Issue 2 • 2020
Two New Junior Members Join the Board of Directors
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) has added two junior members. The BOD received applications from several impressive candidates from around the globe and evaluated each based on excellence in scholarship and training, collaboration…
InterStellar: Regine Kahmann Elected as Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Kahmann’s election as Foreign Member of the Royal Society constitutes recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements….
InterStellar: Giles Oldroyd has been Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
Oldroyd has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to science in plant-microbe interactions with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society….
InterStellar: Barbara Valent Inducted into National Academy of Sciences
Valent has earned membership in the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the country’s leading authority on science and technology….
MPMI and Phytobiomes Journal Are Looking for Assistant Feature Editors
The journals are looking for creative individuals who have innovative communication skills and are eager to volunteer to engage with both the scientific and nonscientific communities as assistant feature editors….
Introducing What’s New in MPMI!—a Virtual Seminar Series Highlighting Recent Publications in MPMI
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….
InterConnections: Get to Know Member Beverly J. Agtuca
Agtuca, a graduate student in the lab of Gary Stacey at the University of Missouri and first author of “In-Situ Metabolomic Analysis of Setaria viridis Roots Colonized by Beneficial Endophytic Bacteria,” shares a great story about how collaboration can not only lead to great research but also to lasting friendships….
InterConnections: Get to Know Member Jennifer Lewis
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….
InterConnections: Get to Know Member Matt Neubauer
First author Neubauer shares a summary of how his project “Arabidopsis EDR1 Protein Kinase Regulates the Association of EDS1 and PAD4 to Inhibit Cell Death” developed and also talks about the trials and tribulations that eventually led to publication of his graduate studies while working in the lab of Roger…
