Volume 3 • 2019

EIC’s note: May was Mental Health Awareness Mon​th, so it is very fitting that this issue of Interactions includes the following article, written by UNC-Chapel Hill PhD candidate Susanna Harris, which captures the struggles that some student trainees can have in the lab. The article is aimed primarily at principal…

By Jeanne Harris, ​MPMI Editor-in-Chief The Idea The MPMI journal editorial board has planned a new way to engage our community, with the Top 10 Questions in MPMI. The idea is to brainstorm, as a community, to identify the top 10 unanswered questions in MPMI. These are the questions that…

Beginning this month, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI) will significantly reduce the fees paid by IS-MPMI and APS members who publish in the journal. “This will further strengthen MPMI as a member journal of both IS-MPMI and APS,” said Nik Grunwald, chair of the APS publications board. “Members of both societies…

Jeanne Harris, new editor-in-chief (EIC) of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI), looks forward to building on MPMI’s reputation as a leading journal by continuing to focus on key research questions while attracting new readership by expanding the scope to include more population genomics/comparative genomics. She envisions a series of review…

Concurrent Sessions and Co-Chairs Molecular Reco​gnition in Plant Immunity: I Bostjan Kobe – University of Queensland, Australia Frank Takken – University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Molecular Recognition in Plant Immunity: II Thomas Kroj – UMR, BGP, Montpellier, France Cyril Zipfel – University of Zurich, Switzerland Microbial Manipulation of the Host: I…

Martin B. (Marty) Dickman died December 2, 2018, in Carpinteria, California, following an illness. Marty was born in Flushing, New York. He received his BS degree at the University of Hawaii in Hilo in 1979 and his MS and PhD degrees at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1982…

Upgraded and Modernized APS Journals Site Enhances Research Visibility MPMI received a digital makeover when the new APS Publications site went live on March 11. The updated site’s user-friendly design makes it easier than ever to access and read content. Articles are clearly presented and have in-line figures and tables,…

Both Focus Issues Emphasize Plant Virology Advances in plant virology have helped reduce the estimated $60 billion in annual crop losses caused by viruses. Given the importance of this research, both MPMI and Phytopathology will emphasize virological advances in their January 2020 focus issues. For the focus issue on “Cell…