Title:  "Investigating the cell biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae" If you are unable to attend in person, please email IIGBadmin@ucr.edu for the zoom link. Host: Hailing Jin Abstract: Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast, one of the most serious diseases affecting…

Title: "Mining Small Molecules from Plant-Fungi Interactions" Please email IIGBadmin@ucr.edu for zoom link if you can't attend in person. Host:  Sean Cutler Abstract: Genome-guided mining of natural products from microorganisms can lead to discovery of new bioactive molecules.  In this talk, I will describe…