
Bradshaw named interim director of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Alumni Update: Margarita Marroquin-Guzman
Margarita Marroquin-Guzman joined the Seed Growth Technology Center at Bayer Crop Science in Chesterfield, MO, as a Plant Pathology Scientist in June 2020. Margarita developed her expertise in Plant Pathology, working on international agricultural research projects with a wide variety of pathogens and hosts. Her research background includes classical diagnostic and detection methods, cutting-edge molecular techniques to dissect microbe-host interactions, and microbiome characterization using next-generation sequencing and bioinformatic tools.

Department of Plant Pathology Graduates: May 2020
In May 2020, Karen Ferreira da Silva and Thais Egreja received their Ph.D.s in plant pathology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Department of Plant Pathology Graduates: December 2019
In December 2019, Raquel Rocha and Srikanth Kodati received their Ph.D.s in plant pathology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

46 IANR faculty receive promotion, tenure
Lincoln, Neb. —The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure to 101 faculty in 2020. Due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, the spring celebration to honor faculty has been postponed until fall.
Faculty receiving honors are listed below and at 2020 Promotion and Tenure.

Loren Giesler named head of Department of Plant Pathology
Lincoln, Neb. — Loren Giesler has been named head of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, effective Sept. 1, 2018. Giesler is currently a professor and extension plant pathologist within the department.

NextGen VOICES: Resolutions in Science
"In a world where fact checking is at an all-time low and the positive public perception of science is dwindling, scientists must learn to effectively communicate. Plant pathologists are in an ideal position to address this issue—they are centered between farmers, scientists, and the public. This year, it is imperative that our field works toward meaningful and targeted collaboration."
Lauren Massa Segal
Effect of Temperature on Wheat Streak Mosaic Disease Development in Winter Wheat
Everlyne N. Wosula, Satyanarayana Tatineni, Stephen N. Wegulo, and Gary L. Hein
Lsp family proteins regulate antibiotic biosynthesis in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11
Ruping Wang, Huiyong Xu, Yangyang Zhao, Juan Zhang, Gary Y. Yuen, Guoliang Qian, and Fengquan Liu
Wheat streak mosaic virus Coat Protein Deletion Mutants Elicit More Severe Symptoms Than Wild-Type Virus in Multiple Cereal Hosts
Satyanarayana Tatineni, Christian G. Elowsky, and Robert A. Graybosch