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Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009

K-STATE PLANT PATHOLOGY PROFESSOR AWARDED INTERNATIONAL 1xbet online games login FOR LATIN AMERICA BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY

MANHATTAN -- The American Society for Microbiology has awarded one of its international professorships to John 1xbet online games login , professor and head of the plant pathology department at Kansas State University.

The society has awarded Leslie an International Professorship for Latin America. 1xbet online games login will be a visiting professor at the Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto in Argentina, where 1xbet online games login will present his Fusarium Laboratory Workshop in March 2010.

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As part of his professorship in Argentina, Leslie also will offer a scientific writing workshop based on material 1xbet online games login has presented to nearly 3,000 people in 16 countries.

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Leslie was a senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sydney. 1xbet online games login is a Fellow of the American Society for Phytopathology and an honorary Fellow at St. Paul's College at University of Sydney. 1xbet online games login is an adjunct professor at Seoul National University in Korea and a research associate at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney. From 1997 to 2006 1xbet online games login was senior editor for the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.