Becky Spanner

@UMNews Plant Pathology Becky Spanner and @USDA ARS Fargo Alyssa Flobinus at #2025ISMPMI

Dave Hodson has spent his career protecting the world’s wheat. Today, he received the 2025 Norman Borlaug Award for Outstanding Service to the Global Wheat Community — recognizing his leadership in rust surveillance and forecasting. #ICRPMC2025

Join our Expert Working Group for the #Wheat Pathogens #webinar! “Further Dissecting Genetics of Virulence in Wheat Tan Spot Pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis” with Liu Zhaohui Have a look here! 👇👇👇 wheatinitiative.org/new-events @karchuntan @ReemWheat

The Wheat Initiative has news to share! Our Phenotyping Expert Working Group has not only organised a Wheat Field Demo Day, they also can give travel awards to Early Career researchers and PhD students! Look here!!! wheatinitiative.org/new-events/whe… and here: wheatinitiative.org/phenotyping-fi…

🛣️New Review on genomics research on the road of studying biology and virulence of cereal rust fungi: bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Circadian clock is critical for fungal pathogenesis by regulating zinc starvation response and secondary metabolism #F7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Higher field disease incidence and severity of cercospora leaf spot in table beet in infested vs. non-infested seed: doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-1…

Be careful when handling your salmon in public!

I can’t believe I won 😭 for every child in / leaving care / on a council estate / neurodivergent who believes they can’t achieve their dreams - this one is for you. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion of the Year 🏆 @lawyerswhocare_ #CareLeaversCan #AndWill

Quote from UMN professor Jim Anderson: “There’s really no equivalent work being done in the private sector, So what we lost with the firings of these positions and what they were doing is irreplaceable, especially that service component.” mprnews.org/story/2025/02/…

Absolutely in shock. After looking at the federal spending breakdown, this fraction of a percent saved by wiping out probationary employees from the payroll seems completely unjustifiable and will generate far more problems than it will solve. Just cruelty.

👩‍🔬💥 Strong Women, Strong Science 💥👩‍🔬 This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we honor the trailblazing women driving breakthroughs in genomics. 🌍🧬 🎥 Watch @CharlotteRambla, @LauraC_Mathieu, @sunying12 here: youtu.be/S9AO_pol7Ec #WomenInGenomics

Genetics and genomics in Blumeria Avr gene cloning. I guess this is cool: Avirulence depletion assay: combining R gene-mediated selection with bulk sequencing for rapid avirulence gene identification in wheat powdery mildew biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New preprint! I always wondered: How much diversity do pathogens have within a single field? This important to assess the risk of resistance breakdown or spread of fungicide resistance . Together with colleagues from BASF we looked into this. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Applications close soon for our @NRPBIODTP PhD projects - Oct 2025 entry 🔬🌱 ⏰ 25 November 2024 ➡️ biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/project-for-20… @PhilippaBorrill @YiliangDing @MattHutchings10 @Tung_BK_Le @Saunders_Lab @ChrisMorgan555 @SusanSchlimpert @AndyTruman4 @WebsterMichael0 @barriewilksjic

Minnesota can be cold, but we protect the rights of all people. My lab is hiring at all levels for folks interested in Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, and Drug Resistance. We welcome computational and experimental researchers from diverse backgrounds. Please email me and retweet!

Please join us tomorrow for our next IBH Seminar! 🔊 Brian Steffenson and Ahmad Sallam @sall0029 @UMNPlantPath. 📜 Genetics of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Barley 📆 Thursday 17th October, 15:00 (BST) eventbrite.co.uk/e/ibh-seminar-…

🔬Passionate about molecular biology & plant pathogens? We're recruiting a Molecular Plant Pathologist (Senior Technician) at Niab, Cambridge! Permanent position to help us unravel how🌾wheat pathogens evolve, and protect crops. Apply by 6 Nov 2024 niab.com/niab_job_info/…

I’m thrilled to be nominated for the @WDLAwards as Woman of the Year and DE&I Champion of the Year AND @lawyerswhocare_ has been nominated as Non Profit Org of the year!🥹 To think at 16 when I was kicked out of care, I wanted to give up. This is a sign. Never give up❤️

Looking for fabulous talent for wheat research! If you’re interested in a 5-year post doctoral position with us and have skills in plant breeding, bioinformatics and molecular biology apply using the link below jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/VM/Application… Please retweet!