Jacqueline Bede, Laura Grenville-Briggs, Jeanne Harris, Tessa Burch-Smith, Dong Wang

  Jonathan Walton, acting director of the Molecular Plant Sciences Program, Department of Plant Biology, at Michigan State University passed away October 18, 2018. Jonathan served as IS-MPMI president from 2003 to 2005. He also was the editor-in-chief of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions and a Fellow of The American Phytopathological Society….

Editor’s Note: Inter​Stellar is a new section of IS-MPMI Interactions that highlights members’ accomplishments and accolades. IS-MPMI member Bart Thomma has received the first RKS Wood prize from the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP). BSPP reports that “the prize celebrates excel​lent science in the study of plant disease biology…

Editor’s Note: InterStellar is a new section of IS-MPMI Interactions that highlights members’ accomplishments and accolades. IS-MPMI member Eva Kondorosi recently received the prestigious Balzan Award. Read her acceptance speech to learn more about her accomplishments. Eva and her husband, Adam Kondorosi, received the IS-MPMI Award in 2012.

ditor’s Note: InterFaces is a new section of Interactions that recognizes scientists who have contributed to our field. Ann M. Hirsch,1 Euan K. James,2 and Janet I. Sprent3 1 Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 U.S.A. 2 The James Hutton…

Detlef Weigel is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. Interactions recently spoke with Weigel about his membership with IS-MPMI, his research, and more. Interactions: What guided your decision to dedicate the next stage of your research career to MPMI? Detlef Weigel: My path to MPMI was…