-Magdalen Lindeberg
Six graduate students in the SIPS Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section and one in Plant Breeding and Genetics have been awarded predoctoral fellowships from the USDA NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). The program is focused on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. Two graduate students in Biological and Environmental Engineering also received fellowship awards for plant and climate-related research.
The award maximum is $95,000.00 with stipends capped at $25,000/year. Remaining funds can be used for tuition, fees, fringe benefits, supplies, travel, workshops, and publication as specified in each proposal’s budget request. Congratulations to all our awardees!
Selection methods for A. vittatum non-preference in squash (C. pepo)
Awardee: Lauren Brzozowski, Mazourek program, Plant Breeding and Genetics
Award amount: $39,000.00
Defining the resistance profile of a broad-spectrum defense gene family
Awardee: Andy Read, Bogdanove program, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Award amount: $94,320.00
Role of Nepovirus Polymerase in Virus-Host Interactions for Symptom Development
Awardee: Larissa Osterbaan, Fuchs program, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Award amount: $95,000.00
TAL-like proteins in endohyphal symbiosis
Awardee: Morgan Carter, Bogdanove program, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Award amount: $95,000.00
Development of Risk Algorithms for the Northern Root-Knot Nematode in Potato in New York State
Awardee: Adrienne Gorny, Pethybridge program, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Award amount: $92,812.00
Development of RNA-based strategies to block transmission of the citrus greening bacterium by the Asian citrus psyllid
Awardee: Annie Kruse, Heck program, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Award amount: $95,000.00
Advancing Virus-Treehopper-Host Interactions to Devise and Disseminate Disease Management Recommendations
Awardee: Libby Cieniewicz, Fuchs program, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Award amount: $95,000.00