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		Latest News about the Schmale Lab
	Spotlight on Innovation: High-Risk Plant Pathogens have a New Foe Posted July 14, 2008
	Radio spot on With Good Reason On the air June 21-27, 2008
	You Tube movie of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles Uploaded June 4, 2008.
	Aerial research could help farmers combat plant pathogens Posted May, 2008.
	Hobby-sized planes may be future of early warning system Posted May, 2008.
	Scientists to study high-risk plant pathogen using small, unmanned aircraft Posted January 24, 2008.
	Science educators to gather for Biotechnology 2007 Conference July 18-21, 2007. Posted June 27, 2007.
	Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering. Posted June 11, 2007.
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