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Kaki takes home award at the 2026 CFANS Symposium
The Department of Plant Pathology was represented at the 2026 CFANS Symposium by 2 presentations and 3 posters. Pranaya Kaki took home the first-place ribbon for “Abstract of Distinction” for her presentation. Congratulations, Pranaya!
Into the Galleries: How Emerald Ash Borer beetles are changing the microbial communities in Minnesota’s ash trees
Andrew Mann and Blanchette Lab colleagues invested how the microbial communities of Minnesota’s trees are altered by the arrival and presence of invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetles, and how that impacts the trees' health.
Postdoc José Sanchez is discovering how potato-damaging bacteria fare over Minnesota winters
“The particular [Ralstonia] strains that I'm going to be working with in the lab are strains that could threaten food production, especially here in the potato producing areas of the country.”