Yoshitaka, Jin, Ru, and Shota gave presentations in 12th Japan-US Seminar in Plant Pathology at Cornell University.

Yoshitaka Takano: Host specificity and effector in Colletotrichum fungi (invited).

Chujia Jin, Yoshihiro Inoue, Suthitar Singkaravanit-Ogawa, Akihito Kano, Anthony P. Keinath, Akira Abe, Ryohei Terauchi, and Yoshitaka Takano: Identification of a watermelon resistance gene against Colletotrichum orbiculare by bulked segregant analysis and gene transfer to cucumber (selected for oral presentation).

Ru Zhang, Yoshihiro Inoue, Taiki Ogawa, Akira Mine, Kazuyuki Mise, Yoshitaka Takano: Two homologous transcription factors play critical roles for virulence of Colletotrichum orbiculare on cucurbits via controlling effector expression.

Shota Takata, Kazuyuki Mise, Yoshitaka Takano, Masanori Kaido: Subcellular dynamics of red clover necrotic mosaic virus double-stranded RNAs and movement proteins in infected plant cells (selected for oral presentation).