May 27, 2025

ilksen Topçu successfully defended her doctoral dissertation. Thanks Dr Julio Bernal, who co-advised her, and committee members, Dr Mike Kolomiets and Dr Sapna Dass.

May 8, 2025

Dr Gayan Abeysinghe won the Kahoot for the end of semester Jargons Championship. We go through a “jargon of the week” for everyday through the semester, and the Kahoot quiz tests the overall knowledge.

April 25, 2025

Graduate students and postdocs of AB lab presented their research to the department.

Dr Antony-Babu was awarded the PLPM Faculty Excellence Award. The award includes a figurative stool (rolling) to signify that the award recognizes a trajectory to grow.

Dr Antony-Babu was awarded the 2025 Dean’s award for his contribution to research in the College of Agriculture and Lifesciences, Texas A&M University

AB lab members Dr Abeysinghe, and Ms Thomas presented posters. Dr Quattrone presented a talk.

Picture: We organized an Idea Cafe to discuss the pedagogical challenges faced in training the future phytomicrobiomes researchers.