Had the pleasure of hosting Dr Giovana Cruppe & @theGRDC visiting fellow Prof Romulo Lollato from KSU at the @theccdm.bsky.social today. Excellent presos on wheat blast and agronomy! 🔥🔥🔥
Getting some B-roll filming done by the @theccdm.bsky.social comms crew for our next sciency press release 😎🤘
More glam shots from @ShotaMorikawa69's PhD graduation evening 🧑🎓. Got a special visit from Silke Jacques, our
@theccdm.bsky.social alumni post doc! 😍 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Proud @theccdm.bsky.social moment! Our PHD student Shota Morikawa earned his stripes! @callumverdonk.bsky.social
February webinar:
Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya @cesaree-mg.bsky.social on Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2026, 16CET/9AM (Calgary) online.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
🌾 Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens will be part of the International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blight in Banff, Canada.
📅 Early Bird and Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31
✍️ Register now: isclb.com/registration
#WheatConnect
@ReemWheat.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social
First webinar of our Pathogens EWG in 2026!
Join Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya to give an online talk titled: Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
“The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage – application to cereals” John CARADUS and Wayne SIMPSON
Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens made this webinar available!
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Did you miss the lates Webinar of our Pathogens EWG? Watch the recording: “The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage – application to cereals” John CARADUS and Wayne SIMPSON 🌾
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
We highly recommend this excellent webinar series created by our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens. A fantastic resource covering key wheat pathogen topics.
👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's free, please share!
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
#WheatConnect #WheatPathogens
And that's a wrap for us in 2025! Our group at the @theccdm.bsky.social wishes you all a merry Xmas and happy New Year! 🎄🎅🎆🥳
The paper submission smile @tony_ancy! 😃
Always been a pleasure to guide @theccdm.bsky.social post-graduate students in closing out a project with the submission of their first manuscript draft for peer review! 😍
Our PhD student @tony_ancy 👩🎓identified evidence of distinct Australian wheat powdery mildew pathotypes and sources of strong resistance against the disease🌾
A @theccdm.bsky.social x @InterGrain1 collab! 🤝
Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint on the domain function and interactors of the effector-regulating transcription factor PnPf2 in Parastagonospora nodorum is live! 😁
Led by Shota Morikawa @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Collabs 👉 @danielcroll.bsky.social @evan-john.bsky.social
Tomorrow, 3 Dec! Join our Wheat Pathogens Expert Working Group for
“The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage.”
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/j...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
#WheatConnect
Tks! Fantastic work there! Plus big congrats on the ETH appointment!
Enjoying a midnight @wheatinitiative.bsky.social webinar on a transposon masterclass👩🔬 while setting up a slow-cook smoked BBQ🍖 for @theccdm.bsky.social work sundowner tomorrow to wind the week down😎
Save the date: 20 Nov 2025 at 17h. Megan McDonald will present: Jumping Genes and Pathogenic Schemes: the diverse roles that transposons play in pathogen evolution.
A must for the pathology community!
Info here: www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/m...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
How is wheat blast expanding into Uruguay? 🌾
Find out in the latest webinar with Paula Silva INIA UY!
“Genomic and Pathogenic Insights into the Range Expansion of Wheat Blast into Uruguay”
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
We are very happt to share the latest recording of the webinar organised by our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens! “Genomic and Pathogenic Insights into the Range Expansion of Wheat Blast into Uruguay” by Paula SILVA
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
@theccdm.bsky.social Student success! @callumverdonk.bsky.social
@callumverdonk.bsky.social
🌾 We are very happy to announce that the Pest and Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring Workshop recordings are now online!
Catch up on all the sessions here: www.wheatinitiative.org/watcha
#WheatConnect #PlantHealth
📅 TOMORRW - 23 Oct: Join Paula Silva (INIA Uruguay) on wheat blast’s genomic spread in Uruguay.
Hosted by Pathogens EWG.
🔗 www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/p...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
WHY USE #YEAST AS A TOOL WHEN YOU'VE GOT STAGO?😁
Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, our collab @theccdm.bsky.social led by @labkatz.bsky.social and Fran Lopez-Ruiz developed Parastagonospora nodorum as a tool to study #fungicideresistance genes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our @theccdm.bsky.social @CurtinEand #advancedscience student @CarliaHerbst turn to present her research on protein-protein interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum 😎. @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Our @CurtinEandA @theccdm.bsky.social #advancedscience student 👨🎓Keshara Thanthrige (right) presenting his research assessment on the development of selectable marker recycling♻️ in a fungal pathogen.
Well done mate! 👏
@ShotaMorikawa69 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Do we need to reassess how disease resistance ratings on crops are determined? 🤔
Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint revealed co-infection of wheat by P. nodorum & P. tritici-repentis breaks down resistance BUT there is a CAVEAT
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Upcoming Webinar 23 October - Join online!
Paula Silva from INIA Uruguay:
Genomic and Pathogenic Insights into the Range Expansion of Wheat Blast in Uruguay.
Hosted by our Pathogens Expert Working Group.
🔗 wheatinitiative.org/new-events/p...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
🚨 Webinar 23 Oct
Join in for a talk by Dr Paula Silva (INIA, Uruguay):
"Genomic and Pathogenic Insights into the Range Expansion of Wheat Blast into Uruguay."
Hosted by our Pathogens EWG
🔗 www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/p...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
