Ann E. Impullitti
University of Minnesota
Department of Plant Pathology
495 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (612) 625-8135
Email: IMPUL001@umn.edu
| 2005 – Present | PhD Candidate, Plant Pathology
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Minnesota | | 2001 – 2003 | M.S. Plant Pathology
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin – Madison
| | 1999-2002 | B.S. Botany
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan
& Study abroad, Monteverde, Costa Rica, Council on International Education Exchange, 2000 |
Research Focus
A single plant may host numerous fungi (beneficial, pathogenic, or neutral). These interactions seem clearly defined in our general biology classes, but in a biological system there exists a gray area in which, these relationships can transition from one type of interaction to another depending on the environment, host, or fungus. As a result, some fungi can infect a plant without causing visible symptoms of disease for an extended period of time (latent infection), and then for some undetermined reason the relationship can become parasitic resulting in a diseased host. A biological example of this type of disease cycle is the interaction of soybean (Glycine max) with the fungal pathogen Phialophora gregata. My research involves studying the colonization of soybean during the pathogens latent and parasitic phases.
Professional Experience
| Current | Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Minnesota,
| | 2007 | Teaching Assistant
Plant, Fungal,
and Algal Diversity and Adaptation
University of
Minnesota.
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| 2006 | Teaching Assistant
Plants Get Sick Too/Plant
Diseases and your Garden 1002/1005
University of
Minnesota.
| | 2004-2005 | Laboratory Assistant
Department of Crop Sciences
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
| | 2001-2003 | Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin – Madison
| | 2000 | Undergraduate research project
Monteverde, Costa Rica
| | 1997-1998 | Biology Technician
United States Geological Survey, Biological Sciences Division
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Awards and Honors
| 2007 | I. Frosheiser Graduate Student Award of Merit | | 2006 | Travel Award Winner for the North Central Division of NCAPS |
Publications
Malvick, D.K. and Impullitti, A.E. 2007. Detection and quantification of Phialophora gregata in soybean and soil samples using a Quantitative real-time PCR assay. Plant Disease 91:736-742 Impullitti, A.E. and Malvick, D.K. 2007. Effect of latent infection by Phialophora gregata on physiology and growth of soybean. Phytopathology 97:S (Abstract) Impullitti, A. E. and Grau, C. R. 2006. Population dynamics of Phialophora gregata in stem residue of a resistant and susceptible soybean cultivar. Plant Disease 90: 759-764 Impullitti, A. E. and Malvick, D. K. 2006. Detection of the soybean pathogens Phialophora gregata and Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines in soil using PCR. Phytopathology 96:S (Abstract) Impullitti, A. E. and Malvick, D.K. 2006. Evaluation of PCR to study colonization of legumes by Phialophora gregata. Phytopathology 96:S (Abstract) Malvick, D. K., Grunden, E., and Impullitti, A. E. 2005. Interactions between Phialophora gregata, the brown stem rot pathogen, and soybean germplasms as determined by quantitative real-time PCR. Phytopathology 95:S64. (Abstract) Kinziger (Impullitti), A. E., and Grau, C. R. 2002. Co-inoculation of subpopulations A and B of Phialophora gregata does not modify symptom expression of soybean. Phytopathology 92:S42. (Abstract) Kurtzweil, N. C., Kinziger, A. E. (Impullitti, A.E.), and Grau, C. R. 2002. Effect of soil pH on symptom development and pathogen reproduction of Phialophora gregata in soybean. Phytopathology 92:S43. (Abstract)
Presentations
Kinziger (Impullitti), A. E. 2003. “Parasitic and saprophytic phases of subpopulations A and B of Phialophora gregata”. M.S. exit seminar. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin – Madison Kinziger (Impullitti), A. E. 2000. “Tropical biology abroad and the Costa Rica study abroad experience”. Invited presentation at Northern Michigan University Kinziger (Impullitti), A. E. 2000. “Effects of microhabitat on fitness and physiological adaptive strategies of Lepanthes comet-halleyi (Orchidaceae)”. Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Committees and Organizations
| 2006-present | Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota Public, Alumni, and Institutional Relations committee | | 2007-2008 | Secretary of the Plant Pathology Graduate Student Organization | | 2006-2007 | Chair of the Plant Pathology Graduate Student Organization | | 2006-2007 | Graduate Student Symposium Committee |
Professional Organizations
| 2005-present | American Phytopathological Society | | 2005-present | North Central American Phytopathological Society |
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