The November 2008 edition of the CTAHR Research News is now available to download. This month we feature Dr. Daniel Jenkins of the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering. Dr. Jenkins' lab focuses on the use of biological engineering tools to assist in the identification of plant and human pathogens. This edition we also report upon a tea rooting workshop conducted at the Mealani Experiment Station. CTAHR hosted two scientists from China, Dr. Hao Cheng and Dr. Zhi Lin both from the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Drs. Cheng and Lin visited our two tea experimental plots at CTAHR's Volcano and Mealani Experiment Stations and conducted workshops for tea growers at the Mealani Station. We also feature Virginia Easton-Smith and Yong Li's attendance to USDA Grantsmanship Workshop. In October, Associate Dean/Associate Director C.Y. Hu and Dean Andrew Hashimoto visited eight Chinese institution of higher education in southern China. Dr. Hu's discusses this recent trip and the many Memoranda of Understandings signed while in China. The recent Farm Manager's meeting in Kamuela on the Island of Hawaii is also featured. Our regular features such as grants received, open grants, recent publications and news in the Research Calabash are also present. We hope you will enjoy this edition.