The Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology offers both undergraduate and graduate programs leading to rewarding careers in plant pathology and environmental microbiology. Graduate students may specialize in such areas as plant microbiology, genomics, disease management, microbial ecology, and molecular plant-microbe interactions.

Our undergraduate program offers a degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences (BESC) that trains students for careers in the environmental, consulting, and governmental areas of microbiology. You are invited to browse our website and learn more about our educational, research, and outreach programs.

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On October 8, Allison Tally from Syngenta will be speaking about "Discovery, Development & Biological Evaluation of Crop Protection Products". You can download the entire seminar schedule here.

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Dr. Libo Shan will be joining the faculty of the department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology as an Assistant Professor in January 2009. She comes to us from the Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Shan will focus on resistance mechanisms in plants with emphasis on bacterial-plant interactions and will be located in the Borlaug Center.

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On October 15, Dr. Brian Shaw will be speaking about "Breaking the Mold: A Mechanistic Reduction of Cell Shape in Filamentous Fungi". You can download the entire seminar schedule here.

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