A project led by Lanxi Hu studying age-related resistance is published in PLoS Pathogens. Congratulations to Lanxi and co-authors! https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011218

Feng Kong, a postdoc in our lab, published a review on plant development and defense (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1122947). We discuss that pathogen-induced changes in host development could be a target of pathogen virulence strategies or an active defense mechanism of plants.

This project, led by graduate student Sorrel Tran, revealed how salicylic acid, a key defense hormone, inhibits root regeneration. This work is published in PLOS GENETICS. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010636)

Alan Peper (co-advised by Dr. Timothy Brenneman) has won the award for graduate student publication of the year (PHD level)!

His paper, published in Frontiers in Microbiomes (https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2022.1019134), sheds light on the functions of calcite dissolving bacteria in regulating soil calcium levels. This research has the potential to address soil calcium deficiency issues in peanut farmland.

Miranda, an Integrated Plant Sciences student, is rotating in our lab on a plant regeneration project. Welcome!

Lanxi Hu was selected as one of the four finals to present her 3 minute thesis at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) 2022 annual meeting in Portland. Lanxi won the People’s Choice prize. Congratulations!

Lanxi Hu (graduate student) won the three minutes lightening talk at the UGA plant center spring symposium! Congratulations!

Congratulations to Sorrel Tran (graduate student) who received ASPB travel grant to attend Plant Biology 2022 in Portland.

We received funding from the Georgia Peanut Commodity to continue our research on soil microbiome and nutrition availability. Graduate student, Alan Peper, is working on this project.