Tasks

• Member of AG Ziebell and AG Richert-Pöggeler (Virology).
• Part of the BioSam project for “Survey and characterization of JKI's collections of arthropods, viruses and invasive pests of crops with respect to climate change”.
• Molecular approaches for detecting, characterizing, and propagating viruses and viroids.
• Histological and cytological examinations of virus-infected plants and virus vectors.
• High-throughput sequencing and bioinformatic analysis.