Congratulations to Josh Widhalm on his selection into the 19th class of LEAD21, a leadership program for faculty and administrators in the land-grant system.
Congratulations to Kranthi Varala and Celina Gomez for receiving 2023 AgSEED grants. Kranthi Varala’s project is “Improving oil content and composition of Camelina seeds through overexpressing novel regulators of lipid biosynthesis.” Wenjing Guan and Petrus Langenhoven are co-PI’s for this project. Celina Gomez’s project is “Using a Citizen Science Approach to Strengthen Research and Extension…Read more about HLA Faculty Received 2023 AgSEED Grants[Read More]
Dr. Kurt Ristroph, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University Thursday January 26th, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or Zoom “Organic nanocarrier formulations for improved uptake and translocation of agrochemicals following foliar administration” Abstract: Foliar administration of bioactive agents to plants is a highly desirable but historically inefficient method of promoting agrochemical internalization or…Read more about 2023 HLA Spring Seminar: Dr. Kurt Ristroph[Read More]
Camila Ulloa (MS/Torres’ Lab) will give a virtual seminar at the Iowa State University’s Horticulture Department on Jan 23rd from 4:15 – 5:15 PM (Central Time). She will present “Characterizing the U.S. Salad Mixes Market: Environmental footprint attributes”. These seminars are primarily attended by faculty and students but are open to the public and Master Gardener groups…Read more about Camila Ulloa Will Present Virtual Seminar[Read More]
Dr. Ryan Patrick (Postdoc/Li Lab) has received the Center for Plant Biology travel award ($1000) and he plans to attend the World Petunia Day in Italy in summer 2023, where he will present his NSF funded work on epigenetic regulations of specialized metabolism and collaborate on the petunia genome sequencing project.
Congratulations to Camila Ulloa (MS/Torres’ lab) for receiving the Frederick N. Andrews Environmental Travel Award ($1,500). This travel award was created by the Fellowship Office in the Graduate School for students whose research focuses on improving the global environment. With this grant, Camila hopes to share her research focusing on segmenting salad consumers based on…Read more about Camila Ulloa Receives Travel Award[Read More]
Stephen Meyers co-authored a newly published research article: Taduri S, Bheemanahalli R, Wijewardana C, Lone AA, Meyers SL, Shankle M, Gao W and Reddy KR. 2023. Sweetpotato cultivars responses to interactive effects of warming, drought, and elevated carbon dioxide. Front. Genet. 13:1080125. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1080125
Josh Widhalm and Natalia Dudareva published an article in Molecular Plant with collaborators in the School of Chemical Engineering titled: “Two-way communication: Volatile emission and uptake occur through the same barriers.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674205222004063
