Robyn Roberts

Some positive news despite the pandemic... I'm excited to announce I'll be joining the Agricultural Biology dept at Colorado State University as an Assistant Professor, starting in August!

The next edition of the disease newsletter is now available.

Common root rot found in Burlington, CO, along with heavy hail damage. The disease is caused by a fungus that favors dry, hot weather. Photo and report by Ron Meyer @csuextension). @coloradowheat

Viruses are showing up in wheat in Colorado. Read about it in my latest wheat disease newsletter.

@ADSteinbrenner @UWBiology @ADSteinbrenner I got the PGC-Flex when I started. Feel free to send me an email if you want info!

Plant folks: does anyone have experience with newer (~2017-present) Convirons? PGC-Flex reach-in / PGW40 walk-in We @UWBiology are hoping to compare a few notes. Thanks!

So happy to see my postdoc advisor elected to the National Academy of Sciences!

@renee_rioux Congrats on your new position! Looking forward to hearing about the next phase of your career.

We're starting an Ag Data Science program for undergrads and are looking for an assistant or associate prof to lead this effort - jobs.colostate.edu/postings/101926

@Audrey_Kalil At least the kids will stay busy for a while! 😁

@Gaines_ToddA Gotta make science look as dramatic as possible, right? 😉

@RobynRobertsPhD Any time! It looks much more dramatic in that photo!

First (small batch) protein purification for the lab! Not the prettiest set up but it should work. Now time for quantification and visualization!

@ablubaugh84 @Lubbers_Ag @WestBredWheat @ablubaugh84 have you had these tested? Do they carry any WSMV resistance? Last year we got many TriMV positive samples, with little WSMV. TriMV may be becoming a bigger issue. Please email me if you're interested in testing. Robyn.Roberts@colostate.edu

@1DEcook @KSUPlantDr @Jun91487218 @MoranSCU @veer119 @MishDivya @SandeepMarla @KennellyMegan Congrats David!! Such exciting news!

Very excited to have received #tenure @KSUPlantDr! My labs success is b/c of the great students and postdocs Ive gotten to work with, thank you @Jun91487218 @MoranSCU @veer119 @MishDivya @SandeepMarla. Thank you @KennellyMegan and all my dept. colleagues for the support :)

@JimBradeen @ColoradoStateU @CSUSpur @CSUSystem @CSUPueblo @CSUGlobal We are so excited for you to join CSU and our department! It's a really cool new campus with the land grant mission so closely connected, and I am excited to see the impacts on Colorado and the community. Welcome aboard!

@HaltermanLab Love it!! 😁

I came up with names and labels for some of my home brews. 😉🤓

@dgutierrezcas giving his first in-person talk to our Plant Supergroup on the CSU campus today. He has made some great research progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms behind bacterial leaf streak disease in wheat!

We have a new review out that covers genomic structural variation and its impacts on plant immunity in tomato. doi.org/10.1186/s43897…

@KevinCope18 @ScienceWriters @base_paired

Hey, @ScienceWriters. Could you please help me find a few Plant Scientists who are employed as professional science communicators? I am seeking such a person to serve on a career panel I am co-organizing at the #PlantBiology22 Worldwide Summit.

Open position in bioinformatics aimed at understanding molecular mechanisms of virulence/avirulence in cereal rust fungi. For info see: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/345366

A fun part of in-person meetings is seeing all my science colleagues, including my former undergrad @MihelichNicole. She's graduating with a PhD in Plant Breeding soon and looking for jobs. Highly recommend hiring her- she's an excellent scientist!