Jessie Fernandez

Assistant Professor at the University of Florida; Interested in plant-fungal pathogen interactions. Passionate about Ultra Trail Running! Vegan, Nature Lover

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Fun writing this mini-review. https://t.co/zmU41RpLMx

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Check out our new paper on dragon fruit canker!
@micro_rach @ClinicPlant @MicrobioSoc
@UF_MCS
https://t.co/JCnZ52uHiH

[Emerging Pathogens Institute @UF_EPI]

How can a one-millimeter worm help understand how bacteria affect neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's?

Watch the full video to learn how the @360Science Lab from @UF_MCS uses C. elegans to examine how bacteria influence protein stability!

📹🔗: https://t.co/iCgH6r4pUc.

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

@micro_rach

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

What a great meeting #FPS2025 !Congratulations to the organizers, especially to members of the @Cano_Lab and @UFIFAS_IRREC!Thank you to all @UFPlantPath faculty, postdocs, and students for doing a phenomenal job in supporting our society. Thank you to all participants-from different institutions @USDA_ARS @FDACSDPI @UF_MCS @FIU - for providing excellent oral and poster presentations and to attendants for the great engagement with the presenters.

Looking forward to attending the next @FPSFloridaPhyt1 meeting in 2027!

#planthealth #FoodSecurity #PlantHealthDay #Florida

@plantdisease @APS_Tropical @ippcnews @UFCALS @UF_IFAS @UFTropical @USDA_NIFA @IFAS_Extension @UF_IFAS_GFSI @EvergladesREC @UFIFASCitrusREC @ufifasnfrec @UFIFASftlaudREC @CropGlobal @GlobalGators @UF_EPI @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UFIFASCitrusREC @FloridaMGs @FDACSDPI @FDACS @Plant_Pathogens @USDA_APHIS @FSHS_Hort @sd_aps @NPDN @CaSendoyaC_ @andrewmann_ @fungindrublic @pmanosalva1 @maherreraco @Chrissiebely @MathewsPA @samjmartins @UFcropnematodes @UFEntNem @UFnema_southFL

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

I found Nemo at @UFIFAS_IRREC 😀 🐟
Very cool aquaculture research lab! Thank you for sharing your exciting research with us.
#FPS2025 @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @UF_MCS @micro_rach

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Learning about HBL disease and exciting research being conducted at @UFIFAS_IRREC 🔬🌍👏

#fps2025 @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @UF_MCS

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Great Fern lab representation at #fps2025 @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @UFCALS @UF_IFAS @UF_MCS
Huge congrats to @micro_rach on winning first place for oral presentation! So proud! 💓👏

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

🎉 The overall winner of this year’s #DanceYourPhD contest is Sulo Roukka, who meshed lab experiments with dance moves under flashing lights as sequined lab mates analyzed hot chilies and mint with fancy footwork.

Watch the winning work and learn more about the category winners: https://t.co/zVPjsKDt6l

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

@wildtypeMC @UWMadisonCALS @WIDiscovery That's a great department! Congratulations 🎊

[UF/IFAS @UF_IFAS]

Join us in congratulating @UF_MCS's @NWangUF on becoming an @AcadofInventors senior member!

More on Wang and this honor 🔗 https://t.co/PhZbTwbkvC

[Daniel Czyz, PhD @360Science]

#UF ranked among world’s top universities in number of patents https://t.co/kTPeQMgzjT 💪🐊

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

I'm so proud of my student winning second place on the poster presentation at Plant Science symposium. 💙 @UFPlants @UF_MCS

[MPMI Journal @MPMIjournal]

Get a First Look! 👇

🌾🌍 Triple Threat: How Global Fungal Rice and Wheat Pathogens Utilize Comparable Pathogenicity Mechanisms to Drive Host Colonization

https://t.co/K5xVsykJZt

@micro_rach @j_fernandezlab

[Marc Chevrette @wildtypeMC]

Adam Rivers (USDA-ARS) and I are hiring a joint postdoc to on a microfluidics and sequencing based project to better understand synthetic and natural microbiome community dynamics and generate data to build AI/ML models to infer interspp. interactions. Hit me up if interested!

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Team MCS UF is ready to rock it! Visit us at Booth #2030 to learn about our MCS graduate programs—shaping the future of science!
#abrcms2024 @UF_MCS

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Had a great evening helping to decorate the lab door! It was a fun bonding time with my students. 💙 @micro_rach

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

It is indeed a sad day! My heart is crying aloud, and my mind cannot comprehend. 😢

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

@GittaCoaker Speed recovery!

[Mariola J. (Edelmann) Ferraro @mariola_ferraro]

An interesting student-led study focused on examining microbes sent to the stratosphere, and a great collaboration with @KCRiceUF. It is a different from what I normally do, but I really enjoyed working on this project: https://t.co/4i9lawMvti

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

Fern lab team at PMCB Symposium
Great student talks and beautiful ocean views! Very good combination @UF_MCS @micro_rach

[Jessie Fernandez @j_fernandezlab]

36th Annual Plant Molecular and Cell Science Symposium (PMCB) at Daytona Beach ⛱️ @UF_MCS