Welcome to another edition of the Robigalia Roundup!
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Richard A. Hill et al., Eucalyptus grandis MYB-Like and RAN-Like Zinc Finger Proteins Display Dual Roles in Regulating Plant Immunity and Symbiosis Pathways
Sagar Krushnaji Rangari et al., InDels in an intronic region of gene Ccsmd04 coding for dormancy/auxin-associated protein control sterility mosaic disease resistance in pigeonpea
Caiyun Liu et al., Sumoylation-dependent control of Pmk1 phosphorylation during Magnaporthe oryzae infection
RESEARCH STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Meet Jobelle Bruno
This week, I’m happy to introduce Jobelle Bruno, who has just completed her PhD at Louisiana State University 🎉🎉
Jobelle’s interest in plant pathology came from growing up in a developing country where agriculture is important for people's livelihoods. Having intimate knowledge of the importance of protecting crops from disease, Jobelle was driven by a desire to find solutions to address these challenges and contribute to achieving sustainable agriculture.
Jobelle’s PhD research project focused on investigating the mechanisms of seed-priming materials as elicitors of defence response in rice against bacterial panicle blight (BPB) and sheath blight (ShB). She also characterised the biology and virulence mechanism of the Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia glumae, the causal agent of BPB.
Jobelle has an impressive publication record and is incredibly proud to share her findings with the scientific community through publications in different journals like Plant Disease and PLOS Pathogens.
Enjoy every step of your journey
Jobelle’s advice to fellow plant pathologists: “Enjoy every step of your journey and get as much wisdom as you can while at it.”
Now that she has completed her Ph.D., Jobelle’s goal is not merely to secure a position in industry or academia, but to continue pursuing her true passion in research.
You can contact Jobelle via LinkedIn.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
New plant pathology opportunities are listed below. For the full list of live opportunities and events, head to my Opportunities and Events Board using the buttons below.
New PhD/Master’s Scholarships
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND Doctoral Fellowships “Molecular Regulation of Plant Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Protein Crop Faba Bean”, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
New Jobs
The Torii Lab will soon be advertising post-doc roles working to delineate the mechanisms underpinning the Receptor Kinase signal specificity in stomatal development vs. Immune Response
New Events
No new listings today, check out the upcoming events in the events board
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