Field trip for powdery scab galls (2020)
Tanaka Lab
August 21, 2020 – Jeremy, Lauren, Natalia, and Sorour went to a field to collect powdery scab galls. Thank you all for volunteering! You guys are great gall hunters!!! » More …
Department of Plant Pathology
Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory
Matt Marcec presented a ePoster at the Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit
Tanaka Lab
July 27-31, 2020 – Matt Marcec gave a virtual poster presentation entitled “Calcium and ROS signaling in plant innate immune responses” at the Plant Biology 2020. » More …
Tanaka quoted in a feature article in Spudman magazine
Tanaka LabTanaka’s potato research by NSF-NIFA PBI highlighted in the WSU News
Tanaka LabMay 7, 2020 – Kiwamu Tanaka with Hanu Pappu and Stephen Ficklin won a research grant from the NSF-NIFA PBI program. » More …
RPA assays developed for the powdery scab pathogen and PMTV published in AJPR
Tanaka Lab
November 29, 2019 – Our article entitled “Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) for the Rapid Isothermal Detection of Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea and Potato Mop-Top Virus” was published in American Journal of Potato Research. » More …
Congratulations to Edith Orozco on successfully defending her Master’s thesis
Tanaka Lab
PI Tanaka received WSU Pacesetter Award 2019
Tanaka Lab
October 24, 2019 – PI Tanaka received the Pacesetter Award from the WSU Office of Research for the work he’s done since being hired as a new faculty member in 2014. » More …
Our article about FlgII-28-induced defense responses in potato was published in MPMI
Tanaka Lab
October 23, 2019 – Our article entitled “FlgII-28 is a Major Flagellin-Derived Defense Elicitor in Potato” was published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. » More …
Moroz presented at WSU Molecular Plant Sciences Hatch Umbrella Retreat
Tanaka LabOctober 4, 2019 – Natalia Moroz gave a oral presentation entitled “DAMPs dampen potato disease” at the WSU Molecular Plant Sciences Hatch Umbrella Retreat. » More …
Our short communication published in Plant Signaling & Behavior
Tanaka Lab
August 26, 2019 – Our short communication article entitled “Transcriptomic perspective on extracellular ATP signaling: a few curious trifles” was published in Plant Signaling & Behavior. » More …