Archive: January, 2019

By Carl Branch, Conviron Scholar Dr. Shah, currently the head of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association, has been involved in plant sciences and agriculture in a variety of roles all across the country. I've gotten to know him a little bit as a student in a seed science class this fall, and I…

By Shealyn Malone, Conviron Scholar  

By Jen Schmidt, Conviron Scholar Name: Matthew Ross Position:Director, Continuing Education at Longwood Gardens Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Horticulture Science, Master of Science, Horticulture Science I had the opportunity to interview Matthew Ross, the Director of Continuing Education at…

By Ángel Vergara Cruces, Conviron Scholar I interviewed Dr Eloy Caballo Ponce, technician in the phytopathology department at the seed company Rijk Zwaan. During our conversation, we talked about academia, industry and career paths for life science graduates. The first thing I wanted to ask…

Yijuan Han, First author of A Magnaporthe Chitinase Interacts with a Rice Jacalin-related Lectin to Promote Host Colonization Current Position: Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanology, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China. Education: PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fujian Agriculture…

Elsa Matthus, first author of Phosphate starvation alters abiotic stress-induced cytosolic free calcium increases in Arabidopsis roots Current Position: PhD student, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge (UK) Education: University of Bayreuth, group of Stephan Clemens (B.Sc.), University of Bonn,…

Junsik Choi, first author of Loss of CRWN nuclear proteins induces cell death and salicylic acid defense signaling Current Position: Ph.D. student in Section of Plant Biology at Cornell University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University (expected May 2019);…

Charles Paul “Max” Moehs, first author of Development of reduced gluten wheat enabled by determination of the genetic basis of lys3a barley Current Position: Independent Consultant Education: PhD Genetics North Carolina State University Non-scientific Interests: Trail running, rock climbing,…