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October 2026
Ignacio Maravilla presents "Comparative and quantitative analysis of leaf hydraulic vulnerability in Mediterranean tree crops" at the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference in Long Beach.
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Fall 2026
Two lab members trained at a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory microCT workshop and now help lead the research experience in Plant Physiology.
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2026
Matthijs De Vries, a lab alumnus, is now in a master's program in the Netherlands.
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Summer 2026
Joe Perez completed a summer internship with Dr. Callie Chappell at Stanford University, comparing plant and soil responses in milpa and monoculture plots in a Salinas community garden.
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Summer 2026
Melissa Martinez was selected for a summer research internship at the University of Minnesota.
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Summer 2026
USDA NIFA NextGen interns in the lab presented at the CSUMB UROC Summer Research Symposium. Ralph Trujillo and Jason Morris asked whether romaine lettuce can take a 25 percent nitrogen cut in a commercial field trial. Lydia Mattsson-Boze, Oscar Lopez Rodriguez, Manuel Venancio-Guzman and Javier Blanco Ortega presented work on lettuce biostimulants, pistachio leaf hydraulics, and biochar and compost effects on vine water status.
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Spring 2026
Melissa Martinez, Bella Hartman and Joe Perez presented the physiological differences between younger and older lettuce leaves, an approach to tipburn, at the UC Davis Plant Sciences Symposium and the CSUMB UROC Spring Research Showcase.
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Spring 2026
Joe Perez presented "Hydraulic decline in almond leaves occurs independently of xylem embolism formation" at the CSUMB UROC Spring Research Showcase.
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2025
Joe Perez and Angela Diaz presented the structural and functional responses of lettuce leaves during drought and after rehydration at the California Plant and Soil Conference in Visalia.
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2024
Joe Perez presented "Drought Responses of Almonds: When Does Leaf Embolism Start?" at the Western Society of Crop Science annual meeting.