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David Geiser

@ProfessorFungus

Mycologist

 University Park, PA
Joined April 2009
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The Wheat Disease Threatening Asia's Food Supply

The Wheat Disease Threatening Asia's Food Supply

Farmers are struggling to control a deadly fungus that jumped two oceans and now has U.S. scientists on guard.

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Double Pilobolus cannon #MSA17 @MSAStudents
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Another great Fusarium workshop at K-State! #FusariumWorkshop_2017
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Putting our distinguished sabbatical visitor to work cutting carnation leaves. @Fabiteam1 @psuPPEM @Buckhout_Bull
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It's Fusarium keratoplasticum's world, and we're just living in it. Us and endosymbionts: tinyurl.com/guodeyl @surt_lab @betsyarizona
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Reminds me of Life of Brian: "What has (publicly funded science) ever done for (the economy)?" Except the internet, better health care, etc. nitter.cf/paulkrugman/status/811…
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They don't need research, just like they don't need intelligence briefings, because they're, like, smart vox.com/science-and-health/2…
Trump’s budget director pick: “Do we really need government-funded research at all”

Trump’s budget director pick: “Do we really need government-funded research at all”

Mick Mulvaney suggested Zika science is uncertain, so we shouldn’t bother to fund it.

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NSF support for two PhD students in Fusarium systematics at Penn State! preview.tinyurl.com/zfbv3vq #Buckhout_Bull
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BAD Sphaerobolus!
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Aspergillus's great (x10_9) grandparents being parasitized by an evil Hypocrealean. #scoutingformycologyclass
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Few mycorrhizal fungi in fruit but these little guys are unusually abundant. #scoutingformycologyclass
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Fusarium Laboratory Workshop participants getting the job done in Pretoria. @Fabiteam1
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.@danielcroll #openwheatblast report on the origin of wheat blast in Bangladesh sco.lt/8Wfs1J
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First eye checkup with Dr. Robin Dutt @hvostatecollege! So great with kids.
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@masmc2016: MASMC timing might be just right... #masmc2016
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