Laboratory of Virology
Our research focuses on plant viruses, arboviruses and insect viruses. We aim to unravel the molecular and ecological mechanisms underlying virus-host and virus-vector interactions to understand how these determine pathology and transmission. The acquired knowledge contributes to the development of new technologies (e.g. in vector control and biotechnology) and durable strategies for disease management (e.g. in molecular plant breeding, vaccine development, insect biocontrol and mass rearing of insects).
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Identification and Full Characterisation of Two Novel Crustacean Infecting Members of the Family Nudiviridae Provides Support for Two Subfamilies
Read moreWest Nile virus arrives in the Netherlands
While we are preoccupied with the ravages of the coronavirus, the arrival of the West Nile virus in the Netherlands has gone almost unnoticed. Mosquitoes can transmit the virus to humans, some of whom become critically ill. Wageningen researchers are studying the spread of the new disease and designing vaccines.
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In Memoriam: Dr. Cees P. de Jager
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Dutch Entomology Day: Renée van Schaijk and Ahmed Hussain awarded with poster prize
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Wageningen’s back-up vaccine performs well in tests
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Identification and Full Characterisation of Two Novel Crustacean Infecting Members of the Family Nudiviridae Provides Support for Two Subfamilies
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Distinct evolutionary pressures discovered in vertebrate animals compared to mosquito vectors can protect humans and animals from flavivirus infections
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Initiation of the COVID-19 clinical phase I/II study for the ABNCoV2 vaccine
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Corona vaccine research consortium submits application to start clinical study
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In memoriam Dr.Ir. C.P. (Kees) van der Beek (1951-2020)
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Rob Goldbach Virology MSc thesis prize
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Wageningen World: Making COVID-19 proteins with insect cells
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The Wageningen Electron Microscopy Centre (WEMC) is a centralized facility closely associated to the Laboratory of Virology, providing tools and expertise to researchers of Wageningen University & Research institutes and external users.
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Latest publications
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Expanding the Medfly Virome : Viral Diversity, Prevalence, and sRNA Profiling in Mass-Reared and Field-Derived Medflies
Viruses 14 (2022)3. - ISSN 1999-4915 -
Baculoviruses hijack the visual perception of their caterpillar hosts to induce climbing behaviour thus promoting virus dispersal
Molecular Ecology 31 (2022)9. - ISSN 0962-1083 - p. 2752 - 2765. -
Molecular and Antigenic Characterization of Avian H9N2 Viruses in Southern China
Microbiology Spectrum 10 (2022)1. - ISSN 2165-0497 -
Nucleolin interacts with the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus replicase RdRp, nonstructural proteins p16 and p23, playing a role in virus replication
Virologica Sinica 37 (2022)1. - ISSN 1674-0769 - p. 48 - 59. -
The naked truth : An updated review on nudiviruses and their relationship to bracoviruses and baculoviruses
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 189 (2022). - ISSN 0022-2011 -
Secreted Trimeric Chikungunya Virus Spikes from Insect Cells : Production, Purification, and Glycosylation Status
Processes 10 (2022)1. - ISSN 2227-9717
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