The Taskforce on Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Programs was given the mission to examine interdisciplinary graduate education programs at a range of institutions around the US, and to identify successful models that could inform the revitalization of interdisciplinary graduate education at Oregon State University. The taskforce examined programs at 29 universities...
Modulation of gene expression through RNA interference is well conserved in eukaryotes and is involved in many cellular processes. In the oomycete Phytophthora, research on the small RNA machinery and function has started to reveal potential roles in the pathogen, but much is still unknown. We examined Argonaute (AGO) homologs...