2025 Fireside Chat with Ruth Dill-Macky

Registrations will open soon for this event.

Current students who are studying science or biomedical science are invited to this fireside chat with 2025 Alumna of the Year Professor Ruth Dill-Macky.

Ruth resided at The Women's College from 1981 to 1983. She is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota. Her research program is recognised for its research on Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab) of wheat and barley. Ruth has also worked on bacterial leaf streak and the cereal rusts.

Ruth’s interests in plant pathology are in the management of diseases through host resistance, cultural control practices, and epidemiology, including understating the factors impacting the accumulation of Fusarium-associated mycotoxins.

The many graduate students she has advised have gone on to establish careers in industry or academia in North and South America, Asia and Africa.

Ruth currently leads the United States Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative. In this role, she provides leadership to a consortium of research scientists, producers, and industry representatives who work to enhance the safety and supply of our food chain by reducing the impact of FHB in cereals.

Please note: As this is an invitation-only event, please check your invitation for the access code or contact The Women's College.

Event summary

Date: Thursday 25 September 2025
Time: 9:00am to 10:00am
Venue: Freda Bage Room, The Women's College
Register by: 10:00am on Monday 22 September 2025

Additional information

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