Roper Lab @ UC Riverside

Plant pathologists honored by international society insideucr.ucr.edu/awards/2020/09…

I won the Art in Phytopathology contest with my "citrus pandemic" submission!, great way to start PlantHealth2020 @plantdisease #IYPH2020 #PlantHealth2020 #SciArt

Congrats to my labmate @Botanichole for another chapter of her thesis work being published! Awesome paper from awesome people! @RoperLabUCR apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PB…

New publication from our research group on citrus HLB and #USDA funded project. @Botanichole @RoperLabUCR; 'Disease-induced microbial shifts in citrus indicate microbiome-derived responses to Huanglongbing across the disease severity spectrum' apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PB…

@Botanichole successfully defended her thesis this afternoon! Congratulations Dr. Ginnan! We are proud of you.

Congratulations to our lab member Chris Drozd @microbe_manager for receiving honorable mention on his @NSFGRFP application! We are proud of you 😀

Congratulations to our lab members Biagio DiSalvo for winning UCR Grad Slam's Audience Choice and Daniel White for winning best poster!! @UCRGradSuccess #GradSlam #UCRGradSlam

Roper lab members @microbe_manager and @BiofilmClaudia presented their PhD research today during the UCR Plant Pathology student seminar! #HLB #Xylella

Great day at #citrusday2020 yesterday! Awesome talks from @UCANRBethGC, @moniquejrivera , @RoperLabUCR and others!! Great to learn about (and taste) what's new in Citrus!! @UCRCNAS @UCRiverside @UCR_ScienceNews

Roper lab member Biagio DiSalvo presented his research today during the UCR plant pathology seminar!

Congratulations to Roper lab member @Botanichole for winning the Peter and Pamela Tsao Endowed Graduate Student Award! We're proud of you, Nichole!

Are you interested in the @UCRCNAS plant pathology graduate program? Contact us or @BiofilmClaudia for more information!

@LindseyBurbank @ABRCMS Hopefully we can recruit more amazing students like you!

Saw this at the UCR recruitment booth at @ABRCMS. I know those people! @RoperLabUCR

Microbe that is ravaging Europe’s plants is traced to its birthplace nature.com/articles/d4158… Happy and proud to see our AEM paper highlighted on Nature!!. A collaborative effort of several Institutions and financed by @controlxf @XF-ACTORS @AceitesOlivaES

Seed collection means fresh squeezed orange juice!! @RoperLabUCR #science #citrus #smellsamazing

Today we celebrated Brian's PhD defense! Congratulations Dr. Ingel!! Brian investigated the role of Xylella endoglucanases in virulence and grapevine physiological responses that lead to Pierce's Disease!

Roper lab members sharing science! @Botanichole @microbe_manager and Biagio DiSalvo

Check out our lab website! roperlaboratory.weebly.com