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 moreMSc student for Thesis research after non-sugar beet infecting Polerovirus found in Beet
Are you looking for a great thesis topic in plant-virus interaction? Please read below the opportunity to join research after the Turnip Yellow Virus in sugar beet!
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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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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MSc student for Thesis research after non-sugar beet infecting Polerovirus found in Beet
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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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Wageningen helps in developing a vaccine for coronavirus
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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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Capsid-like particles decorated with the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain elicit strong virus neutralization activity
Nature Communications 12 (2021)1. - ISSN 2041-1723 -
Viruses of the fall armyworm spodoptera frugiperda : A review with prospects for biological control
Viruses 13 (2021)11. - ISSN 1999-4915 -
An Isoform of the Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1A (eEF1a) Acts as a Pro-Viral Factor Required for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Disease in Nicotiana benthamiana
Viruses 13 (2021)11. - ISSN 1999-4915 -
Genome and transcriptome analysis of the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua reveals targets for pest control
G3 : Genes Genomes Genetics 11 (2021)11. - ISSN 2160-1836 -
Vaccination with inactivated virus against low pathogenic avian influenza subtype H9N2 does not prevent virus transmission in chickens
Journal of Virus Eradication 7 (2021)3. - ISSN 2055-6640 -
Virus infection modulates male sexual behaviour in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>
Molecular Ecology (2021). - ISSN 0962-1083
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