Group photo of about 20 adults standing outdoors in front of trees
Blanco Lab 2026
Lab Safety Award 2023
Lab Safety Award 2023
Smiling woman in cap and overalls picking peaches from tree, basket of peaches
Dr. Blanco in a Peach orchard.
Pistachio quality trait measurement
A team collecting pistachio quality traits data.
Mango experiment
Testing a treatment to extend mango shelf life.
Grape processing
A team working on grape quality measurements.
Young lab technician in gloves and coat pipetting into a microplate by a qPCR machine
A student working on PCR.
Student working in a field
Dr. Blanco working in a field.
Media prep
Spore-plug transfer method invented by the undergrad assistant, Muyun, in collaboration with an Italian team.
Group of smiling colleagues in a room, many wearing holiday sweaters and Santa hats
The Mann Lab community Ugly Sweater and Cookies Party in 2024
Two plastic clamshells of strawberries—left fresh bright red, right covered in white fuzzy mold
Fresh and rotten strawberries