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The National Wheat Foundation is offering 2, $2,500 scholarships to college students pursuing an agricultural-related degree. Applications must be submitted by December 31st. To apply, visit: buff.ly/30yTHw9

Really cool video of an oomycete pathogen of potato releasing swimming spores! Oomycetes are fungal-like protists. They look like fungi but are actually more closely related to algae.

Being a great mentor requires taking the focus off of ourselves and recognizing: -the people we mentor are not us -what worked for us may not work for them -just because we dealt with something doesn’t mean they should have to also

My favorite part of the lab Slack channel is getting exciting data from lab members who can't wait to share results.

Robyn Roberts CSU Agricultural Biology CSU College of Agricultural Sciences presenting on Colorado Wheat cereal responses to #Xanthomonas translucens #NMBLS

Work by Diego Gutierrez!

Join us in the Leach Lab! Research Assistant II (preferred MS) to study plant-microbe and plant-insect-microbe interactions. Check out the posting & apply by March 13: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/100227

A fun part of in-person meetings is seeing all my science colleagues, including my former undergrad Nicole Mihelich. She's graduating with a PhD in Plant Breeding soon and looking for jobs. Highly recommend hiring her- she's an excellent scientist!

We have a new review out that covers genomic structural variation and its impacts on plant immunity in tomato. doi.org/10.1186/s43897…

We're starting an Ag Data Science program for undergrads and are looking for an assistant or associate prof to lead this effort - jobs.colostate.edu/postings/101926

So happy to see my postdoc advisor elected to the National Academy of Sciences!

Viruses are showing up in wheat in Colorado. Read about it in my latest wheat disease newsletter.

Common root rot found in Burlington, CO, along with heavy hail damage. The disease is caused by a fungus that favors dry, hot weather. Photo and report by Ron Meyer CSU Extension). Colorado Wheat

The next edition of the disease newsletter is now available.