Issue 3 • 2019
An Interview with Dr. Hailing Jin
This InterView with Hailing Jin, Professor of Genetics at the University of California-Riverside, was conducted by Sowmya Ramachandran, a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University. If you are interested in completing your own InterView, please contact Interactions Editor-in-Chief Dennis Halterman. Dr. Hailing Jin is…
Ann Lichens Park is a 2019 Fellow of The American Phytopathological Society (APS).
Ann Lichens Park, USDA-NIFA,(center, with President Kira Bowen and Immediate Past President Mary Palm) is a 2019 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…
Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar wins the 2019 American Phytopathological Society Noel T. Keen Award
Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar, University of California-Davis, (center, with Immediate Past President Mary Palm and President Kira Bowen) is the 2019 winner of the American Phytopathological Society 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…
An interview with Saskia Hogenhout, winner of the British Society of Plant Pathology’s RKS Wood Prize
Saskia Hogenhout (John Innes Centre) is the 2019 recipient of the British Society of Plant Pathology’s RKS Wood Prize. The prize is named and awarded in honor of Professor RKS Wood to acknowledge his role in driving the establishment of the discipline “Physiological Plant Pathology”. The prize celebrates excellent…
Youssef Belkhadir Receives Weihenstephan Science Prize of the City of Freising
The Weihenstephan Science Prize of the City of Freising is awarded every two years in order to promote Freising as a university and science city of international standing, and at the same time to promote outstanding scientific achievements at the Freising-Weihenstephan location. Dr. Belkhadir received the award along with colleague…
Congratulations to 2019 IS-MPMI Congress Poster Award Winners
The poster sessions at this year’s IS-MPMI Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, spotlighted just some of the amazing work that’s being done by the society’s members. Past IS-MPMI President Regine Kahmann organized a competition for poster presenters, and the MPMI journal sponsored prizes for the top-five graduate student-presented posters. More than…
Ko Shimamoto Travel Awardees Participate in Communication Workshop at IS-MPMI Congress
Have you ever found yourself talking with your aunt or uncle at a family gathering, a friend from secondary (high) school, or your rideshare driver—and you are asked the question, “So, what kind of work do you do?” You don’t want them to think, “Oh, something with plants,” right? Your…
Exciting Changes for MPMI! Single PDF Submissions Option Added for Authors and Technical Advances to Be Freely Available to All Readers
MPMI Authors Can Now Submit an Article in One PDF Upload MPMI’s editorial board is looking for ways to improve and streamline the MPMI author experience. Authors now have the option to upload an article as a single PDF file for the initial submission. That file should include properly formatted…