Timely review on climate change and impacts on plant pathogens, food security and paths forward doi.org/10.1038/s41579…

My PhD Advisor, David Hibbett, at the mushroom support desk.

#NoMowMay

No reward - no duties.  75% of respondents have reduced the hours spent on academic duties since 2020 (Nature polls). Mostly due to burnout and unwillingness to work for free. This included attending conferences, peer reviewing manuscripts and grant proposals, committees,

Happy days! First published work led by graduate student Alex Hernandez on heat treatment impacts on CLS in beets! Pretty hot stuff 😉 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Go Ava!

Sakalidis lab #oakwilt field day …do you see the tiny nitidulids in the mycelial mat? #foresthealth #forestpathology ⁦MSU-PSM Department⁩ ⁦MSU AgBioResearch⁩ ⁦MSU CANR⁩ ⁦MSU Extension⁩ ⁦MSU Forestry⁩ ⁦Karan Chahal, PhD 🍄🌳🔬🧫🧬🧪🐞⁩ ⁦Ava 🌳🔬⁩ & Ethan!

checking out our field site in northern MI... check out these #oakwilt mycelial mats! we couldn't have asked for nicer weather!!! next week we'll be implementing our first experiment of the season (and me and ethan's first experiment of our master's!!)

The American Phytopathological Society folks, a great opportunity to learn how to make your own affordable spore traps from scratch 👇

Has anyone used thermal dissipation probes for sap flow sensing? We are looking into implexx and dynamax but are seeking input from others.#oakwilt #forestpathology Ava 🌳🔬 Karan Chahal, PhD 🍄🌳🔬🧫🧬🧪🐞

great work Ava 🌳🔬 and Ethan!

Amazing opportunity!

Job: Full-time, permanent position in forest mycology - app only open June 2 - 8. At Madison, WI at USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Mycology Research, Anticipated starting salary of $82,830, Job Announcement Number: 23-RES-11972288-DDHA-IC usajobs.gov/job/728392100

Period. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Today we are taking a fun foray into fungi through the iconic pride flag🏳️‍🌈 Devised in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, the flag quickly became popular in the LGBTQ community🌈Since then, there have been many iterations, so we thought we would make one for the LGBTQ fungi lovers among us!

The research group in #ForestPathology SLU in Alnarp, Sweden, is looking for a PhD student to study restoration of broadleaved forests after pathogen disturbances. 🌳🍄🦠 Apply before 🗓️ 30 July 2023 More info: slu.se/en/departments…

Wow sorry to hear this news

Go team #oakwilt!

I’m excited to share this Agricultural Research Service post-doc opportunity in Ithaca, New York. The fellow will join my lab and the kathryn bushley lab to broadly investigate insect killing fungi via comparative genomics. Please consider applying and share widely! 🍄 🧬 💻 zintellect.com/Opportunity/De…

🚨Urgent update for Michigan chestnut growers 🌳🌰. #OakWilt disease is devastating chestnuts by actively spreading to adjacent trees through root grafts. Keep an eye out for wilting trees this summer and send samples to diagnostic labs for confirmation. #PlantHealth