Latest News about the Schmale Lab

Posted January 8, 2025

Posted March 19, 2024

New center director eyes burgeoning growth over the next three years

Posted December 14, 2023

Translational Plant Sciences Center sows seeds for new research

Posted September 26, 2023

La Universidad de La Laguna participa en un proyecto de la NASA que analiza las masas de aire sahariano

Posted June 30, 2022

Virginia Tech researcher assists with efforts to prevent plant disease pandemics

Posted June 7, 2021

CALS advances strategic plan and innovation through integrated seed grant funding

Posted May 24, 2021

Plant pandemics and how they could endanger our food supply. Scientists sound alarm on growing menace.

Posted May 23, 2021

To Preserve Global Food Security, New Tools Needed to Prevent Plant Disease Pandemics

Posted May 17, 2021

NSF grant provides new research opportunities for underserved students

Posted January 2, 2020

Researchers receive USDA grant to study transport of pollen from genetically engineered switchgrass and hemp

Posted October 1, 2019

How to spot the toxic algae that's killing dogs in the Southeast

Posted August 12, 2019

Virginia Tech high-flying microbe research featured in special issue of Scientific American

Posted July 11, 2019

People can still enjoy Mississippi's white sand beaches despite algae, say officials

Posted July 10, 2019

'Sneezing' plants contribute to disease proliferation

Posted June 21, 2019

David Schmale receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to New Zealand for harmful algal blooms research

Posted May 31, 2019

Field campaign exposes students to data and decisions research at the interface of engineering and biology

Posted April 12, 2019

Raindrops launch plant spores into the wind, spread fungi

Posted February 26, 2019

Researchers discover microscopic tornadoes of spores released during rainfall

Posted February 25, 2019

Eyes in the sky: 5 ways drones will change agriculture

Posted October 11, 2018

Virginia Tech researchers awarded USDA grant to study the spread of devastating wheat diseases

Posted May 24, 2018

Funding program creates more research opportunities for undergraduates

Posted December 5, 2017

David Schmale tracks what’s in the air

Posted October 27, 2017

Virginia Tech researchers find a new bacterium that helps turn water into ice

Posted August 14, 2017

Biology goes in the air: Unmanned aerial vehicles offer biologists an efficient tool for observation and sampling from a safe distance

Posted July 25, 2017

Virginia Tech researchers find special bacteria in Claytor Lake that can freeze water

Posted March 28, 2017

Virginia Tech Microbe Research Featured in Scientific American

Posted January 17, 2017

How Plant Diseases Travel Around the Globe on Highways in the Air

Posted January 16, 2017

Board of Visitors approves 2016 promotions, tenure, continued appointments

Posted June 7, 2016

The Surprising Importance of Stratospheric Life

Posted June 2, 2016

How drones can help keep our food supply safe

Posted February 29, 2016

New techniques promise better containment of damaging contaminants from environmental disasters

Posted August 27, 2015

TedX Virginia Tech talk 'Drone-ing for life in the atmosphere'

Posted December 9, 2013

David Schmale named one of Popular Science's Brilliant Ten

Posted September 17, 2013

TEDxVirginiaTech event to highlight faculty, students, alumni, and community members

Posted September 12, 2013

High school biology students learn about the physics of flying by studying flight paths of animals and microbes

Posted May 23, 2013

Microbes travel through air; it would be good to know how and where

Posted September 21, 2011

My Virginia Tech: David Schmale

Posted October 11, 2011

Schmale receives 2010 Sporn Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Subjects

Posted May 12, 2010