In the Media
- Betsy, Ming, Brooke, and Jusvin are featured in the newsletter of the Tucson Botanical Gardens for sampling scents of yucca flowers!
- Betsy is featured in the Arizona Republic in a feature on edible mushrooms and her role with Poison Control
- Betsy and Joseph are featured in the Arizona Republic on the discovery by a UA student of a distinctive mushroom on Mt. Lemmon
- Betsy is named a Fellow of AAAS: UArizona announcement
- UArizona Women in STEM feature including Betsy: Arizona Daily Wildcat
- Research experience for high school students: Tucson news
- Betsy receives the Alexopoulos Prize from the Mycological Society of America: CALS announcement
- Bioblitz in the UA news: Scientists team up with the public to discover biodiversity
- Bioblitz activities: Arizona-Sonora news service
- UA News: High school outreach: High school students find treasure trove
- National Geographic Bioblitz: Endophytic fungi at BioBlitz: experience with the Arnold lab
- Agricultural Experiment Station Report by Susan McGinley: "Detecting fungi"
- Science News article by Susan Milius: "They're all part fungus"
- Nature news and views piece by Keith Clay: "Fungi and the food of the gods"
- The New York Times piece by Carol Yoon: "To the rescue: fungi that invade also protect leaves"
- Science News article by Susan Milius: "Sweet lurkers"
- UA Press Release by Mari Jensen: "Fungus-friendly scientists meeting in Tucson"
- Agricultural Experiment Station Report by Susan McGinley: "Archiving Ecosystems"
Happy news in the lab
Fall 2022-summer 2023
• Congratulations to John for defending his MS!
• Congratulations to Taylor P. for defending her MS!
• Congratulations to Ciara for advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to Neda for being accepted to the Microbial Ecology course at Woods Hole, and for your scholarship awards too!
• Congratulations to Taylor P. for submitting your first manuscript from the lab!
• Congratulations to Victoria - Mentor Travel Awardee at MSA and recipient of the Meredith Blackwell Award for Best Oral Presentation!
• Congratulations on your REU traineeships, Emmett and Taylor C.!
• Congratulations on your REAP/small grants being funded, Ciara and Cody!
• Congratulations to Nicole for being an invited panelist at the 2023 Ecosystem Genomics Convergence Institute!
• Congratulations to Brooke for passing your written comprehensive exam!
• Congratulations to Betsy for completing her role as Immediate Past President of MSA!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being invited to speak in the Elevating Fungaria symposium at MSA!
• Congratulations to our graduating seniors - Cody, Robin, and Chau!
• Welcome new lab members -- Emmett and Ethan!
Spring 2022
• Congratulations to Betsy on being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!
• Welcome to the lab, Shaniya, Chau, Taylor, Ingrid, Adrianna, and David A.!
• Congratulations to Nicole for submitting your first paper from our lab!
• Congratulations to our graduating seniors - Nic, David W., and Jessie!
• Congratulations to Nicole on your PhD defense and your new position in industry!
• Congratulations to Betsy for completing her Presidency of MSA!
Fall 2021
• Congratulations Alison on your PhD defense and your new position at the University of Michigan!
• Congratulations Nicole for receiving an NSF INTERN fellowship in applied plant microbiology!
• Congratulations Robin and Nic for winning the 1st and 2nd place awards for best undergraduate presentations at the RISE symposium!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being named a MSA Fellow and for beginning service as President of the Mycological Society of America!
• Welcome to the lab, Taylor P.! And congratulations on your NSF NRT BRIDGES fellowship!
• Welcome to the lab as a NSF REPS Fellow, Jusvin!
Spring 2021
• Congratulations Nicole for receiving the Interchange Ambassador Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations honorary lab member Victoria on your funding from the Botanical Society of America!
• Congratulations Alison for your recognition for your service to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the UA!
• Congratulations Ming for being recognized as a Difference Maker in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the UA!
• Welcome to the lab, Ciara and Brooke!
Fall 2020
• Congratulations Shuzo on your PhD defense and your new position in industry!
• Congratulations Aasiya on your PhD defense and your new position in STEM education!
• Congratulations Cindy on your MS defense!
• Congratulations Nicole on advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Victoria for advancing to candidacy!
• Welcome to the lab, John, as a new MS student!
Spring 2020
• Congratulations to Liz on your PhD defense and your new position at UT Austin!
• Congratulations Shuzo for being awarded a Graduate Fellowship from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations Alison for being awarded the Emory Simmons award from the Mycological Society of America!
Fall 2019
• Congratulations Ashton for completing your MS, and congrats on your new job with the USDA!
• Congratulations Desirae for completing your MS, and congrats on your new job with the USDA!
• Congratulations Aasiya for advancing to candidacy!
Spring 2019
• Congratulations Alison for having ch1 submitted...and accepted for publication!
• Congratulations Shuzo for advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to Liz for advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to Alison for advancing to candidacy!
Fall 2018
• Congratulations Shuzo for winning the New Phytologist Prize for your poster at the International Symbiosis Society meeting!
• Congratulations Desirae for winning 2nd prize for your poster at the American Indian Science & Engineering Society!
• Congratulations Ashton for winning 1st prize among graduate students for your poster at the RISE Symposium!
• Congratulations to Nathaniel for moving on to an exciting tech position with the awesome Christine Hawkes at NCSU!
Spring 2018
• Congratulations Alison and Nicole for receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!
• Congratulations Liz for receiving a Forest Fungal Ecology award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations Stacey on your NSF grant!
• Congratulations Shuzo for receiving a competitive international scholarship from Japan!
• Congratulations Emma for graduating with a MS! We can't wait to see what's next.
Fall 2017
• Congratulations Yu-Ling on your successful defense!
• Congratulations Justin on your successful defense!
• Congratulations Liz on having your first chapter accepted to AJB!
• Congratulations Haley on receiving an ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
• Welcome to the lab, Halina!
• Welcome Owyn from Vail High School!
• Welcome Ashton and Nicole -- new graduate students!
• Congratulations Shuzo and Nathaniel for great presentations at the GoLife meeting!
Spring 2017
• Congratulations Yu-Ling on your position at the National Museum of Taiwan!
• Congratulations Liz on receiving an ARCS Fellowship for the coming academic year!
• Congratulations to Justin on your new publication in Frontiers!
• Congratulations Nathaniel for receiving an Honors Internship award, and thanks for joining us in Chile!
• Congratulations Haley and her mentor Joe -- Haley received a first-place award for research in the Honors First Year Poster Session!
• Congratulations Joe for being accepted to the OSG User School for computational biology in summer 2017!
• Congratulations Haley and her mentor Joe -- Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the American Society for Microbiology!
• Congratulations Ashton for being accepted to the MS program in Plant Pathology, starting fall 2017!
• Congratulations Emily and her mentor Liz -- Emily was named Intern of the Year by the Vail High School District!
• Congratulations Anyang for your new job in industry. We are thrilled for you. :)
• Congratulations Camilo on your new postdoctoral award!
• Congratulations to our graduating undergrads -- Halina, Emma, Jasmin!
• And big congratulations to lab alum Jana for her new faculty position at the UA. So happy!!
Fall 2016
• Welcome Alison, new PhD student!
• Welcome Joe, new NSF post-doctoral fellow!
• Congratulations Aasiya on your P.E.O. International Award!
• Congratulations Ashton, graduating with a degree in Plant Sciences!
• Congratulations Sarah for completing your MS and starting your new job in industry!
• And big congratulations to lab alumn Naupaka for his new faculty position at San Francisco State. Yay!!
Spring/summer 2016
• Our new projects have begun -- leaf traits with Sunshine Van Bael and GoLife with colleagues at Duke, NC State, Ole Miss, UConn!
• Congratulations to our graduating undergrads -- Jose, Michael, and Nattapol!
• Congratulations Ellen, nominee for Honors Sophomore of the Year!
• Welcome aboard Alicia, botanist extraordinaire for GoLife!
• Congratulations Shuzo for coordinating a fabulous research expedition to Panama for GoLife!
Fall 2015
• Congratulations Justin for receiving a GSPC research grant!
• Congratulations Yu-Ling for passing your comprehensive exams!
• Congratulations Yu-Ling for receiving a GSPC Travel Grant!
• Welcome Shuzo, new PhD student!
• Congratulations Jana -- new job in the awesome Hurwitz lab!
Summer 2015
• Congratulations Yu-Ling on having your first paper from your dissertation accepted for publication!
• Congratulations Justin for receiving a GSPC Travel Grant for the upcoming Botany 2015 meeting!
• Welcome Tahlia and Leila, summer interns from Tucson High Magnet School!
• Welcome Ming, lab manager and senior tech!
• Welcome high school student visitors, touring the lab with the USDA AgDiscovery program!
• Thanks to all in the lab who have helped with SANITY, the research/field outreach program for high schoolers in the Chiricahua Mountains!
• Thanks to all in the lab who have helped with BLAST, the summer molecular ecology/microbiology program for high school students!
• Welcome Felix/Nattapol, from Whitman College, studying endophytes in wild relatives of crop plants!
• Welcome Michael, SNRE undergraduate, studying the oral microbiome of raptors!
• Congratulations Sarah -- best wishes for a wonderful wedding!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Simon Stump -- best wishes for a wonderful wedding and a great start to your postdoc!
• Congratulations to our lab graduates, Chantelle Khambholja, Thomas Gleason, Trevor Mock, and Jorge Ramos!
• Welcome back, Gavin and Margaret, NSF RET fellows -- best wishes for a great research experience in Panama!
• Congratulations Betsy on good news from NSF. :-)
Spring 2015
• Welcome Sarah Araldi, new graduate student!
• Welcome Nick Garber, new postdoc!
• Congratulations to Kayla A. for successfully defending her MS!
• Congratulations to Chantelle for being admitted to veterinary school!
• Welcome Jeiry Toribio and Maryanne Scott, visiting scholars from Mexico and Canada!
• Welcome Neill Prohaska, EEB PhD student from Scott Saleska's group (lab rotation)!
• Congratulations Liz and Luke on the arrival of lovely Alice!
• Welcome Carolina Sarmiento, tropical ecologist and mycologist, visiting from Panama!
• Welcome back Justin! Welcome back Liz!
• Congratulations to Yu-Ling for submitting her first paper!
• Congratulations lab alumnus, Ellen Martinson, on having her 3rd chapter accepted for publication (fig metatranscriptome)!
• Congratulations Betsy on the RAHSS supplement for high school students, to join the lab in summer 2015!
Fall 2014
• Welcome Liz Bowman, new graduate student!
• Congratulations to Naupaka Zimmerman and colleagues on JGI funding!
• Thank you to CALS for helping our lab establish the TRANS-AM project!
• Congratulations to Betsy for receiving the Award for an Outstanding Seminar from the graduate students at Rancho Santa Ana!
• Welcome Paulina Ramos, undergraduate intern from Sinaloa, Mexico!
Summer 2014
• Congratulations Liz Bowman on receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
• Welcome Joao Paulo Toledo, undergraduate intern from Brazil!
• Welcome Gavin Lehr and Margaret Wilch, NSF RET fellows!
Spring 2014
• Congratulations to Justin Shaffer for receiving Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Dustin Sandberg for publishing part of his MS thesis in Microbial Ecology!
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo Ruiz for publishing part of her PhD dissertation in Mycologia!
• Congratulations to Kayla Arendt for being named the School of Plant Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren for her paper in Molecular Ecology Resources!
• Congratulations to Wes MacDonald for being accepted to the UBRP program, and best wishes in your new lab!
• Congratulations to Justin Shaffer for passing his comprehensive exam!
Fall 2013
• Welcome Naupaka ZImmerman, new postdoc, and congratulations on your fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation!
• Welcome Chantelle Khambholja, a new graduate student!
• Congratulations to Kayla Garcia and Lorna Battista for completing their capstone/honors theses!
• Happy sabbatical, Betsy!
Summer 2013
• Congratulations to Kayla Arendt for receiving Best Poster Presentation Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Justin Shaffer for receiving a STRI short-term fellowship!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being appointed as Director of Graduate Studies for the School of Plant Sciences!
Spring 2013
• Welcome Yu-Ling Huang, a new graduate student!
• Congratulations to Dustin Sandberg for completing his MS thesis!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being named an 1885 Distinguished Scholar by the University of Arizona.
• Congratulations to Betsy for receiving the Staff Award for Excellence from the UA Chapter of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
Fall 2012
• Congratulations to Mariana, MJ, and Ellen -- Drs. del Olmo Ruiz, Epps, and Martinson -- and congrats on your postdoc positions!
• Congratulations to Jana, Eric, and Owen on the happy arrival of Simon!
• Welcome Justin Shaffer and Kayla Arendt, new graduate students!
Spring 2012
• Congratulations to Jana on publication of her third chapter in the American Journal of Botany!
• Congratulations to high school researchers Ochana Otto and Wes MacDonald for multiple awards in regional, statewide, and national science fairs!
• Congratulations to Kayla Arendt and Jakob Riddle for admission to graduate school!
• Congratulations to Betsy on being named the 2012 Alexopoulos Prize winner by the Mycological Society of America!
• Congrats to Chan Jung for completing his honors thesis!
• Our new project on tropical seed-associated fungi has begun. Check out tropicalseeds.org for more.
Fall 2011
• Congratulations to Jana -- Dr. U'Ren -- for earning her PhD!
• Welcome Dustin, new graduate student!
Spring 2011
• Our new Dimensions of Biodiversity (DoB) award has begun. Check out www.endobiodiversity.org for more.
• Congratulations to Frankie Orozco for numerous science fair awards at the local, regional, state, and international levels!
• Congratulations to Ochana Otto and Wes MacDonald for second-place awards at the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair!
• Congratulations to Ochana Otto for acceptance to the KEYS program at UA for the summer of 2011.
• Congratulations to Wes for winning Grand Prize in the 2011 home-school science fair!
• Congrats to Dustin for winning 3rd place in the annual Student Poster Session in EEB!
• Congrats to Dustin for admission as a MS student to the PLP/M graduate program, and for his appointment as a Pierson Fellow!
• Welcome to Susan Furr, research technician and outreach assistant!
• Welcome to Christie Moss, assistant with our NIH work!
• Congratulations to Jana and Eric on the arrival of Owen!
• Congratulations to Betsy on being named the 2011 Outstanding Young Mycologist in North America by the International Mycological Association.
Fall 2010
• Congrats to Jana on publication of her second chapter in Microbial Ecology!
• Congrats to MJ for passing prelims!
• Welcome back Mariana!
Spring 2010
• Congratulations to Michele -- Dr. Hoffman -- on her successful Ph.D. defense!
• Congrats to Jana for receiving an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant!
• Congrats to Michele for pulication of her second chapter -- now in press in AEM!
• Congrats to MJ on publication of her first chapter -- now in press in Mycologia!
• Congrats to Jana on submission of her second chapter -- now in review!
• Congrats to Patrick for admission to pharmacy school!
• Congrats to Frankie for winning first place in the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair!
• Bets got tenure. Who would have thunk? :)
Fall 2008-fall 2009
• Congratulations to Michele and Mariana for receiving travel grants from FESIN to attend the 2009 FESIN workshop and MSA meeting!
• Congratulations to Jana for receiving a one-year IGERT fellowship for the 2009-2010 academic year!
• Congrats also to Jana on the publication of her first chapter in Mycological Research!
• Congratulations to Ellen for receiving a STRI predoctoral fellowship!
• Congratulations to Mariana, Ellen, and Jana for passing their prelims!
• Congratulations to MJ for receiving a funding award from Mountain Lake Biological Station!
• Congratulations to our graduates: Doug Mahana and Jamal Alafifi.
• Doug is off to NYU for graduate school; best wishes, Doug!
Summer 2008
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving the Kinnison Scholarship from the Department of Plant Sciences!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren and Mary Jane Epps for receiving Mentor Travel Awards from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren and Michele Hoffman for receiving FESIN Travel Awards!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren for receiving an IGERT fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year!
• Congratulations to Mary Jane Epps for being accepted to the Tropical Plant Systematics course!
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo and Ricardo on Sari's birth! Felicitaciones!
• Congratulations to our recent graduates: Yujin Huh and Dylan Grippi!
• Congratulations to Dylan Grippi on his first publication -- now in press in the Journal of the Arizona Nevada Academy of Sciences!
• Welcome to our summer interns: Alex (JJ) Delgado (Pima College) and Steven Uyeda (Sunnyside High School)!
Spring 2008
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren for receiving the Clark Rogerson Research Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Mary Jane Epps for receiving a Biodiversity Travel Grant from Bio5/CALS!
• Congratulations to Dylan Grippi for admission to the Ph.D. program at Emory!
• Congratulations to Linh Huynh and Yujin Huh for admission to pharmacy school!
• Congratulations to Fabiola Santos R. for admission to the graduate program in Plant Pathology at the UA!
Fall 2007
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for passing her prelims!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for her first paper -- now in press in Mycological Research!
• Congratulations to our recent graduates: Judy Kwan, Linh Huynh, and Alex Laetsch!
Spring 2007
• Congratulations to Dylan Grippi for receiving an undergraduate-grant-in-aid from the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren and Mary Jane Epps for receiving honorable mentions on their NSF Graduate Fellowship applications!
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo Ruiz for being awarded a place in the OTS summer field course in Tropical Plant Systematics ... in Costa Rica!
• Congrats to Mariana as well for a post-course scholarship from OTS!
• Congratulations to intern Cheyenne Weeks-Galindo for being accepted to the research training program supported by the Arizona Biology Network!
• Congratulations to Kiona Brown on receiving second place at the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair!
• Congratulations to Mary Jane Epps for receiving a research grant from Mountain Lake Biological Station!
Fall 2006
• Congratulations to Ben Wilder for being named the 2006 Outstanding Senior in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Eric Janson (Ph.D. student with Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt) for passing his prelims!
• Congratulations to Ben Wilder for completing his undergraduate honors thesis -- and happy graduation!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a one-semester+summer fellowship from the NSF IGERT in Genomics!
Summer 2006
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo Ruiz for receiving a CONACyT fellowship to support her graduate studies at the University of Arizona!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a graduate travel award from the Graduate and Professional Student Council at the UA! This award will support Michele as she presents her work at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society.
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a one-semester fellowship from the NSF IGERT in Genomics!
Spring 2006
• Congratulations, Elan Snitkin! Elan, soon to graduate from Tucson High School, won first place in his division at the Southern Arizona Science and Engineering Fair for his project entitled "Leaves and the fungi with whom they share their lives." Way to go, Elan!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Cara Gibson (Ph.D. student in Entomology with Molly Hunter) for passing her prelims!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Lindsay Higgins (Ph.D. student at the University of Utah with Lissy Coley and Tom Kursar) on receiving a short-term fellowship from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and on receiving the Ernst Mayr award for an outstanding proposal!
Fall 2005
• Congratulations to Ben Wilder for receiving an undergraduate-grant-in-aid from the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a graduate-grant-in-aid from the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Anne Estes (Ph.D. student in EEB with Judie Bronstein and Betsy Pierson) for passing her prelims, and later receiving a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from NSF (Judie Bronstein, PI). Way to go!
• Congratulations to John for defending his MS!
• Congratulations to Taylor P. for defending her MS!
• Congratulations to Ciara for advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to Neda for being accepted to the Microbial Ecology course at Woods Hole, and for your scholarship awards too!
• Congratulations to Taylor P. for submitting your first manuscript from the lab!
• Congratulations to Victoria - Mentor Travel Awardee at MSA and recipient of the Meredith Blackwell Award for Best Oral Presentation!
• Congratulations on your REU traineeships, Emmett and Taylor C.!
• Congratulations on your REAP/small grants being funded, Ciara and Cody!
• Congratulations to Nicole for being an invited panelist at the 2023 Ecosystem Genomics Convergence Institute!
• Congratulations to Brooke for passing your written comprehensive exam!
• Congratulations to Betsy for completing her role as Immediate Past President of MSA!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being invited to speak in the Elevating Fungaria symposium at MSA!
• Congratulations to our graduating seniors - Cody, Robin, and Chau!
• Welcome new lab members -- Emmett and Ethan!
Spring 2022
• Congratulations to Betsy on being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!
• Welcome to the lab, Shaniya, Chau, Taylor, Ingrid, Adrianna, and David A.!
• Congratulations to Nicole for submitting your first paper from our lab!
• Congratulations to our graduating seniors - Nic, David W., and Jessie!
• Congratulations to Nicole on your PhD defense and your new position in industry!
• Congratulations to Betsy for completing her Presidency of MSA!
Fall 2021
• Congratulations Alison on your PhD defense and your new position at the University of Michigan!
• Congratulations Nicole for receiving an NSF INTERN fellowship in applied plant microbiology!
• Congratulations Robin and Nic for winning the 1st and 2nd place awards for best undergraduate presentations at the RISE symposium!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being named a MSA Fellow and for beginning service as President of the Mycological Society of America!
• Welcome to the lab, Taylor P.! And congratulations on your NSF NRT BRIDGES fellowship!
• Welcome to the lab as a NSF REPS Fellow, Jusvin!
Spring 2021
• Congratulations Nicole for receiving the Interchange Ambassador Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations honorary lab member Victoria on your funding from the Botanical Society of America!
• Congratulations Alison for your recognition for your service to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the UA!
• Congratulations Ming for being recognized as a Difference Maker in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the UA!
• Welcome to the lab, Ciara and Brooke!
Fall 2020
• Congratulations Shuzo on your PhD defense and your new position in industry!
• Congratulations Aasiya on your PhD defense and your new position in STEM education!
• Congratulations Cindy on your MS defense!
• Congratulations Nicole on advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Victoria for advancing to candidacy!
• Welcome to the lab, John, as a new MS student!
Spring 2020
• Congratulations to Liz on your PhD defense and your new position at UT Austin!
• Congratulations Shuzo for being awarded a Graduate Fellowship from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations Alison for being awarded the Emory Simmons award from the Mycological Society of America!
Fall 2019
• Congratulations Ashton for completing your MS, and congrats on your new job with the USDA!
• Congratulations Desirae for completing your MS, and congrats on your new job with the USDA!
• Congratulations Aasiya for advancing to candidacy!
Spring 2019
• Congratulations Alison for having ch1 submitted...and accepted for publication!
• Congratulations Shuzo for advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to Liz for advancing to candidacy!
• Congratulations to Alison for advancing to candidacy!
Fall 2018
• Congratulations Shuzo for winning the New Phytologist Prize for your poster at the International Symbiosis Society meeting!
• Congratulations Desirae for winning 2nd prize for your poster at the American Indian Science & Engineering Society!
• Congratulations Ashton for winning 1st prize among graduate students for your poster at the RISE Symposium!
• Congratulations to Nathaniel for moving on to an exciting tech position with the awesome Christine Hawkes at NCSU!
Spring 2018
• Congratulations Alison and Nicole for receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!
• Congratulations Liz for receiving a Forest Fungal Ecology award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations Stacey on your NSF grant!
• Congratulations Shuzo for receiving a competitive international scholarship from Japan!
• Congratulations Emma for graduating with a MS! We can't wait to see what's next.
Fall 2017
• Congratulations Yu-Ling on your successful defense!
• Congratulations Justin on your successful defense!
• Congratulations Liz on having your first chapter accepted to AJB!
• Congratulations Haley on receiving an ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
• Welcome to the lab, Halina!
• Welcome Owyn from Vail High School!
• Welcome Ashton and Nicole -- new graduate students!
• Congratulations Shuzo and Nathaniel for great presentations at the GoLife meeting!
Spring 2017
• Congratulations Yu-Ling on your position at the National Museum of Taiwan!
• Congratulations Liz on receiving an ARCS Fellowship for the coming academic year!
• Congratulations to Justin on your new publication in Frontiers!
• Congratulations Nathaniel for receiving an Honors Internship award, and thanks for joining us in Chile!
• Congratulations Haley and her mentor Joe -- Haley received a first-place award for research in the Honors First Year Poster Session!
• Congratulations Joe for being accepted to the OSG User School for computational biology in summer 2017!
• Congratulations Haley and her mentor Joe -- Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the American Society for Microbiology!
• Congratulations Ashton for being accepted to the MS program in Plant Pathology, starting fall 2017!
• Congratulations Emily and her mentor Liz -- Emily was named Intern of the Year by the Vail High School District!
• Congratulations Anyang for your new job in industry. We are thrilled for you. :)
• Congratulations Camilo on your new postdoctoral award!
• Congratulations to our graduating undergrads -- Halina, Emma, Jasmin!
• And big congratulations to lab alum Jana for her new faculty position at the UA. So happy!!
Fall 2016
• Welcome Alison, new PhD student!
• Welcome Joe, new NSF post-doctoral fellow!
• Congratulations Aasiya on your P.E.O. International Award!
• Congratulations Ashton, graduating with a degree in Plant Sciences!
• Congratulations Sarah for completing your MS and starting your new job in industry!
• And big congratulations to lab alumn Naupaka for his new faculty position at San Francisco State. Yay!!
Spring/summer 2016
• Our new projects have begun -- leaf traits with Sunshine Van Bael and GoLife with colleagues at Duke, NC State, Ole Miss, UConn!
• Congratulations to our graduating undergrads -- Jose, Michael, and Nattapol!
• Congratulations Ellen, nominee for Honors Sophomore of the Year!
• Welcome aboard Alicia, botanist extraordinaire for GoLife!
• Congratulations Shuzo for coordinating a fabulous research expedition to Panama for GoLife!
Fall 2015
• Congratulations Justin for receiving a GSPC research grant!
• Congratulations Yu-Ling for passing your comprehensive exams!
• Congratulations Yu-Ling for receiving a GSPC Travel Grant!
• Welcome Shuzo, new PhD student!
• Congratulations Jana -- new job in the awesome Hurwitz lab!
Summer 2015
• Congratulations Yu-Ling on having your first paper from your dissertation accepted for publication!
• Congratulations Justin for receiving a GSPC Travel Grant for the upcoming Botany 2015 meeting!
• Welcome Tahlia and Leila, summer interns from Tucson High Magnet School!
• Welcome Ming, lab manager and senior tech!
• Welcome high school student visitors, touring the lab with the USDA AgDiscovery program!
• Thanks to all in the lab who have helped with SANITY, the research/field outreach program for high schoolers in the Chiricahua Mountains!
• Thanks to all in the lab who have helped with BLAST, the summer molecular ecology/microbiology program for high school students!
• Welcome Felix/Nattapol, from Whitman College, studying endophytes in wild relatives of crop plants!
• Welcome Michael, SNRE undergraduate, studying the oral microbiome of raptors!
• Congratulations Sarah -- best wishes for a wonderful wedding!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Simon Stump -- best wishes for a wonderful wedding and a great start to your postdoc!
• Congratulations to our lab graduates, Chantelle Khambholja, Thomas Gleason, Trevor Mock, and Jorge Ramos!
• Welcome back, Gavin and Margaret, NSF RET fellows -- best wishes for a great research experience in Panama!
• Congratulations Betsy on good news from NSF. :-)
Spring 2015
• Welcome Sarah Araldi, new graduate student!
• Welcome Nick Garber, new postdoc!
• Congratulations to Kayla A. for successfully defending her MS!
• Congratulations to Chantelle for being admitted to veterinary school!
• Welcome Jeiry Toribio and Maryanne Scott, visiting scholars from Mexico and Canada!
• Welcome Neill Prohaska, EEB PhD student from Scott Saleska's group (lab rotation)!
• Congratulations Liz and Luke on the arrival of lovely Alice!
• Welcome Carolina Sarmiento, tropical ecologist and mycologist, visiting from Panama!
• Welcome back Justin! Welcome back Liz!
• Congratulations to Yu-Ling for submitting her first paper!
• Congratulations lab alumnus, Ellen Martinson, on having her 3rd chapter accepted for publication (fig metatranscriptome)!
• Congratulations Betsy on the RAHSS supplement for high school students, to join the lab in summer 2015!
Fall 2014
• Welcome Liz Bowman, new graduate student!
• Congratulations to Naupaka Zimmerman and colleagues on JGI funding!
• Thank you to CALS for helping our lab establish the TRANS-AM project!
• Congratulations to Betsy for receiving the Award for an Outstanding Seminar from the graduate students at Rancho Santa Ana!
• Welcome Paulina Ramos, undergraduate intern from Sinaloa, Mexico!
Summer 2014
• Congratulations Liz Bowman on receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
• Welcome Joao Paulo Toledo, undergraduate intern from Brazil!
• Welcome Gavin Lehr and Margaret Wilch, NSF RET fellows!
Spring 2014
• Congratulations to Justin Shaffer for receiving Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Dustin Sandberg for publishing part of his MS thesis in Microbial Ecology!
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo Ruiz for publishing part of her PhD dissertation in Mycologia!
• Congratulations to Kayla Arendt for being named the School of Plant Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren for her paper in Molecular Ecology Resources!
• Congratulations to Wes MacDonald for being accepted to the UBRP program, and best wishes in your new lab!
• Congratulations to Justin Shaffer for passing his comprehensive exam!
Fall 2013
• Welcome Naupaka ZImmerman, new postdoc, and congratulations on your fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation!
• Welcome Chantelle Khambholja, a new graduate student!
• Congratulations to Kayla Garcia and Lorna Battista for completing their capstone/honors theses!
• Happy sabbatical, Betsy!
Summer 2013
• Congratulations to Kayla Arendt for receiving Best Poster Presentation Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Justin Shaffer for receiving a STRI short-term fellowship!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being appointed as Director of Graduate Studies for the School of Plant Sciences!
Spring 2013
• Welcome Yu-Ling Huang, a new graduate student!
• Congratulations to Dustin Sandberg for completing his MS thesis!
• Congratulations to Betsy for being named an 1885 Distinguished Scholar by the University of Arizona.
• Congratulations to Betsy for receiving the Staff Award for Excellence from the UA Chapter of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
Fall 2012
• Congratulations to Mariana, MJ, and Ellen -- Drs. del Olmo Ruiz, Epps, and Martinson -- and congrats on your postdoc positions!
• Congratulations to Jana, Eric, and Owen on the happy arrival of Simon!
• Welcome Justin Shaffer and Kayla Arendt, new graduate students!
Spring 2012
• Congratulations to Jana on publication of her third chapter in the American Journal of Botany!
• Congratulations to high school researchers Ochana Otto and Wes MacDonald for multiple awards in regional, statewide, and national science fairs!
• Congratulations to Kayla Arendt and Jakob Riddle for admission to graduate school!
• Congratulations to Betsy on being named the 2012 Alexopoulos Prize winner by the Mycological Society of America!
• Congrats to Chan Jung for completing his honors thesis!
• Our new project on tropical seed-associated fungi has begun. Check out tropicalseeds.org for more.
Fall 2011
• Congratulations to Jana -- Dr. U'Ren -- for earning her PhD!
• Welcome Dustin, new graduate student!
Spring 2011
• Our new Dimensions of Biodiversity (DoB) award has begun. Check out www.endobiodiversity.org for more.
• Congratulations to Frankie Orozco for numerous science fair awards at the local, regional, state, and international levels!
• Congratulations to Ochana Otto and Wes MacDonald for second-place awards at the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair!
• Congratulations to Ochana Otto for acceptance to the KEYS program at UA for the summer of 2011.
• Congratulations to Wes for winning Grand Prize in the 2011 home-school science fair!
• Congrats to Dustin for winning 3rd place in the annual Student Poster Session in EEB!
• Congrats to Dustin for admission as a MS student to the PLP/M graduate program, and for his appointment as a Pierson Fellow!
• Welcome to Susan Furr, research technician and outreach assistant!
• Welcome to Christie Moss, assistant with our NIH work!
• Congratulations to Jana and Eric on the arrival of Owen!
• Congratulations to Betsy on being named the 2011 Outstanding Young Mycologist in North America by the International Mycological Association.
Fall 2010
• Congrats to Jana on publication of her second chapter in Microbial Ecology!
• Congrats to MJ for passing prelims!
• Welcome back Mariana!
Spring 2010
• Congratulations to Michele -- Dr. Hoffman -- on her successful Ph.D. defense!
• Congrats to Jana for receiving an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant!
• Congrats to Michele for pulication of her second chapter -- now in press in AEM!
• Congrats to MJ on publication of her first chapter -- now in press in Mycologia!
• Congrats to Jana on submission of her second chapter -- now in review!
• Congrats to Patrick for admission to pharmacy school!
• Congrats to Frankie for winning first place in the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair!
• Bets got tenure. Who would have thunk? :)
Fall 2008-fall 2009
• Congratulations to Michele and Mariana for receiving travel grants from FESIN to attend the 2009 FESIN workshop and MSA meeting!
• Congratulations to Jana for receiving a one-year IGERT fellowship for the 2009-2010 academic year!
• Congrats also to Jana on the publication of her first chapter in Mycological Research!
• Congratulations to Ellen for receiving a STRI predoctoral fellowship!
• Congratulations to Mariana, Ellen, and Jana for passing their prelims!
• Congratulations to MJ for receiving a funding award from Mountain Lake Biological Station!
• Congratulations to our graduates: Doug Mahana and Jamal Alafifi.
• Doug is off to NYU for graduate school; best wishes, Doug!
Summer 2008
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving the Kinnison Scholarship from the Department of Plant Sciences!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren and Mary Jane Epps for receiving Mentor Travel Awards from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren and Michele Hoffman for receiving FESIN Travel Awards!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren for receiving an IGERT fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year!
• Congratulations to Mary Jane Epps for being accepted to the Tropical Plant Systematics course!
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo and Ricardo on Sari's birth! Felicitaciones!
• Congratulations to our recent graduates: Yujin Huh and Dylan Grippi!
• Congratulations to Dylan Grippi on his first publication -- now in press in the Journal of the Arizona Nevada Academy of Sciences!
• Welcome to our summer interns: Alex (JJ) Delgado (Pima College) and Steven Uyeda (Sunnyside High School)!
Spring 2008
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren for receiving the Clark Rogerson Research Award from the Mycological Society of America!
• Congratulations to Mary Jane Epps for receiving a Biodiversity Travel Grant from Bio5/CALS!
• Congratulations to Dylan Grippi for admission to the Ph.D. program at Emory!
• Congratulations to Linh Huynh and Yujin Huh for admission to pharmacy school!
• Congratulations to Fabiola Santos R. for admission to the graduate program in Plant Pathology at the UA!
Fall 2007
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for passing her prelims!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for her first paper -- now in press in Mycological Research!
• Congratulations to our recent graduates: Judy Kwan, Linh Huynh, and Alex Laetsch!
Spring 2007
• Congratulations to Dylan Grippi for receiving an undergraduate-grant-in-aid from the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science!
• Congratulations to Jana U'Ren and Mary Jane Epps for receiving honorable mentions on their NSF Graduate Fellowship applications!
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo Ruiz for being awarded a place in the OTS summer field course in Tropical Plant Systematics ... in Costa Rica!
• Congrats to Mariana as well for a post-course scholarship from OTS!
• Congratulations to intern Cheyenne Weeks-Galindo for being accepted to the research training program supported by the Arizona Biology Network!
• Congratulations to Kiona Brown on receiving second place at the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair!
• Congratulations to Mary Jane Epps for receiving a research grant from Mountain Lake Biological Station!
Fall 2006
• Congratulations to Ben Wilder for being named the 2006 Outstanding Senior in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Eric Janson (Ph.D. student with Patrick Abbot, Vanderbilt) for passing his prelims!
• Congratulations to Ben Wilder for completing his undergraduate honors thesis -- and happy graduation!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a one-semester+summer fellowship from the NSF IGERT in Genomics!
Summer 2006
• Congratulations to Mariana del Olmo Ruiz for receiving a CONACyT fellowship to support her graduate studies at the University of Arizona!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a graduate travel award from the Graduate and Professional Student Council at the UA! This award will support Michele as she presents her work at the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society.
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a one-semester fellowship from the NSF IGERT in Genomics!
Spring 2006
• Congratulations, Elan Snitkin! Elan, soon to graduate from Tucson High School, won first place in his division at the Southern Arizona Science and Engineering Fair for his project entitled "Leaves and the fungi with whom they share their lives." Way to go, Elan!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Cara Gibson (Ph.D. student in Entomology with Molly Hunter) for passing her prelims!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Lindsay Higgins (Ph.D. student at the University of Utah with Lissy Coley and Tom Kursar) on receiving a short-term fellowship from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and on receiving the Ernst Mayr award for an outstanding proposal!
Fall 2005
• Congratulations to Ben Wilder for receiving an undergraduate-grant-in-aid from the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science!
• Congratulations to Michele Hoffman for receiving a graduate-grant-in-aid from the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science!
• Congratulations to honorary lab member Anne Estes (Ph.D. student in EEB with Judie Bronstein and Betsy Pierson) for passing her prelims, and later receiving a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from NSF (Judie Bronstein, PI). Way to go!