Nealon: Hop Legend

Nealon: Hop Legend

Sean Nealon (@seannealon) profiles Dr. Al Haunold, a pioneering researcher and breeder of hop varieties that are now widely used in the craft beer industry. The profile in The Oregon Stater (page 64), a magazine of Oregon State University, discusses Haunold’s legacy...
Bernhardt: Fungus Fights Invasive Plants

Bernhardt: Fungus Fights Invasive Plants

Carolyn Bernhardt (@CarolBernie11) writes for the University of Minnesota about a project to investigate whether rust fungi can successfully manage two major invasive plant species that came to the state from Europe: glossy buckthorn and reed canarygrass. While some...

Roach: Green Research

The holidays are a chance to catch up on the year’s stack of magazines and newsletters. A gem from John Roach appears in a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin from 2012. John visits the labs and greenhouses of University of Washington researcher Keiko Torii, who...