Doctors alerted about fungal disease spreading across Minn. postbulletin.com/life/health/do… via Post Bulletin

The white ash trees have been successfully inoculated with canker fungi, with a little help from my friends Benjamin Held and Cristina Toapanta.

It’s Fungal Disease Awareness Week! Check out the cool video from the Minnesota Department of Health. youtu.be/ZHrY_PEBmFo

Coming to a mailbox near you (save the dates are on the way). Isabel Ricke

#Iam incredibly grateful for all of opportunities in my educational and professional career thus far. I couldn’t be happier with my chosen route with UMN Plant Pathology and Robert Blanchette #firstGenDay #FirstGenProud

Harmful fungi can be found in soil, often in soil containing bird or bat droppings. Be aware when digging, gardening, cleaning chicken coops, and visiting caves. Read more about how fungi can make you sick: go.usa.gov/xpZBR #ThinkFungus #WorldSoilDay

#FelineFriday Cats can provide emotional support and promote socialization among older people 🐱 . Your cat takes care of you, so help take care of your cat by taking it to the vet regularly! bit.ly/catscdc #OneHealth

Thank you so much for being there on our special day. Nick Rajtar and I count ourself lucky for having such great people in our lives to celebrate with!

Nick Rajtar found hidden meaning in one of my teaching samples this morning - and I guess we should hold off calling it heart rot today.

We must take bold action to save the lives of Minnesotans. As a former Command Sergeant Major in the Army National Guard, I believe in having a plan – which is why I’m directing Minnesotans to stay at home and limit their movements to essential services. #StayHomeMN

Congratulations to graduate student Nick Rajtar for being awarded a Minnesota Mycological Society Scholarship for 2020 ($1000). The society has a long tradition of supporting grad students with projects that have an emphasis in mycology.

In my short time studying mycology I’ve seen witches brooms, witches butter and devils urns. Today I got to see an incredibly rare fungus- witches cauldron (Sarcosoma globosum)

Today in #PlantPathology rockstar news, grad student Nick Rajtar discusses his MN Invasive Terrestrial Plants & Pests Center research on monitoring for tree pathogens and the complex relationship between EAB, ash, and canker diseases. Robert Blanchette CFANS U of M Research UMN Grad School mitppc.umn.edu/news/rooted-re…

Chlamydia and corn dogs is published! Really an interesting story (about Ct) but also about the great research experiences that our students receive, and to see undergrads-turned-grad students, like Ashley O, embrace PUBH. publish.csiro.au/sh/SH21157 Isabel Ricke Grace R. Lyden, PhD

Thanks so much to Ruby H.N. Nguyen, PhD, MHS for this amazing opportunity! Can’t wait to keep working with such an awesome advisor this fall UMN School of Public Health

What a great reminder of an excellent experience!

So excited to be back UMN School of Public Health working with my favorite epi prof

Hey Parking & Transportation Services - UMN UMN Public Safety could we get some better bike lanes, or at least bike boxes on Washington Ave? I was nearly hit by a car this morning turning left from Washington onto Oak St when an SUV decided they wanted to cut in front of me in the middle of the intersection.

Join me and two of our excellent Epidemiology doctoral students, Isabel Ricke & Inari Mohammed, as we interview UMN School of Public Health and CIDRAP 's Dr. Michael Osterholm on the status of the pandemic, the future of vaccination programs, and future public health preparedness.

I’m thrilled to announce our newest open access publication-Diverse Xylaria in the Ecuadorian Amazon and their mode of wood degradation. link.springer.com/article/10.118…