We are looking for a postdoc to help us study the rules that govern the assembly of the root nodule microbiome on a USDA-funded project. Link below, please rt. prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psp/recruit/EM…

We're hiring for multiple positions in all areas of microbiology! Apply to be colleagues in the fantastic Penn State BMB department in Penn State Eberly College of Science! It's a fantastic place to work with lots of great core facilities through Huck Institutes. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/j…

Awesome talk by Sadie Seaman on Pectobacterium being a bad potato neighbor. Only one year and she has achieved so much. Super proud PI!

Excited to learn our non-transgenic canker-resistant citrus generated by crispr genome editing exempted by EPA, by APHIS, for use by growers! They are the 1st to receive EPA exemption for gene-edited plants! ThanksNIFA funding!Thanks@usda_nifa ⁦⁦U.S. EPA⁩⁦USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service⁩

Phytobiomes Journal Best Student Paper Award by Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu and Kevin Hockett investigated whether a phyllosphere microbial community could be developed through a selective passaging method to suppress disease. Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, PhD Kevin Hockett doi.org/10.1094/PBIOME…

I'm very excited to share our work in preprint! We show the critical role of Pantoea agglomerans plasmids in onion pathogenicity. Thanks to Gina Shin, Jo Ann Asselin, Paul Stodghill, Lindsey Du Toit and the entire Stop the Rot team!

📢We are pumped to announce the speakers for this Fall's One Health Microbiome Center Seminar Series! Beginning on August 30th, join us every Friday at 11 AM EST to hear inspiring microbiome-focused talks across diverse subject areas. 🦠🔬⚕️🍄🧪🧫 Huck Institutes Penn State Research

Calling all #virology and #microbiology friends who are on the faculty job market: Penn State Biology department & Penn State BMB have multiple faculty openings with ads up now! Link #1 of 4 here -- this one's theme is Evolutionary Genomics (open topic): tinyurl.com/5dj7s7bb

Our paper on rice seed microbiome is finally online! We compared the seed endophytic microbiota of organic and conventional rice, and show potential beneficial effects, including pathogen control, of seed bacterial endophytes. Sabin Khanal journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

We are excited to recruit a PhD/MSc student to work on the bacterial plant pathogen P. syringae and its interactions with plasmids and phage. My group utilizes genomics, molecular bacteriology, protein biochemistry and fieldwork to study bacterial evolution 🧫🌱 Please share! 🤩

Help TaMIS Thrive in Memory of Dr. Eric Crandall gofund.me/e2186927

📢 We are Hiring! The One Health Microbiome Center seeks a Research Project Manager to lead interdisciplinary projects, manage grants, and oversee outreach. Must have a Master’s/PhD in a related field. Apply now! #Microbiome #Research #Projectmanager 🧑‍💼 psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Staf…

Come work in an awesome environment with a great group of scientists! x.com/psumbiome/stat…

A T6SS pangenomic atlas paints a picture of Ralstonia as a bully that aggressively attacks all sorts of microbial targets with its T6SS. Nathalie Aoun Stratton Georgoulis Tiffany Lowe-Power tlowepower on 🟦🌥️ #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

We explored #HLB-impacted #Citrus #metabolomes and IDed natural plant-produced anti-CLas compounds: ferulic acid + bioflavonoids. However, CLas-infection lowers plant ferulic acid & flavonoid biosynthesis, potentially aiding pathogen establishment nature.com/articles/s4159…

📢Don't miss our first seminar of the semester! This Friday at 11AM EST we will hear from Penn State Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Suzanne Fleishman on microbiome sampling across the #rhizosphere! 🌿🦠 off-campus? DM us for the zoom link

I am hiring a postdoc to work on genomics of parasite adaptation to different hosts #Evolution psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/j…

Come be my science neighbor in the Jesse Lasky lab!

I was actually lecturing on this topic last week in my course. Has the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ever been applied to microbial taxa?