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Baking a Mycology Syllabus

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Spring of 2019 was my second semester of being a TA (teaching assistant) for the popular Cornell University course PLPPM 2010/2013 Magical Mushrooms and Mischievous Molds. The main course had over 300 (!) students this year and I also taught smaller lab section to 27 students every Friday morning at 10am. Last year (with a […]

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Honey cheesecake tart

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It’s graduation weekend at Cornell. Lots of my friends are graduating this year including my roommate Mike, who has also been my unofficial taste tester for the past two years. Mike just finished a PhD in the plant sciences and one of his projects was on a grain called Kernza which is being touted as […]

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Art in Phytopathology Year 1: A plant pathogen cake

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The American Phytopathological Society hosts a yearly meeting that includes an art contest celebrating the art of phytopathology. There are different categories from nature to humor to arts and crafts showcasing that plant pathogens can sometimes be beautiful (or at least funny) as well as destructive. When I found out about this I decided to […]

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