April 2018

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Dr. Chunhua Zhang and Dr. Leonor Boavida have

been chosen to serve as associate editors for

Plant Physiology. They have taken their places on

the journal editorial board starting this year. They

will be contributing commentaries, blog posts,

podcasts, and videos to highlight developments

of special interest within Plant Physiology.

Congratulations Chunhua and Leonor!

PUBLICATIONS

Feng-Ping Zhang, Frances Sussmilch, David S Nichols, Amanda A Cardoso, Timothy J. Brodribb, Scott A M McAdam Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 69, Issue 5, 23 February 3018, Pages 1261-1267, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx480 Belteton, S., Sawchuk, M.G., Donohoe, B.S., Scarpells, E., & Szymanski, D.B. (2017) Reassessing the roles of PIN proteins and anticlinal microtubules during pavement cell morphogenesis. Plant physiology, pp-01554. Anastasia E Sniderhan, Gordon G McNickle, Jennifer L Baltzer Assessing local adaptation vs. plasticity under different resource conditions in seedlings of a dominant boreal tree species. AoB PLANTS, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1 February 2018, ply004, https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/ply004. Elizabeth French & Anjali S. Iyer-Pascuzzi A role for the gibberellin pathway in biochar-mediated growth promotion. Scientific Reports 8, Article number: 5389 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23677-9 Saku T. Kijima, Christopher J. Staiger, Kaoru Katoh, Akira Nagasaki, Kohji Ito & Taro Q.P. Uyeda Arabidopsis vegetative actin isoforms, AtACT2 and AtACT7, generate distinct filament arrays in living plant cells. Scientific Reports 8, Article number: 4381 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-8018-22707-w Rucha A. Karve & Anjali S. Iyer-Pascuzzi Further insights into the role of NIN-LIKE PROTEIN 7 (NLP7) in root cap cell release. Article: e1414122, published 26 Dec 2017 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15592324.2017.1414122

GRADUATE STUDENT RECOGNITION

Congratulations to Trevor Stacy on passing his final exam for his M.S. defense! Trevor Stacy is a student with Dr. Rick Latin.

The 2018 Graduate Student Spring Travel Awards were announced at the end of March to four students who will be traveling to scientific meetings and conferences before July 31, 2018. The review committee received 15 applications. Each student will receive $500 to help defray expenses. Our hope is that their presentations will be a great opportunity for profes-sional development. Congratulations and best of luck with your presentations! Cara McCauley, PhD student with Dr. Bryan Young Oral presentation at the 2018 annual meeting of the Weed Science Society of America in Arlington, Virginia “Are all auxin herbicides created equal? A transcriptome analysis of the auxin herbicide response in Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)” Cara organized and planned the first annual “Women in Weed Science Breakfast” at this event and the WSSA will fund the event again at the 2019 meeting. Rebecca Fanni Lakatos, MS student with Dr. Cathie Aime Poster presentation at the 11th International Mycological Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico “Forensic Mycology: Determining postmortem interval based on fungal flora composition in human cadaver samples” Sharon Wanjiru Kinyungu, MS student with Dr. Charles Woloshuk Poster presentation at the 2nd African Symposium of Mycotoxicology in Mombasa, Kenya “Efficacy of pre-harvest Aspergillus flavus biocontrol treatment on reducing aflatoxin accumulation during drying” Jing Yuan, PhD student with Dr. Sharon Kessler Poster presentation 25th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction Conference (25th ICSPR) in Gifu, Japan “Using natural variation to identify novel regulators of ovule number in Arabidopsis thaliana”

Dr. Sharon Kessler has been awarded a 2018-2019 PRF Research Grant to provide support for her PhD student, Jing Yuan. The PRF Research Grants are one-year awards made by the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships to assist faculty who supervise PhD research in the development of new or the continuation of ongoing research projects by providing support for a half-time (0.50 FTE) PRF Research Assistantship.

Youngwoo Lee, PhD student with Dr. Dan Szymanski, has been selected by the

graduate committee to receive Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship funding for the 2018-

2019 academic year. The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship is a Graduate School

fellowship which provides support to an outstanding Ph.D. candidate in the final year

of doctoral degree completion. Applicants must have completed their coursework

and passed their qualifying examinations. Congratulations to Youngwoo Lee on

being chosen for this prestigious award.

Congratulations to Wei Guo on passing his Prelim! He is now a PhD Candidate! Wei is a pulse student with Dr. Damon Lisch. Great Job Wei!

STAFF RECOGNITION

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APRIL SEMINARS

Botany and Plant Pathology Seminars are held on Wednesday at 3:30pm in WSLR, Room 116 (unless noted) April 18 Dr. Keiko Torii, University of Washington. PFEN, Room 241 April 25 Dr. Gina Baucom, University of Michigan

Mina Rostamza won first place at the life sciences post-doc symposium on April 6, 2018. Mina is a Post-Doc with Dr. Gord McNickle. Exciting facts on Evolution of root foraging! Great job Mina!