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Margaret Ellis and Alissa Kriss, Ph.D. students in plant pathology, were the first recipients of travel awards from the university's Blair F. Janson and Wilmer G. Stover Scholarship. The travel awards helped fund a study abroad to Turkey in June 2009. > More

2009 American Phytopathological Society Foundation Travel grant awards, APS Annual Meeting, August 1-5, Portland Kylea Odenbach. Zahir Eyal Award (presentation) Alissa Kriss, Janell Stevens Johnk Award (presentation and poster) Carola De La Torre, Robert W. Fulton Award (poster)

Pattavipha Songkumarn, PhD student in plant pathology at The Ohio State University, received the Best Poster award at the Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (PMBB) Annual Symposium in Columbus, Ohio, April 24-25, 2009.  Songkumarn, who is studying with Guo-Liang Wang, presented, "Isolation and functional analysis of novel secreted proteins in Magnaporthe oryzae," with co-authors Songbiao Chen, Malali Gowda, Reddyvari Channarayappa Venu, Thomas K. Mitchell and Wang.  The PMBB program enhances interdisciplinary collaborations between 30 scientists from different colleges and departments at Ohio State in the area of plant molecular biology and biotechnology.

Graduate Student award recipients and presenters at the APS North Central Divison meeting, June 21-23, Iowa State.

Zhifen Zhang, 2nd place, "Mapping multiple novel resistance genes against Phytophthora sojae in soybean PI 408211B."  Anne Dorrance, advisor.

Margaret Ellis, 3rd place, "Assessment of soybean genotypes for resistance to Pythium spp.: Key to managing this seedling disease complex."  Anne Dorrance, advisor.

Valdir Correa, 3rd place, "Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii carries two type II secretion systems required for adaption to insect vector and plant hosts."  Richard Pratt, Horticulture and Crop Science, advisor.

Other presentations: Hehe Wang and Maria Andrea Ortega (Anne Dorrance, advisor); Fiorella Cisneros, poster (Margaret Redinbaugh, advisor), and Chris Woltjen, poster (Dennis Lewandowski, advisor).

June 2009 - Chan Ho Park, PhD student with Guo-Liang Wang, was named recipient of the C. C. Allison Award to honor academic achievement and service to the Department of Plant Pathology.

Park was recognized for outstanding research, excellent academic record, and service to the Plant Pathology Graduate Students Association and the Graduate Studies Committee.  Park will be presented with an $800 cash award and plaque, and his name will be engraved on the C. C. Allison award plaques in the Columbus and Wooster department offices.  The award was announced at an end-of-quarter gathering at the home of Thomas and Ellen Mitchell on June 6, with several faculty and students in attendance.  Above, left to right, Wang, Park, Graduate Studies Chair Terry Graham, and Department Chair Mike Boehm.

SEEDS - The OARDC Enhancement Competitive Grants Program, Graduate Research Competition awards, 2009.

Margaret Ellis, PhD student (Anne Dorrance, advisor).  Assessment of Soybean Genotypes for Resistance to Pythium spp.: Key to Managing this Seedling Disease Complex (2009). 

Gautam Shirsekar, PhD student (Guo-Liang Wang, advisor).  Mapping of Suppressor Genes Responsible for Suppression of Lesion Mimic Phenotype Caused by the spl11 Mutation in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) (2009).

Spring 2009 Graduation Sarah Ellis (accepting her diploma, left) M.S., Plant Pathology (advisor, M. Boehm)

2009 OARDC Annual Conference Miguel Vega Sánchez was honored with the 2009 OARDC William E. Krauss Director's Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, which is awarded for the best paper by a doctoral student in 2008.  Vega Sánchez completed his PhD in August 2008 with advisor Dr. Guo-Liang Wang.  Vega Sánchez and Wang were recognized at the OARDC Annual Research Conference on April 23 in Columbus.

The award-winning publication, published in The Plant Cell, provides the first evidence linking the molecular/cellular processes of ubiquitination and RNA/DNA metabolism in flowering time control in plants, which could lead to the development of new strategies to improve disease resistance as well as flowering time control in crop plants.  > More

Vega-Sánchez, M. E., Zeng L., Chen, S., Leung, H., and Wang, G-L.  2008.  SPIN1, a K homology domain protein negatively regulated and ubiquitinated by the E3 ubiquitin ligase SPL11, is involved in flowering time control in rice.  The Plant Cell 2008 20: 1456-1469.

Graduate Student Posters

Annemarie Nagle, first place, MS Graduate Student Poster Competition "Potential association of Phytophthora cinnamomi with white oak decline in southern Ohio." Advisor: Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello.

Plant Pathology poster participants

Daniel Anco (PhD) - "Transformation of Phomopsis viticola with the green fluorescent protein." Advisor: Mike Ellis.

Sawsan Elateek, "Characterization of aster yellows phytoplasma strains in leafy green crops in Ohio." Advisor: Sally Miller.

Margaret Ellis, "Assessing the diversity of Pythium species and fungicide efficacy in agronomic production fields in Ohio." Advisor: Anne Dorrance.

Alissa Kriss, "More than 40 years of observations from Ohio confirm the importance of relative humnidity and precipitation for Fusarium head blight epidemics." Advisor: Larry Madden.

Cunyu Li: "Relationship between FHB and DON among soft red winter wheat cultivars with different levels of type II resistance." Advisor: Pierce Paul.

Kylea Odenbach, "Characterization of the association between post-anthesis infection and deoxynivalenol accumulation in asymptomatic wheat spikes using real-time quantitative PCR." Advisor: Pierce Paul.

Chan Ho Park, "Identificaiton and functional characterization of an RNA binding protein involved in defense signaling pathway and cell death in rice." Advisor: Guo-Liang Wang.

Gautam Shirsekar, "Identifying the components in Spl11-mediated defense pathway and determining the relationship between Spl11 and other defense signaling genes in rice." Advisor: Guo-Liang Wang.

Pattavipha Songkumarn, "Isolation and functional analysis of novel secreted proteins in Magnaporthe oryzae." Advisor: Guo-Liang Wang.

Justin Whitehill, "Effects of methyl jasmonate on induced responses of Manchurian and white ash in emerald ash borer elicitors." Advisor: Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello.

Winter 2009 Graduation Dr. Nathan M. Kleczewski (advisor, Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello (right)

Autumn 2008 Graduation Dr. Kirk D. Broders (advisor, Anne Dorrance) Christian Cruz (advisor, Anne Dorrance)

Summer 2008 Graduation (left to right) Dr. Maria Soledad Benitez (advisor, Brian McSpadden Gardner)     Rosa Raudales (advisor, Brian McSpadden Gardener) Dr. Miguel Vega Sanchez (advisor, Guo-liang Wang)

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