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2019-2022 SIPS Service Awards

-Magdalen Lindeberg

The School of Integrative Plant Science would like to recognize the more than 50 administrative and technical staff who achieved significant milestones in their years of service since 2019. Owing to COVID-related disruptions award certificates have not been available until recently. Please scan the list and congratulate those with whom you have worked – the years of service represented here are truly impressive! Framed awards are being distributed at various section events.


40 years

  • Sherrie Norman, research support specialist with Margaret Smith (2021)

35 years

  • Elaine Davis, SIPS Finance Specialist (2020)
  • Peter Fraissinet, Assistant Curator & Librarian – LHB Hortorium (2020)

30 years

  • Phil Atkins, Research Support Specialist and Director, NYSIP (2022)
  • Lena Gray, Administrative Assistant NYSIP (2022)
  • Sandra Harrington, SIPS Research Support Specialist (2019)
  • Sandra Jensen, Extension support specialist & diagnostician in the Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (2022)

25 years

  • Michael Brown, Research Support Specialist working with Greg Peck
  • Alejandro Parra, Research Support Specialist CNAL

20 years

  • Linda Cox, SIPS Financial Reporting Lead (2020)
  • Craig Cramer, SIPS Communications Specialist (2020)
  • Karin Jantz, Chair’s Assistant & Grad Field Coordinator for Plant Biology (2022)
  • Magdalen Lindeberg, SIPS Assistant Director and Senior Admin Manager (2021)
  • Kari Richards, Agricultural Sciences Major Coordinator, SIPS (2021)
  • Anna Stalter, Associate Curator, LHB Hortorium (2020)
  • Jamie Crawford,  Research Support Specialist with Ginny Moore (2021)
  • Robert Oman,  Farm Manager, Golden Nematode Lab in Prattsburg NY (2021)
  • Scott Morris, Research Technician Weed Ecology (2021)
  • Robert Deubler, Research Support Specialist with Jerry Cherney (2021)
  • Matthew Falise, Research Support Specialist with Walter De Jong (2020)
  • Mary Ann Karp, USDA affiliate (2020)
  • Tatyana Dukuchayeva, Research Support Specialist and CNAL Lab Manager (2020)

15 years

  • Cindy Twardokus, SIPS Assistant to the Director (2019)
  • Tara Reed, SIPS MPS Graduate Field Coordinator (2019)
  • Violet Stone, Extension Support Specialist for the Cornell Small Farms Program (2022)
  • Jason Schiller, Technician in the Moore Program (2021)
  • Jenifer Wightman, Senior Extension Associate working with Peter Woodbury (2021)
  • Peter Hyde, Research Support Specialist in the Setter Lab (2021)
  • Erica Frenay, Online Course Coordinator and Livestock Specialist for the Cornell Small Farms (2020)
  • Lynn Hyatt, Research/Extension Support Specialist (2019)

10 years

  • Leslie Larsen, SIPS Administrative Manager (2021)
  • Leah Cook, Undergraduate Program Coordinator for the Plant Sciences Major (2020)
  • Kirsten Kurtz, Research support specialist and manager of the Cornell Soil Health Lab (2021)
  • Jenn Thomas-Murphy, Extension Support Specialist and communications (2019)
  • Kendra Hutchins, Research Support Specialist and Annual Trials Program Manager (2020)
  • Sara Carpenter, Research Support Specialist and Lab Manager with the Bogdanove Program (2020)
  • Katie Carpenter, Extension Support Specialist II, Director of New York Agriculture in the Classroom (2022)
  • Steve Gabriel, Specialty Mushrooms & Agroforestry Specialist for the Cornell Small Farms Program (2021)
  • Francisco Agosto-Perez, Applications Programmer, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Breeding and Genetics (2021)
  • Gregory Inzina, Technician working in the Mazourek Program (2019)
  • Sean Moriarty, Technician working with NYSIP (2019)

5 years

  • Michele Blackmore, SIPS chair’s assistant (2021)
  • Josh Balles, SIPS graduate Field Coordinator (2022)
  • David Zakalik, Technician in the Peck program (2021)
  • Carl Schimenti, Extenson Support Specialist, Cornell Turfgrass Program (2021)
  • Nicole Waters, Beginning Farmer Project Coordinator for the Cornell Small Farms Program (2021)
  • Jesse Chavez, Technician with Julie Hansen and Virginia Moore (2021)
  • Julie Bojanowski, Technician with Martha Mutschler (2021)
  • Bamidaaye Sinon, Technician, Soil Health Lab (2021)
  • Nathan Baker, Technician, Soil Health Lab (2021)
  • Ace Repka, Technician and Lab Manager with Rebecca Nelson  (2022)
  • Nancy Grossman, Program Assistant, Agricultural Education Outreach (2020)
  • Derek Hill, Extension Support Specialist II, Director of New York FFA (2020)
  • Terry Hughes, Extension Support Specialist, Agriculture Education Recruitment and Retention Specialist (2020)
  • Christopher Delong, Technician in Walter De Jong’s research group (2020)
  • Daniel Fisher, Technician working in Margaret Smith’s Lab (2020)
  • Sandra Wayman, Research Support Specialist in Matt Ryan’s program (2020)
  • Amy Fox, SIPS Teaching Support Specialist (2020)

Recent publications from the SIPS community – October 6, 2022

Early detection of the oak wilt fungus (Bretziella fagacearum) using trapped nitidulid beetle vectors.

McLaughlin, K., Snover-Clift, K., Somers, L., Cancelliere, J., and Cole, R. Forest Pathology n/a:e12767.

 The genetic mechanisms underlying the convergent evolution of pollination syndromes in the Neotropical radiation of Costus L.

Valderrama, E., Landis, J. B., Skinner, D., Maas, P. J. M., Maas-van de Kramer, H., André, T., Grunder, N., Sass, C., Pinilla-Vargas, M., Guan, C. J., Phillips, H. R., Almeida, A. M. R. d., and Specht, C. D. 2022. Frontiers in Plant Science 13.

 Innate immunity in fungi: Is regulated cell death involved?

Gaspar, M. L., and Pawlowska, T. E. 2022. PLOS Pathogens 18:e1010460.

The Impact of CO2 Enrichment on Biomass, Carotenoids, Xanthophyll, and Mineral Content of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.).

Holley, J., Mattson, N., Ashenafi, E., and Nyman, M. 2022. Horticulturae 8:820.

Sensory Evaluation of Common Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) in Response to Sodium Chloride Concentration in Hydroponic Nutrient Solution.

Xia, J., Mattson, N., Stelick, A., and Dando, R. 2022. Foods 11:2790.

Divergent Roles of CNGC2 and CNGC4 in the Regulation of Disease Resistance, Plant Growth and Heat Tolerance in Arabidopsis.

Lu, S., Zhu, T., Luo, L., Ouyang, N., Hua, J., and Zou, B. 2022. Agronomy 12:2176.

Comparison of Leaf Shape between a Photinia Hybrid and One of Its Parents.

Zheng, X., Niklas, K. J., Ratkowsky, D. A., Jiao, Y., Ding, H., and Shi, P. 2022.  Plants 11:2370.

Leaf water content contributes to global leaf trait relationships.

Wang, Z., Huang, H., Wang, H., Peñuelas, J., Sardans, J., Niinemets, Ü., Niklas, K. J., Li, Y., Xie, J., and Wright, I. J. 2022. Nature communications 13:5525.

The plasma membrane-localized OsNIP1;2 mediates internal aluminum detoxification in rice.

Wang, Y., Yang, S., Li, C., Hu, T., Hou, S., Bai, Q., Ji, X., Xu, F., Guo, C., Huang, M., Cai, Y., and Liu, J. 2022.  Frontiers in Plant Science 13.

Cornell Assistantship for Horticulture in Africa (CAHA) now accepting North American applicants

Deadline: December 1, 2022 for Fall 2023 admission.

From Marvin Pritts (mpp3@cornell.edu):

We are seeking a student with a Master’s degree from North America to come to Cornell University and conduct Ph.D. thesis research on a horticultural-related issue relevant to sub-Saharan Africa. The work will be carried out partially at a partner institution in sub-Sharan Africa.

Projects related to plant breeding, cultivar selection, stress tolerance, pest management, soil health, post-harvest handling, economic development, value-added, and marketing are examples of the types of work that could be done. Preference will be given to applicants with an African American background. Upon completion of the program, the student will have a Ph.D. and significant international experience.

Funding includes tuition, fees, stipend, travel expenses for student and advisor, and all course work at Cornell University. Limited financial support may be available to help with dissertation research expenses primarily in Africa under the joint supervision of a Cornell-based advisor and an Africa-based advisor. The assistantship will require 15 to 20 hours per week of teaching and/or research responsibilities.

For more information and to apply, visit: Cornell Assistantship for Horticulture in Africa (CAHA) | CALS

Recent publications from the SIPS community – September 29, 2022

Evaluation of Sample Preparation Practices Common with Differential Thermal Analysis of Grapevine Bud Cold Hardiness.

Londo, J. P., Moyer, M. M., Mireles, M., Mills, L., Keller, M., Workmaster, B. A., Atucha, A., and Kovaleski, A. P. 2022. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture:ajev.2022.22010.

The Emerging Role of PP2C Phosphatases in Tomato Immunity.

Sobol, G., Chakraborty, J., Martin, G. B., and Sessa, G. 2022.  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 35:737-747.

Repeated turnovers keep sex chromosomes young in willows.

Wang, D., Li, Y., Li, M., Yang, W., Ma, X., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Feng, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, R., Sanderson, B. J., Keefover-Ring, K., Yin, T., Smart, L. B., DiFazio, S. P., Liu, J., Olson, M., and Ma, T. 2022. Genome Biology 23:200.

Deep semantic segmentation for the quantification of grape foliar diseases in the vineyard.

Liu, E., Gold, K. M., Combs, D., Cadle-Davidson, L., and Jiang, Y. 2022. Frontiers in Plant Science 13.

Resolve the Clear-Sky Continuous Diurnal Cycle of High-Resolution ECOSTRESS Evapotranspiration and Land Surface Temperature.

Wen, J., Fisher, J. B., Parazoo, N. C., Hu, L., Litvak, M. E., and Sun, Y. 2022. Water Resources Research 58:e2022WR032227.

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the tomato fruit transcriptome under prolonged water stress.

Nicolas, P., Shinozaki, Y., Powell, A., Philippe, G., Snyder, S. I., Bao, K., Zheng, Y., Xu, Y., Courtney, L., Vrebalov, J., Casteel, C. L., Mueller, L. A., Fei, Z., Giovannoni, J. J., Rose, J. K. C., and Catalá, C. 2022.  Plant Physiology.

Toxic metal persistence and bioavailability in agricultural soil 40 years after sewage sludge incorporation.

McBride, M. B., and Li, X. 2022.  Journal of Soils and Sediments.

Returns to public investments in clean plant centers: A case study of leafroll virus-tested grapevines in support of cost-effective grape production systems.

Li, J., Troendle, J., Gómez, M. I., Ifft, J., Golino, D., and Fuchs, M. 2022 Journal of Wine Economics:1-16.

Parsimonious genotype by environment interaction covariance models for cassava (Manihot esculenta).

Bakare, M. A., Kayondo, S. I., Aghogho, C. I., Wolfe, M. D., Parkes, E. Y., Kulakow, P., Egesi, C., Jannink, J.-L., and Rabbi, I. Y. 2022. Frontiers in Plant Science 13.

Welcome to our new SIPS Seminar Coordinator Lucille Luce!

head shot of woman in glasses -Magdalen Lindeberg

Please join me in welcoming Lucille (Lou) Luce to the SIPS administrative staff team. Lou started on Monday, September 26 in the position of SIPS Seminar Coordinator. This position provides support for the weekly seminar series sponsored by each of the five sections in the School of Integrative Plant Science and includes travel arrangements, announcements, AV assistance, and coordinating schedules and itineraries.

Lou has worked at Cornell in building care since 2007 for which she received a Bartels Award for Excellence in 2020. She also owns her own bakery business, making wedding cakes, cupcakes, and custom cookies for events. Lou’s current office is in 135C Plant Science – stop by to say hello if you are in the vicinity! Many thanks to Catalina Enright who has continued to cover seminar coordination since becoming the front desk admin for the Plant Science office.

Recent publications from the SIPS community – September 22, 2022

Construction of a high-density bin-map and identification of fruit quality-related quantitative trait loci and functional genes in pear.

Qin, M.-F., Li, L.-T., Singh, J., Sun, M.-Y., Bai, B., Li, S.-W., Ni, J.-P., Zhang, J.-Y., Zhang, X., Wei, W.-L., Zhang, M.-Y., Li, J.-M., Qi, K.-J., Zhang, S.-L., Khan, A., and Wu, J. 2022.  Horticulture Research 9.

Bacterial community dynamics explain carbon mineralization and assimilation in soils of different land-use history.

Barnett, S. E., Youngblut, N. D., and Buckley, D. H.  Environmental Microbiology n/a.

Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation: Trainer’s Manual for the Gender-Responsive Plant Breeding Course.

Mangheni, M. N., Tufan, H. A. 2022.  CABI

The Phloem as an Arena for Plant Pathogens.

Lewis, J. D., Knoblauch, M., and Turgeon, R. 2022. Annual Review of Phytopathology 60:77-96.

Chromosome-scale genome assemblies of wild tomato relatives Solanum habrochaites and Solanum galapagense reveal structural variants associated with stress tolerance and terpene biosynthesis.

Yu, X., Qu, M., Shi, Y., Hao, C., Guo, S., Fei, Z., and Gao, L. 2022. Horticulture Research 9.

Divergent nitrogen and phosphorus allocation strategies in terrestrial plant leaves and fine roots: A global meta-analysis.

Wang, Z., Gong, H., Sardans, J., Zhou, Q., Deng, J., Niklas, K. J., Hu, H., Li, Y., Ma, Z., Mipam, T. D., and Peñuelas, J.  Journal of Ecology n/a.

The fern economics spectrum is unaffected by the environment.

Li, J., Chen, X., Wu, P., Niklas, K. J., Lu, Y., Zhong, Q., Hu, D., Cheng, L., and Cheng, D. Plant, Cell & Environment n/a.

OPDA, more than just a jasmonate precursor.

Jimenez Aleman, G. H., Thirumalaikumar, V. P., Jander, G., Fernie, A. R., and Skirycz, A. 2022.  Phytochemistry:113432.

Recent publications from the SIPS community – September 15, 2022

Evidence of Asexual Overwintering of Melampsora paradoxa and Mapping of Stem Rust Host Resistance in Salix.

Crowell, C. R., Wilkerson, D. G., Smart, L. B., and Smart, C. D. 2022. Plants 11:2385.

Effect of Genotype and Environment on Food-Related Traits of Organic Winter Naked Barleys.

Bunting, J. S., Ross, A. S., Meints, B. M., Hayes, P. M., Kunze, K., and Sorrells, M. E. 2022.  Foods 11:2642.

Challenges to interpreting internal and external factors limiting apple fruit growth, set and abscission.

Lakso, A. N. 2022. Pages 317-328  International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Leuven, Belgium.

Effects of Tertill® Weeding Robot on Weed Abundance and Diversity.

Averill, K. M., Westbrook, A. S., Pineda-Bermudez, L., O’Briant, R. P., DiTommaso, A., and Ryan, M. R. 2022. Agronomy 12:1754.

The CLP and PREP protease systems coordinate maturation and degradation of the chloroplast proteome in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Rowland, E., Kim, J., Friso, G., Poliakov, A., Ponnala, L., Sun, Q., and van Wijk, K. J New Phytologist n/a.

The effects of germination on the composition and functional properties of hemp seed protein isolate.

Liu, M., Childs, M., Loos, M., Taylor, A., Smart, L. B., and Abbaspourrad, A. 2023 Food Hydrocolloids 134:108085.

Prediction of evolutionary constraint by genomic annotations improves functional prioritization of genomic variants in maize.

Ramstein, G. P., and Buckler, E. S. 2022.  Genome Biology 23:183.

Selection pressure on the rhizosphere microbiome can alter nitrogen use efficiency and seed yield in Brassica rapa.

Garcia, J., Gannett, M., Wei, L., Cheng, L., Hu, S., Sparks, J., Giovannoni, J., and Kao-Kniffin, J. 2022.  Communications Biology 5:959.

Dynamic genome evolution in a model fern.

Marchant, D. B., Chen, G., Cai, S., Chen, F., Schafran, P., Jenkins, J., Shu, S., Plott, C., Webber, J., Lovell, J. T., He, G., Sandor, L., Williams, M., Rajasekar, S., Healey, A., Barry, K., Zhang, Y., Sessa, E., Dhakal, R. R., Wolf, P. G., Harkess, A., Li, F.-W., Rössner, C., Becker, A., Gramzow, L., Xue, D., Wu, Y., Tong, T., Wang, Y., Dai, F., Hua, S., Wang, H., Xu, S., Xu, F., Duan, H., Theißen, G., McKain, M. R., Li, Z., McKibben, M. T. W., Barker, M. S., Schmitz, R. J., Stevenson, D. W., Zumajo-Cardona, C., Ambrose, B. A., Leebens-Mack, J. H., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Soltis, P. S., Soltis, D. E., and Chen, Z.-H. 2021.  Nature Plants 8:1038-1051.

Genetics, Breeding, and Genomics of Apple Rootstocks.

Fazio, G. 2021. Pages 105-130 in: The Apple Genome. S. S. Korban, ed. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

Recent publications from the SIPS community – September 8, 2022

Red Rubiscos and opportunities for engineering green plants.

Oh, Z. G., Askey, B., and Gunn, L. H. 2022. Journal of experimental botany.

Distinct ankyrin repeat subdomains control VAPYRIN locations and intracellular accommodation functions during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.

Lindsay, P. L., Ivanov, S., Pumplin, N., Zhang, X., and Harrison, M. J. 2022 Nature communications 13:5228.

Characterization of the Soil Bacterial Community from Selected Boxwood Gardens across the United States.

Li, X., Kong, P., Daughtrey, M., Kosta, K., Schirmer, S., Howle, M., Likins, M., and Hong, C. 2022.  Microorganisms 10:1514.

Response to ‘A well-established fact: Rapid mineralization of organic inputs is an important factor for soil carbon sequestration’ by Angers et al.

Berthelin, J., Laba, M., Lemaire, G., Powlson, D., Tessier, D., Wander, M., and Baveye, P. C. 2022. European Journal of Soil Science 73:e13272.

How well does digital soil mapping represent soil geography? An investigation from the USA.

Rossiter, D. G., Poggio, L., Beaudette, D., & Libohova, Z. 2022. SOIL, 8(2), 559–586.

Among- and within-population variation in morphology, rewards, and scent in a hawkmoth-pollinated plant.

Eisen, K. E., Ma, R., and Raguso, R. A.  American Journal of Botany n/a.

Mining alleles for tar spot complex resistance from CIMMYT’s maize Germplasm Bank.

Willcox, M. C., Burgueño, J. A., Jeffers, D., Rodriguez-Chanona, E., Guadarrama-Espinoza, A., Kehel, Z., Chepetla, D., Shrestha, R., Swarts, K., Buckler, E. S., Hearne, S., and Chen, C. 2022. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6.

Removing systemic barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion: Report of the 2019 Plant Science Research Network workshop “Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences”.

Henkhaus, N. A., Busch, W., Chen, A., Colón-Carmona, A., Cothran, M., Diaz, N., Dundore-Arias, J. P., Gonzales, M., Hadziabdic, D., Hayes, R. A., MacIntosh, G. C., Na, A., Nyamasoka-Magonziwa, B., Pater, D., Peritore-Galve, F. C., Phelps-Durr, T., Rouhier, K., Sickler, D. B., Starnes, J. H., Tyler, Q. R., Valdez-Ward, E., Vega-Sánchez, M. E., Walcott, R. R., Ward, J. K., Wyatt, S. E., Zapata, F., Zemenick, A. T., and Stern, D. B. 2022 Plant Direct 6:e432.

Recent publications from the SIPS community – September 1, 2022

The biochemical and physiological basis for hard cider apple fruit quality.

Karl, A. D., Zakalik, D. L., Cook, B. S., Krishna Kumar, S., and Peck, G. M. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET n/a.

Occurrence and Management of Herbicide Resistance in Annual Vegetable Production Systems in North America.

Boyd, N. S., Moretti, M. L., Sosnoskie, L. M., Singh, V., Kanissery, R., Sharpe, S., Besançon, T., Culpepper, S., Nurse, R., Hatterman-Valenti, H., Mosqueda, E., Robinson, D., Cutulle, M., and Sandhu, R. 2022. Weed Science:1-41.

Dynamics of initial carbon allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce—Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the carbon used for fine-root growth.

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V. P., Hesse, B. D., Hafner, B. D., Gebhardt, T., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N. K., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T. L., Landhäusser, S. M., Lehmann, M. M., Rötzer, T., Pretzsch, H., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., and Grams, T. E. E. Global Change Biology n/a.

Skinny kelp (Saccharina angustissima) provides valuable genetics for the biomass improvement of farmed sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima).

Li, Y., Umanzor, S., Ng, C., Huang, M., Marty-Rivera, M., Bailey, D., Aydlett, M., Jannink, J.-L., Lindell, S., and Yarish, C. 2022. Journal of Applied Phycology.

Climate Change Effects on Pathogen Emergence: Artificial Intelligence to Translate Big Data for Mitigation.

Garrett, K. A., Bebber, D. P., Etherton, B. A., Gold, K. M., Sulá, A. I. P., and Selvaraj, M. G. 2022. Annual Review of Phytopathology 60:357-378.

Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species Prior to Watermelon Domestication.

Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Tusso, S., Przelomska, N. A. S., Wu, S., Ryan, P., Nesbitt, M., Silber, M. V., Preick, M., Fei, Z., Hofreiter, M., Chomicki, G., and Renner, S. S. 2022. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39.

AIG2A and AIG2B limit the activation of salicylic acid-regulated defenses by tryptophan-derived secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis.

Wang, Z., Yang, L., Jander, G., Bhawal, R., Zhang, S., Liu, Z., Oakley, A., and Hua, J. 2022. The Plant Cell.

Assessment of functional relevance of genes associated with local temperature variables in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Jiang, Y., Wang, Z., Du, H., Dong, R., Yuan, Y., and Hua, J.  Plant, Cell & Environment n/a.

Response of hairy galinsoga (Galinsoga quadriradiata) to nitrogen, phosphorus, and competition from lettuce.

DiTommaso, A., Mohler, C. L., and Westbrook, A. S. 2022. Weed Science:1-8.

Genome-wide marker effect heterogeneity is associated with a large effect dormancy locus in winter malting barley.

Rooney, T. E., Kunze, K. H., and Sorrells, M. E.  The Plant Genome n/a:e20247.

Mining alleles for tar spot complex resistance from CIMMYT’s maize Germplasm Bank.

Willcox, M. C., Burgueño, J. A., Jeffers, D., Rodriguez-Chanona, E., Guadarrama-Espinoza, A., Kehel, Z., Chepetla, D., Shrestha, R., Swarts, K., Buckler, E. S., Hearne, S., and Chen, C. 2022. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6.

Removing systemic barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion: Report of the 2019 Plant Science Research Network workshop “Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences”.

Henkhaus, N. A., Busch, W., Chen, A., Colón-Carmona, A., Cothran, M., Diaz, N., Dundore-Arias, J. P., Gonzales, M., Hadziabdic, D., Hayes, R. A., MacIntosh, G. C., Na, A., Nyamasoka-Magonziwa, B., Pater, D., Peritore-Galve, F. C., Phelps-Durr, T., Rouhier, K., Sickler, D. B., Starnes, J. H., Tyler, Q. R., Valdez-Ward, E., Vega-Sánchez, M. E., Walcott, R. R., Ward, J. K., Wyatt, S. E., Zapata, F., Zemenick, A. T., and Stern, D. B. 2022. Plant Direct 6:e432.

Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus accumulation in the phloem inhibits callose and reactive oxygen species.

Bernardini, C., Turner, D., Wang, C., Welker, S., Achor, D., Artiga, Y. A., Turgeon, R., and Levy, A. 2022. Plant Physiology.

Cover crop functional types differentially alter the content and composition of soil organic carbon in particulate and mineral-associated fractions.

Zhang, Z., Kaye, J. P., Bradley, B. A., Amsili, J. P., and Suseela, V. 2022. Global Change Biology 28:5831-5848.*
*SIPS grad student or post-doc with non-SIPS PI

Maureen Hanson receives Innovation Award from the International Society of Photosynthesis Research

head shot in pink shirt-Magdalen Lindeberg

Maureen Hanson, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics and in the School of Integrative Plant Science, is a recipient of the 2022 Innovation Award from the International Society of Photosynthesis Research. Hanson’s research on photosynthesis utilizes synthetic biology methods to introduce CO2-concentrating microcompartments into chloroplasts. She has also worked on engineering of the carbon-fixing enzyme Rubisco in chloroplasts in order to enhance the efficiency of photosynthesis.

The ISPR award was created in recognition of the potential for insights from photosynthesis to contribute to progress in fields ranging from solar energy to global climate change and to encourage ISPR members to explore innovative practical applications of their results. The Award recognizes outstanding achievements in the transfer of photosynthesis research to the benefit of society at large, enhancing the visibility of the discipline in the process. It is accompanied by a small gratuity, sponsored by LI-COR Biosciences. Martin Parry of Lancaster University was a co-recipient of this year’s award.

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