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BSPP News Autumn 2000 - Online Edition

The Newsletter of the British Society for Plant Pathology
Number 37, Autumn 2000 

New Members of BSPP

We warmly welcome the following new members, who have recently joined BSPP.

Dr Anna Avrova, of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, whose interests include the molecular biology of Erwinia and Phytophthora.

Miss Joanne E Ayriss, a postgraduate student at IACR Long Ashton

Mr Ralph Bickerdike, a postgraduate student from the Gatty Marine Laboratory in St. Andrews, whose interests include pathogens of marine algae.

Dr David Chilton, a bursary award winner at IACR Rothamsted

Dr Danny W Cullen, of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, whose interests include molecular diagnostics for bacterial and fungal  potato pathogens.

Mr John E Dawaher, a postgraduate student at SAC, Aberdeen.

Prof H-W Dehne, of the Institut fuer Pflanzenkrankheiten, at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Dr Mark Dixon, of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Mrs Diana M Earnshaw, a postgraduate student at UCNW, Bangor.

Miss Sonia Gomez, a postgraduate student at CABI Bioscience

Miss Jocelyn Greenhouse, a postgraduate student at the University of Bangor.

Mr Ian Haigh, a postgraduate student at Harper Adams College.

Dr Peter Hedley, from SCRI, whose interests include the molecular biology of resistance in fungal pathogens.

Ingo Hein, a postgraduate student at SCRI, whose interests include the molecular biology of cereal fungal pathogens.

Miss Sarah Holcroft, a postgraduate student at HRI Wellesbourne.

Miss Maria Holeva, a postgraduate student at SCRI, whose interests include the molecular biology of bacterial pathogens of potato.

Ms Lizbeth J Hyman, of SCRI, whose interests include molecular diagnostics for bacterial soft rots.

Dr David R Jones, based at CSL, York.

Hadley R Kutcher, a plant pathologist based in Melfort, Canada.

Mr Gavin Lingiah, a postgraduate student based in Glasgow.

Mr Christopher J Loades, a postgraduate student from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Mr Pana Lohasupthawee, a postgraduate student at Kings College, London.

Mr Wayne L Morris, from SRCI, whose interests include the molecular biology of resistance in fungal pathogens.

Dr Kalliopi Papadopoulou, of the NAGREF institute of Kalamata, Greece, whose interests include biocontrol of fungal pathogens.

Melodie L Putnam, of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department at the Oregon State University, USA.

Carla Schoonus, of De Ruiter Seeds, The Netherlands.

Miss Laura M Simpson, a postgraduate student from the University of Edinburgh.

Mr Nikos Skandalis, a postgraduate student at Wye College.

Dr Pieter van de Graaf, of SCRI, whose interests include the molecular biology and epidemiology of Spongospora in potato.

Dr Stephen Whisson of SCRI, whose interests include the molecular genetics of Phytophthora.

Dr Kevin Williams, from SARDI, Adelaide, Australia.

Dr Mary Woodhead from SCRI, whose interests include powdery mildew in cereals and soft fruit.

We would also like to welcome the Senior Editors and Editorial Board of Molecular Plant Pathology. Some  are long-standing members of BSPP, whilst others are new members of the Society.
 
Editor-In-Chief
Dr. Gary Foster
University of Bristol
Senior Editors
Ulla Bonas
Martin-Luther University, Germany
John Draper
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Jean Greenberg
University of Chicago, USA
Sarah Gurr
University of Oxford
Eric Holub
Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne
Andrew  O. Jackson
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Andrew J. Maule
John Innes Centre, Norwich
Richard Oliver
Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark
John Ryals
Paradigm Genetics, Research Triangle Park, USA
Editorial Board Members
Caitilyn Allen
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Matthieu Arlat
INRA/CNRS, France
David Baulcombe
Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich
Margaret  Boulton
John Innes Centre, Norwich
James Brown
John Innes Centre, Norwich
John P. Carr
University of Cambridge
Vitaly Citovsky
SUNY,  USA
Mark Coleman
University of East Anglia, Norwich
William O. Dawson
University of Florida, USA
Ralph A. Dean
Clemson University, USA
Bob Dietrich
Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., Research Triangle Park, USA
Bryce W. Falk
University of California Davis, USA
Claude Fauquet
TSRI, California, USA
John Gatehouse
University of Durham
Murray Grant
Wye College
Jon  Green
University of Birmingham
Dennis Gross
University of Washington, USA
David Guttman
University of Chicago, USA
Jacques Hille
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Regine Kahmann
Institut fuer Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Germany
C. Cheng Kao
Indiana University, USA
Dan Klessig
Waksman Institute, Rutgers University,  USA
Karl-Heinz Kogel
Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Germany
Barbara Kunkel
Washington University, USA
Steven A. Lommel
North Carolina State University, USA
John Lucas
IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol
John M. Manners
University of Queensland, Australia
John W Mansfield
Wye College
John M. McDowell
University of North Carolina, USA
Joel J. Milner
Glasgow University
Luis Mur
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Richard S. Nelson
The Noble Foundation, USA
Donald L. Nuss
University of Maryland, USA
Neil Olszewski
University of Minnesota, USA
Jane Parker
Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich
Ian T.D. Petty
North Carolina State University, USA
Laurence Rahme
Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Dominique Roby
UMR CNRS/INRA, France
D’Ann M. Rochon
Agriculture & Agricultural-Foods Canada, Canada
John Salmeron
Novartis Biotechnology, Inc, Research Triangle Park, USA
George Salmond
University of Cambridge
Julie Scholes
University of Sheffield
Imre E. Somssich
Max-Planck-Institut f. Zuechtungsforschung, Germany
Paul Tudzynski
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Germany
John G. Turner
University of East Anglia, Norwich
Scott Uknes
Paradigm Genetics, Research Triangle Park, USA
James L. Van Etten
University of Nebraska, USA
Jan A.L. Van Kan
Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
Yuichiro Watanabe
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Japan
Peter Waterhouse
CSIRO-Plant Industry, Australia.
T. Michael A. Wilson
Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne