Fungal Biologist Killed in Alabama Shooting
Shocking news for the world of fungal science. The Hyphal Tip broke the news a little while ago that one of the people killed at the shooting on the Huntsville campus of the University of Alabama yesterday was Dr. Gopi Podila. Dr. Podila was one of three professors shot by an assailant who was angry (it that is the right word for it) after being denied tenure at the University.
Professor Podila, who studied plant-fungus interactions (among other things), was a member of the faculty at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences.
For more information on this tragic event see Three Killed in Shooting at Alabama Campus at the LA Times. The latest information indicates an arrest has been made and charges filed.
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