2016 MPGI Seed Grant Awarded

April 27, 2016
The $50,000 seed grant will work toward identification of gene networks to understand stem rust susceptibility in wheat. 

Hirsch, Figueroa, Meyers

Plant Pathology Assistant Professor Melania Figueroa and co-investigators Cory Hirsch, Plant Pathology Assistant Professor, and Chad Myers, Computer Science and Engineering Associate Professor, were awarded the Microbial and Plant Genome Institute (MPGI) 2016 Seed Grant for their project proposal entitled “Identification of gene networks to understand stem rust susceptibility in wheat.”  Read more