Yesterday we had the first Pint of Science event in Carlow and it was fantastic! @pintofscienceie.bsky.social

Here is Ricardo, Chapter Manager in Carlow! 🌱 He is a plant geneticist and postdoctoral researcher at Teagasc, working on helping Ireland’s ash trees recover from ash dieback disease. #pint26

#SIPPxEntoSoc2025 What a fantastic (sold-out!) conference! For the second year running, we’re proud to showcase the latest in Irish plant science and entomology research with EntoSoc. Huge thanks to our speakers, poster presenters, attendees, and DAFM for hosting

New MCAA newsletter has been just published! The topic is truly relevant, especially for ECR: Sustainable Career Transition Pathway: Bridging Academia, Public Sector and Industry. I'm glad I could contribute to it. You can find the newsletter here: www.mariecuriealumni.eu/newsletters/... 🧪

Early career workshop by Green ERA-Hub in CIHEAM Bari has started 🧪 #plantviruses #plantvirology #pestmanagement #postdoc

Last field sampling in the project, mixed emotions there. At least very curious sheep kept us company 🧪 #plantviruses #fieldsampling

Crops and Technology Open Day in Teagasc last Wednesday #teagasc #cropsandtechnology #plantviruses #plantvirology

Last month we published our protocol for detection of beet yellows virus. Here it is! RT-LAMP for BYV detection www.protocols.io/view/rt-lamp...

🌿 Curious about the Chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus? 🌿 🔍 Explore the EFSA #PestSurveyCard to uncover its lifecycle, target population, and much more. ▶️ europa.eu/!xqWrGV 🌱 #PlantHealth #SurveillanceNetwork @somssich.bsky.social @theplantvirologist.bsky.social @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social

You can find me and my poster at IAPV conference! #IAPV25 #plantviruses #plantvirology

I'm honored by receiving the Best Lightning Talk Award in the Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Economics and Physics session on MCAA annual conference 2025 with my talk about plant viruses! 🧪 #mcaaconf2025 #plantviruses #sciencecommunicatiom

Attending Marie Curie Alumni Association annual conference today #mcaaconf2025 #plantviruses 🧪

New Virus of the Month: Pea necrotic yellow dwarf virus (PNYDV) — a member of the Nanoviridae family! PNYDV was first detected in pea crops in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in 2009. #PlantVirology apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

This is the week for publications - this time my article for RTE Brainstorm (@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social) is out live! www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... 🧪🌾

And our first paper is out! That was a bit of accidental finding when looking into viruses in arable margins. bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪🌾 #plantviruses #plantvirology

Starting the year with an exciting new series: Plant Virus of the Month! Brought to you by the Dept. Plant Viruses @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social Each month, we'll spotlight a fascinating plant virus. First up my personal favorite: Abutilon mosaic virus (AbMV)! Stay tuned! #PlantVirology

Abstract submission and registration OPEN for 'International Advances in Plant Virology' (IAPV25). 📆 April 8-11 2025 Murcia 🇪🇸 Come along for 1,2,3 or 4 days :) Awesome selection of invited speakers AND lots of space for submitted presentations! #plantscience web.cvent.com/event/f187fa...

BT Young Scientist is ongoing! A lot of interesting stands. You could have also met me and played Hungry Aphids, eating plants and transmitting plant viruses #btyoungscientist2025 #plantviruses 🧪🌾

There is Eurodoc's Early Career Researcher's Night today, with quite wide range of topics: www.eurodoc.net/news/2024/li... 🧪

Just out! Happy to share this awesome collaboration with the Pines and Kehr labs. As seen on BioRxiv, we developed a 15-minute protocol for on-site detection of crop RNA viruses using Cas13. @jxbotany.bsky.social @steffenostendorp.bsky.social #PlantScience #Virology doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

It has been a while since the Science Week - it was an extremely busy week for me. Here is the picture from the talk in An Gairdin Beo, Carlow- the event was lovely "Can my plant catch the flu?" 🧪 #plantviruses #planthealth #plantbiology

You can find me in AgMag! The online version of the magazine is available here: 7a630787.flowpaper.com/AGMAG2/#page=8 And you can meet me in An Gairdin Beo this Saturday: www.eventbrite.ie/e/can-my-pla... 🧪🌾

If you have no plans for Saturday morning on 16th Nov, and you are around Carlow, come to my talk about plants and viruses! The event is free and you can register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/can-my-pla... 🧪🌾

Anyone around Carlow on 16th November, who wants to listen about viruses in plants? I'm going to have a talk in amazing An Gairdin Beo, and registration has just opened: www.eventbrite.ie/e/can-my-pla... 🧪🌾

And my poster is here! 🧪 #bspp #ppath24 #plantpathology #plantviruses #conferenceposter #msca

Time for a conference! #bspp #ppath24 #planthealth #conferenceposter

This time looking for beet viruses #plantviruses #planthealth 🌾 🧪

Last week I was on EMBO Laboratory Leadership course for postdocs, and it was excellent! I think it is a great course for postdocs, especially if they plan their careers as PIs. 🧪 #EMBOsolutions #Leadershipsculptor #postdoc #leadershipcourse

A new sample gathered - stunted faba bean plant with viral symptoms #plantviruses #planthealth 🌾🧪

Field work ongoing - sampling potatoes next week. Let's see what viruses I can find there 🧪🌾 #planthealth #plantbiology #plantviruses

Spring barley sampling yesterday. Let's see what viruses I can find here. Three months ago I sampled arable margins around this field. It will take me a while to process and analyse all this data 🧪🌾 #plantviruses #plantvirology #planthealth #plantbiology

Checking on lupins. One sample with possible viral symptoms gathered. This one is just a pretty lupin plant🧪 #plants #plantvirology #planthealth

A day from a field: flowering faba beans 🧪

Giving a talk yesterday (I'll try to write more later), and going to Limerick tomorrow, engaging in ESB Blast. Days are busy now #msca #plantviruses #sciencecommunication

Attending the plant health conference today #planthealth #plantviruses 🧪

More crocheting - these peas probably don't have viruses, based on their cheerful smiles. Pattern from: stringydingding.com/peas-in-a-po...

The book was recommended to me by a friend, and I saw multiple good opinions on it - and yes, I'm enjoying it a lot! 🧪

Chilling for a change

I finally recorded next episode of my podcast! You can listen to it on Spotify and other platforms 🧪 #virology open.spotify.com/episode/0mzN...

Field sampling on Friday went well, collected all necessary plant material, and got a bit of sun! In future I will hope to find out what kind of viruses are present in field margins 🧪 ...collecting samples really calmed me down, somewhat like meditation

Is this aphid infected with any plant virus? Probably not, but maybe I should crochet viruses some viruses too. I found this (very cute) pattern on www.cottontailandwhiskers.com 🧪

One last pic regarding newts, as I don't expect to talk about them often. Smooth newt on the top, Carpathian newt at the bottom - males with visible secondary sexual traits🧪

Looking at symptoms of virus diseases in legumes today. Here - bean common mosaic disease symptoms - leaf deformations, spots, necrosis. This photo is taken from a review by Tang & Feng, 2023 (doi.org/10.3390/agro...) 🧪

No viruses today, but I talked about newts. Here is my favorite photo of a newt, I took during PhD studies

I’ve been told it is soothing to listen to my voice ;) so if you’re interested in hearing more about my adventures, I will be recording podcast episodes from time to time. You can find them on Spotify. The first episode just aired today! open.spotify.com/show/6MN5VfA...

It was a rather rainy day when I took this pic, so it tracks. I don't pass this arc everyday, but it marks a road to work

Hi, I'm an evolutionary biologist who has just started on my path to becoming a plant virologist in Ireland. I have been awarded a MSCA postdoctoral fellowship for a 2-year project which I started last week in Teagasc. I'm super excited (and also a little anxious) ♥