The Plant Virologist

Reporting a new virus

As promised, this time I am talking about my latest publication, or rather, why we decided to publish this small report. In other words, what to do when you find a new virus with potential impact on agriculture? In case you are curious, this short report is available here: https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ndr2.70017.

Apologies and general chitchat

It has been a while... Today I am talking about scientific outreach, different events, courses and conferences, and I hope to do better in next month. Link to my article in RTE Brainstorm: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0205/1494846-5-ways-viruses-can-help-plants/

Discovery of viruses

Short summary of history of virus discovery. In case anyone wonders, my house is not haunted, or at least not by ghosts. All the creaking noises in the background are the work of my cats

Introduction

Hi, welcome to the first episode of my new podcast. If you are interested in more information about the project itself, the short description is publicly available here: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101106728 [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101106728] If you are looking for more updates, you can also find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theplantvirologist [https://www.instagram.com/theplantvirologist] or Bluesky, whatever you prefer: https://bsky.app/profile/theplantvirologist.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/theplantvirologist.bsky.social]