🌍 Interested in the EPPO Jens Georg-Unger Plant Health fellowship but unsure what you could do? 📰 Read Félix's testimony of his time here: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s... ‼️ Don't forget to apply for a fellowship by 15th September: shorturl.at/jHRKd

Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model. What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it? A 🧵 the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

At EPPO we are wishing our member countries a Happy International Day of Plant Health 🌱🎉 See the message from our Director General here: youtu.be/JgK3aF8RPjs #PlantHealthDay

🆕 The latest EPPO Bulletin is now online! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338... 🔓 Many articles are now free to read!

EXCITING NEWS🥳! @isme-microbes.bsky.social is now sponsoring 3 travels grants worth EUR 500 each to support early career researchers presenting at the #RdRpSummit2025. Abstract submissions & registrations are still open!✍️ More info at RdRp.io

🎥 Now Online! 🌱 EPPO Webinar on Communication – Plant Health in Focus: Raising Awareness of Regulated and Emerging Pests for Professionals and the Public 🎬 Missed it live? 📺 Watch the recording here: shorturl.at/bY92L 📝 Read the full report: shorturl.at/oDSzs

Job alert for plant virologists (please share it) We are recruiting a postdoc scientist to integrate our dynamic and international team in Belgium. Improving the detection and characterization of plant viruses using MinION and greenhouse inoculations. All information in attachement

Join our short course on High Throughput Sequencing starting May 13. Learn sequencing technologies, data analysis, and experimental design. Attend live or watch recordings.   Enroll now: bit.ly/3QVwfQG   #PlantDisease #HTS #Sequencing #PlantHealth #APSCourses

Another great paper in the Phytovirome special issue! Ecological Connectivity of Plant Communities for Red Blotch Disease Dynamics Revealed by the Dietary Profiles and Landscape-Level Movement of Spissistilus festinus | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

The Phytovirome | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10..... Schönegger et al. (2025) found that wild carrots harbored a greater diversity of virus taxa relative to farmed carrots and documented key differences in the virus communities of each host type.

Short read sequencing

Genetic diversity of virus isolates can be amazing! … but visiting germplasm genebanks shows you the other side of the coin : the wonderful plant diversity 😀

It is time for our annual meeting of Germplasm Health Units @cgiar.org genebanks at Icrisat Defining future challenges and collective actions for improving plant health and germplasm exchanges.

From Phytobiomes Journal: The phytovirome expands our view of viruses as drivers of plant health, ecology, and evolution. New HTS insights span crops to wild systems.(Joanne B. Emerson) ▶️ apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.... #PlantPathology #PlantScience

Training week on library preparation by Lavena and Lisa for Sri from @incavirus.bsky.social and Fran & Maaike from ILVO. #virus #planthealth #sequencing Which viruses will we harvest ?

A French scientist was denied entry to the U.S. for private messages criticizing Trump. Nice way of protecting free speech, Vance…! 🤐 #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

[ #phimscience ] 🎯 Discover all the potential of our new #RCA sequencing #diagnostic with #OxfordNanoporeTechnology #cassava #ACMV #fababean #FBNSV 💻🧬🦠 @cirad.bsky.social #WAVE #UFHB

Virome scanning of pear germplasm collection: check our new publication in Phytobiome from @plantdisease.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1094/PBIO... With a new velarivirus characterized #planthealth #virusdiscovery #sequencing

Retraction @plosone.org - paper with authors from Ghent University. "All authors either did not respond directly or could not be reached." Does any journalist in Belgium want to write about this? It's so strange that none of the authors responded. pubpeer.com/publications...

Let’s hear it for the UnEssay - two of my favorite things, plant pathogens & board games. Students made a board game about Citrus Canker and it’s fun and well-researched! (Even though I managed to lose against @butlerjackson.bsky.social, per usual). 🎲 🧪

We just published a small appetizer from a large scale virome survey of saffron in Iran with Iranian colleagues: doi.org/10.1002/ndr2... A new potyvirus species and new country for 3 know species. Global virome picture will follow #plantvirus #planthealth #sequencing

With Twitter down, perfect time to welcome all the Plant Virologists out there to follow your colleagues and join our Starter Pack! 🧪 go.bsky.app/426v1X8

📣 Short-term #postdoctoral #position in plant disease epidemiology modeling @inrae-bioger.bsky.social @inrae-save.bsky.social @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social. Please share it! 🙏 eng-bioger.versailles-saclay.hub.inrae.fr/content/down...

How can I react in my job from insane behavior of Trump ? Should I change molecular biology reagents providers (there are excellent EU, JP, KR providers)? Should I adapt the targeted journals for my publications? Complaining will not work, it is only about money at the end. Any other idea ?

The jetlag disappears when you start sampling in the field (and enjoy delicious meal). Project meeting with Vietnamese colleagues. Financed by ARES-CDD (Belgium) @universitedeliege.bsky.social #PlantHealth #banana

🌳 Forests are vital for biodiversity and food security, and a focus for our work at EPPO. 📸 @fao.org are running the 2025 International Day of Forests photography competition. 👉 Find out more and submit your photos before the 12th March deadline: https://buff.ly/3Etu83L

ULiège's PhenoTram: A Game-Changer in Plant Research 🚋 This TraitFinder revolutionizes automated plant phenotyping, enabling high-precision imaging for genomics, climate resilience, and sustainable agriculture. 🌱 👉 www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_134282...

From research labs to regulatory agencies, this NEW course on #SeedAssay development and validation is tailored for professionals like you! 🌱 Dive into development, validation, and publishing tips for #SeedHealth tests. Enroll today to save your spot: bit.ly/3ZDIVAS #APSCourse

#DeathByPowerpoint — ban the two title slides now link.medium.com/479dHwjAcQb

Do you want to see how we made @CONNECTED_Virus such a success, read the detailed scientific analysis right here Network Dynamics In Developing Interdisciplinary Research Capacity And Collaboration: A Case Study In Vector-Borne Plant Virus Research papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Hi @tandfresearch.bsky.social, can you please check DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2016.1184491, which is an Expression of Concern for DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.717079 ? It's put behind a paywall for $65, but such statements should be free as per COPE guidelines. Thank you.

A funny case of plant levitation (by a root) during in vitro culture of #banana. #lablife

🌿🦠Hey plant virologists! I've made a plant virology feed to collect plant virology research, publications, events and jobs. Looking forward to see what everyone is up to. 🌿🦠 bsky.app/profile/did:...

Join us for an insightful #APSWebinar on Feb. 4 exploring how environmental variations and climatic shifts influence plant-pathogen dynamics with insights from Dr. Neha Potnis. 📢 Register now to attend live: bit.ly/42cJcfM #PhytobacteriologySeries

Great tool to link with peers

OIST is an amazing place! Rarely have I seen such a breathtaking research station. So, if the #Phyllosphere Meeting is thematically interesting to you, I highly recommend you have a nice stay in beautiful Okinawa and tour the OIST campus. #PlantImmunity

In school, you probably learned that human cells have 46 chromosomes, which is 2 copies of 23 chromosomes, sometimes called 'diploid' or '2n'. But there are other 'ploidies' in your cells. To start with, 80+% of your cells have NO chromosomes: red blood cells or 'erythrocytes'...

Really pleased to transition from 2024 to 2025 with Tatiana Vernie's work on the evolution of the common symbiosis pathway published @pnas.org 🔽 We finally demonstrate that ☘️ have maintained a genetic pathway to engage with🍄for half a billion years! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Biodiversity of the lab team in 2024. OTUs (Original Territory Unit 😉): 13🇧🇪, 2🇨🇳,1🇲🇼,1🇻🇳,1🇲🇦,1🇫🇷,1🇹🇷,1🇮🇷,1 Catalunya. Indexes of the ecosystem (vs. 2023): OTUs: 9 (9) Evenness: 0.69 (0.88) Shannon: 1.51 (1.88) Simpson: 0.37 (0.21) #lablife #funnyscience #PhD #ecology #labfun #researcherlife

A good retraction - it appears the IHU MI has been doing years of unethical/illegal research on homeless people. See my 2021 blog post: scienceintegritydigest.com/2021/08/31/c...

🌲 The Plant Health Checker (PHC) is a powerful survey tool developed by the International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) in collaboration with our partners at Fera Ltd. 👩‍💻 Learn more, download the guide & app here: https://buff.ly/3BgsOjE #planthealth

Attention researchers, regulators, and industry professionals: are you ready to advance your seed pathology expertise? Our latest #APSCourse explores #SeedHealth assay development and validation through expert-led lessons. Enroll today! bit.ly/3ZDIVAS

Basically every ecology paper: "We found a strong link between X and Y at this site, so this is how the world works." The plot.

It took four days from submission to publication, and nearly five years from publication to retraction. After campaigning by many, many scientists, and an investigation by Elsevier, an infamous paper on hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

🧪 Very sad news from the field of #PlantVirology. Jari Valkonen, Professor and Chair of Plant Pathology at University of Helsinki, passed away this weekend. He contributed greatly to field of Potyviruses and how viruses overcome plant resistance. Moreover, was such a nice person. He will be missed

[ #phimscience ] Major insights in the cacao's world on the diversity of insects involved in #CSSV outbreaks in #IvoryCoast #Cocoa4Future #preprint @cirad.bsky.social #UFHB #WASCAL @anses-fr.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.3897/arph...

California's $73B wine industry faces a viral threat: Grapevine red blotch & leafroll diseases. A new report from @nationalacademies.org reviews the science & offers strategies to combat these diseases: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27472 #CaliforniaWine

This is now published online as “first look”. If you are interested in our work, and do not have access to, feel free to reach out. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10....

Excited to share here our review on the use of meta-analysis in Plant Pathology. Now available open access in Plant Disease volume 108, number 11. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...