Dr. Hailing Jin from the department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology is the principal investigator for a $4M NIFA-USDA grant to study huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening disease. Co-principal investigators from the Microbiology and Plant Pathology department include Dr. Georgios Vidalakis, along with other UCR faculty members and researchers from UC Davis, the University...

Plant Pathology graduate students Derreck Carter-House and Lindsey Pedroncelli completed a rigorous and competitive Certificate program and earned official Science to Policy (S2P) Certificates from UCR. Both were also presented with training certificates from the California State Assembly by the office of Assemblyman Jose Medina. See more here at the Science to Policy Website. The...