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I currently teach the following courses in Plant Pathology& Plant-Microbe Biology:

  • PLPA 2015 Mushrooms, Molds, and Molecules.
    Spring. An extra credit option (in partnership with Professor Teresa Pawlowska) for students registered for 2 credit PLPA 2010 'Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds' (offered by Professor Kathie Hodge).  We emphasize the fact that fungi produce myriads of diverse molecules that have beneficial (e.g., antibiotics, immunosuppressants), as well as detrimental (toxins, hallucinogens), effects on organisms around them.
  • PLPA 4380 Filamentous Fungal Genomics and Development.Alternate years, Spring.  3 credits.  Molecular genetic and genomic approaches to the study of fungal biology. Applications of contemporary methodology to genetic dissection of developmental processes, such as pathogenesis and reproduction, are described and experimental data are evaluated. Examples are chosen from investigations of model plant pathogenic fungi such as Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Fusarium graminearum, Magnaporthe oryzae, and Ustilago maydis and from well-known genetic models such as Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa.
  • PLPA 6490 Current Topics in Fungal Biology.
    Spring (with Kathie Hodge). 1 credit. Weekly meeting to discuss current scientific articles on the biology of fungi. Primarily directed at graduate students, but undergraduates, postdocs, staff, and guests who have an interest in fungi are welcome.
  • PLPA 6810 Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology Seminar,
    Fall and spring. 1 credit. Requirement for all Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology majors. S-U grades only.