Members of the Jacob’s lab traveled to Clearwater, Florida to attend the Xanthomonas Genomics Conference in June 2022. Jonathan Jacobs, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Marcus Vinicius Merfa, Yesenia Velez-Negron, Nate Heiden, and Taylor Klass gave oral or poster presentations while there. A few of those presentations are highlighted below.
Marcus gave his oral presentation titled: Dialects or languages? Xanthomonas communication across the genus.
In this study, Marcus and the team are assessing the evolution of quorum sensing communication among Xanthomonas spp. and its impact in leaf colonization
Taylor gave her oral presentation titled: Metagenomic Sequencing for Tomato and Pepper Bacterial Spot Diagnostics.
Her presentation focused on her work and lab’s work to develop metagenomic sequencing (MGS) for plant disease diagnostics.
Yesenia gave her oral presentation titled: Visualiztion of Xanthomonas translucens barley host cell targeting by Type III effectors. 
Those who were present at XGC 2022 were happy to be at in-person conferences again, make connections with other researchers, and seeing old friends.
Great job team on all your hardwork!
