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Posted on March 5, 2024
Congrats to Megan for an awesome PhD defense!
Megan Dixon successfully defended her thesis, Impacts of Xanthomonas foliar disease on the fate and biology of Salmonella enterica last Thursday, Feb 29. Throughout Megan’s doctoral […]
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Posted on October 12, 2023
Targeting young minds
Megan and Vicky’s review article, The “friends” that help dangerous bacteria get into your salad, was published today. This unique collaboration came out of their […]
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Posted on September 28, 2023
Megan’s research highlighted
A meeting review article for Phyllosphere 2022 was just published in Phytobiomes. Megan’s research on the ability of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas gardneri to induce water soaking […]
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Posted on August 4, 2023
Leaf Lesion Detector – PUBLIC
We’re proud to announce that in collaboration with the Data Science Institute, we’ve created an automated application to identify and enumerate the diseased area of […]
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Posted on April 25, 2023
Megan wins TWO awards
Megan is the 2023 recipient of the Schreiber Foods Graduate Student Scholarship. This scholarship is the result of a generous donation by Schreiber Foods to […]
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Megan’s abstract chosen for ASM-Microbe 2023 talk
Megan Dixon’s abstract, Salmonella enterica Access to the Leaf Apoplast Controlled by Plant Disease-Mediated Changes and Abiotic Factors, was chosen for a talk at ASM-Microbe 2023. Megan’s […]
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Posted on December 13, 2022
AEM picks Megan’s paper for “article of significant interest”
Hooray for Megan! The American Society for Microbiology’s Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal picked Megan’s latest paper as an Article of Significant Interest They report that Plant […]
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Posted on November 17, 2022
Vicky earns WI Initiative for Science Literacy Award
We are proud of Vicky’s contribution to help communicate science to non-science audiences. Checkout this chapter from her thesis, Characterizing insect feeding behaviors which influence epiphytic […]
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Posted on November 1, 2022
Plants get diarrhea too!
The Barak Lab is hosting Friday@4! Come and join the discussion. Win prizes!! Plants get diarrhea too!?! Why: Science communication is important Where: Russell Labs, […]
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Posted on October 31, 2022
Megan’s paper is accepted
Congratulations to Megan! Her paper, Xanthomonas Infection Transforms the Apoplast into an Accessible and Habitable Niche for Salmonella enterica, has been accepted in Applied Environmental Microbiology. This […]