Just published! The new focus issue on “Key Challenges in Plant Pathology” presents papers targeting critical areas of concern facing plant scientists over the next decade, as identified in a 2023 survey of plant pathologists. apsjournals.apsnet.org/toc/phyto/114/5

How can pangenomes help us understand the diversity and virulence of human fungal pathogens? What are the challenges to their widespread implementation? Check out our thoughts on these questions in our latest article, out now in PLOS Pathogens! doi.org/10.1371/journa…

We are looking for a postdoc to help us study the rules that govern the assembly of the root nodule microbiome on a USDA-funded project. Link below, please rt. prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psp/recruit/EM…

Proudly NDSUPlantPathology! #gobison

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics of the fungus devastating bananas worldwide theconversation.com/banana-apocaly… via The Conversation U.S.

My first attempt at grant proposals! Going through the process is quite an experience. Thank you, SARE North Central Region, for considering my proposal for funding. Thank you Thomas Baldwin and everyone who made this possible esp @NDSUSPA🙏🏼🥳 #gobison 🤘🏼

A gap-free genome assembly of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, a vascular wilt pathogen. #FusariumGenome #ChromosomeLevelAssembly Scientific Data nature.com/articles/s4159…

The final version of our Fusarium review is now online! First time contributing to composite review figures—huge thanks to Amey Redkar and all the co-authors for this opportunity! Also big thanks to the AR illustration team for polishing our submission 😊 annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Big congratulations to this team especially my very good friend Jatinder Here’s to Singh et al 🎉🎊

🌱 Thanks to ancient genes, plant breeders are developing stronger #barley varieties to withstand even tougher conditions. As climate change intensifies, barley is here to help farmers and communities adapt. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/3ZFWwbs #BOLDcwr ICARDA

A special congrats to NDSUPlantPathology graduate student, Abbeah Mae Navasca along with Dr. Thomas Baldwin, for being awarded $20,000 for the project, "Cross-infectivity, Genomic Analysis, and Transcriptomic Profiling of Fusarium graminearum in Artificial Barley-Broadleaf Crop

Thank you for your support to the grad students! Always proud to represent NDSU CAFSNR #gobison 🤘🏼

Job Alert: Research Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics & Plant Pathology at #NDSU in Fargo, ND. Join a our dynamic faculty working on cutting-edge plant disease research. 🌱💻 #PlantPathology #Bioinformatics #ScienceJobs Apply here: prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/EM…

From lesions to lessons:  2025 marks the 20th anniversary of filamentous plant pathogen genomics. In our new review, we present lessons we learned over the past 2 decades and discuss the future of plant pathogen genomics. Take a first look! apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

New Research: Dispensable genome and segmental duplications drive the genome plasticity in Fusarium solani frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #FungalBiology

Thank you for this recognition Plant Health Progress The American Phytopathological Society 🥳

Check out our new publication on Fusarium solani! 🥳🎊

The remarkable Starships - large mobile elements capable of moving large genomic regions in fungal populations. Changes everything we thought we knew about horizontal gene transfer among fungi and the mobility of large proportion of pan genomes ⁦Aaron Vogan⁩ #ECFG17

A barley MLA immune receptor is activated by a fungal nonribosomal peptide effector for disease susceptibility - Leng - 2025 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

"Reimagining Arabidopsis as a platform for flower design" Title of my talk for Woodstock Bio + Night Science! #conferencetoendallconferences