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Oliver Buchannon
Alyssa Martino

PhD in Molecular Plant Pathology from The University of Sydney | Postdoctoral Researcher at Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens


Robigalia Roundup LXXX: International Day of Plant Health

Robigalia Roundup LXXX: International Day of Plant Health

Plus the grey mould costing growers $100 billion a year, and a Cambridge researcher screening yeasts to fight it

May 11, 2026

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5 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXIX: An internal alarm system nobody knew existed

Robigalia Roundup LXXIX: An internal alarm system nobody knew existed

Plus a fungus costing wheat farmers billions, and a genomics researcher tackling it head-on

May 4, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXVIII: Fields of Remembrance

Robigalia Roundup LXXVIII: Fields of Remembrance

Plus Northern corn leaf blight, bacterial pathogens of poppy, and a PhD candidate from Florida

Apr 27, 2026

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5 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXVII: Anniversary of Robigalia

Robigalia Roundup LXXVII: Anniversary of Robigalia

Plus new training events for coding and research, and meet the pathogen behind cacao black pod disease

Apr 20, 2026

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4 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXVI: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Fellowships open

Robigalia Roundup LXXVI: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Fellowships open

PLUS the bacterium blocking Europe's olive trees from the inside

Apr 13, 2026

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11 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXV: Magnaporthe oryzae, the world's most important fungal pathogen

Robigalia Roundup LXXV: Magnaporthe oryzae, the world's most important fungal pathogen

PLUS AMS grants for early-career mycologists, BMS committee openings, and jobs across three continents

Apr 6, 2026

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11 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXIV: A fungus with 400+ hosts and the researcher fighting back

Robigalia Roundup LXXIV: A fungus with 400+ hosts and the researcher fighting back

Plus new jobs, scholarships, and new opportunities for ECRs

Mar 30, 2026

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10 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXIII

Robigalia Roundup LXXIII

🌾 Help shape the future of Robigalia, recent developments in developing resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, and meet Saif Ullah

Mar 23, 2026

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10 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXII

Robigalia Roundup LXXII

Resurrect Bio Closes Initial $8M Series A, ten new jobs listed, and meet Francis Mirara

Mar 16, 2026

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11 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXI

Robigalia Roundup LXXI

🌽 Registrations for PPATH2026 are open, all about Aspergillus flavus, and meet Carlos Muñoz-Zavala

Mar 9, 2026

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9 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXX

Robigalia Roundup LXX

🧅Stemphylium leaf blight in onion, and meet Matthew John

Mar 2, 2026

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9 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXIX

Robigalia Roundup LXIX

🍌 A boost of funding for Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4, control and detection of the powdery mildew pathogen Oidium neolycopersici, and meet Mah Rukh Qamar Khan

Feb 23, 2026

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9 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXVIII

Robigalia Roundup LXVIII

All about Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), submit your EOI for the Plant Health Video contest, and meet Jasmine Sidhu

Feb 16, 2026

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9 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXVII

Robigalia Roundup LXVII

Cryotherapy for virus eradication, all about Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), and meet Jean Carlos Bettoni

Feb 9, 2026

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9 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXVI

Robigalia Roundup LXVI

A boost of funding for the Sainsbury Lab, Ritman Scholarships open, and meet Priyanka Gupta

Feb 2, 2026

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9 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXV

Robigalia Roundup LXV

Peptides as antifungal agents, 6 new opportunities, and meet Annalise Taylor

Jan 26, 2026

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8 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXIV

Robigalia Roundup LXIV

Leaf diseases of Eucalyptus, and meet Tshoganyetso Motete

Jan 19, 2026

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6 min read

🥜 Robigalia Roundup LXIII

🥜 Robigalia Roundup LXIII

Welcome back to Robigalia for 2026

Jan 12, 2026

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8 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXII

Robigalia Roundup LXII

Final newsletter for 2025, and 7 new jobs!

Dec 22, 2025

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7 min read

In conversation with Peri Tobias

In conversation with Peri Tobias

👩‍🔬 How to fund your own plant pathology career?

Dec 19, 2025

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16 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXI

Robigalia Roundup LXI

🌾 Progress on Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and meet Muhammad Faizan Anwar Khan

Dec 15, 2025

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7 min read

Robigalia Roundup LX

Robigalia Roundup LX

Seed-borne pathogen characterisation, and meet Md. Daraj Uddin Prodhan

Dec 8, 2025

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8 min read

Robigalia Roundup LIX

Robigalia Roundup LIX

🍊 Control agents of Penicillium digitatum, and meet Pragadeeshwaran Tamilvanan

Dec 1, 2025

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7 min read

In conversation with Thaís Boufleur

In conversation with Thaís Boufleur

👩‍🔬What does it take to go from postdoc to professor in your early 30s?

Nov 28, 2025

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12 min read

Robigalia Roundup LVIII

Robigalia Roundup LVIII

🍫 Diagnostic tools for cacao, and meet Laura Valentina Laverde

Nov 24, 2025

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7 min read

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