Anna E. Whitfield
Plant virologist and vector biologist
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldToday is the last day to submit an abstract to ASV 2026! www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
- Reposted by Anna E. Whitfield🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨 🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨 Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26 Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards www.asv.org/abstract-sub... www.asv.org/travel-awards
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldThe scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
- ANOTHER NIH leader resigns—John Beigel—over 'a flu study dustup' A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄 www.science.org/content/arti...
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- A great day for this early career scientist! Exciting work on TSWV and thrips interactions. Congrats to Peyton LaBonte for defending her thesis! #virology
- Grapevine Red Blotch Disease: A Threat to the Grape and Wine Industries - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Lab Legends and Field Phantoms: The Tale of Virus-Resistant Plants - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Antiviral Double-Stranded RNA Sensing Immunity in Plants - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldToday marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
- Virologists Can Help Make America Healthy Again | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldASV Fall Council is in full swing! Stay tuned for updates in the ASV President's Newsletter.
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldTermite genomes shed light on the enigmatic deltaviruses, their ancient origins, and an intriguing example of co-option of viral genes by a host. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldThe goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldDavid Baulcombe @dcb40.bsky.social delivers the Michael Goodin lecture #ASV2025
- The Michael Goodin lecture at #ASV2025 presented by Sir David Baulcombe #plantvirology
- Plant defenses against viruses @moffettpeter.bsky.social talks about RNADie and nonhost resistance! #ASV2025
- Plant viruses as a cure! Cool work from Nicole Steinmetz showing how plant viruses can be used for good! #ASV2025
- Femi Alabi presents on viruses impacting your wine! 🍷🍾🥂#ASV2025 plant virology
- Emerging mite-borne viruses- important and interesting viruses of plants! Juliana Freitas-Astua presents at #ASV2025!
- Fangfang Li highlights hidden viral proteins at #ASV2025 #plantvirology
- @gesahoffmann.bsky.social presents on transgenerational barriers in plant virus transmission at #ASV2025 ❤️Plant Virology 🦠🌱
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldCome find us at #ASV2025!! 🦠🇨🇦 Cientifico Latino, Inc. co-founders Olivia Goldman and Robert W. Fernandez will be hosting a workshop and part of a panel discussion at this year's @amersocvirology.bsky.social conference in Montréal, Canada! Check out the program here: asv.org/asv2025/scie...
- #ASV2025 Don't forget to join us at 8:30 am on 7/14 for the Plant Virology Satellite Symposium. We have a great lineup of international speakers!
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldFirst time in Montreal, first time at #ASV2025, first time giving an invited talk at a conference! I am stoked for the next days ‼️
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- Congrats to former postdoc, Marlonni Maurastoni, on this paper-Protein landscape of the brush border membrane of first instar larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips ! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
- Reposted by Anna E. Whitfield🌾🦠 Trade, war, and viral rice A new study traces how Rice yellow mottle virus spread across Africa via caravan trade, seed exchange – and even WWI troop movements. Plant virus history is human history too. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #PlantPathology #Rice #SciComm 🧪
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- I hope to see lots of plant virologists at the American Society for Virology Meeting. asv.org/2025/05/09/p...
- A satellite symposium featuring key topics in plant virology spanning molecular mechanisms of gene expression to virus ecology and translational uses of plant viruses to improve human health.
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldThere's another workshop scheduled to support this initiative, June 6th, 12pm ET, led by Dr. Katherine Xue, assistant professor at UC Irvine who has written for The New Yorker, Harvard Magazine, and The Conversation. blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldHow bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)
- Fine Grain: Molecular, Cellular, and Genomic Details of Cereal Crop Diseases | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
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- 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.
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- The Phytovirome | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... This focus issue features research on viral biodiversity, biogeography, community assembly, and dynamics; they describe virus evolution and emergence, multitrophic interactions, and multipartite relationships.
- There’s strength in the Wolfpack, and I’m calling on my Pack to join me in #GivingPack to @NCState on Day of Giving. share.alumni.ncsu.edu/s/GUMCN59x
- I’m passionate about helping students achieve their potential, and that’s why it’s important to me to give on @NCState Day of Giving. Join me in #GivingPack on March 26. share.alumni.ncsu.edu/s/Wb7VNVgl
- Exploring the Virome of Blackberry and Wild Rubus spp. in South Carolina | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldWe're hiring a plant pathologist! Looking for someone w/passion for diagnosing vegetable diseases & communicating results to clients. There's lots of other duties & opportunities. I also think it's a great lab 🤔☺️ jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/215... @quesadalabncsu.bsky.social @plantdisease.bsky.social
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldVirome 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
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- Michael Mishkind: MPMI Community Builder | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldBrilliant and hard working former postdoc from my lab (plant and microbial molecular genetics) was just laid off from her job at the USDA. She is looking for job. You would love to have her in your lab. Pls share. Pls let me know if you have position
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldOn Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldVaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.
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- Join us on Friday, February 14th, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST for a webinar, featuring key messages from the report Advancing Vineyard Health: Insights and Innovations for Combating Grapevine Red Blotch and Leafroll Diseases. www.nationalacademies.org/event/44450_...
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- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldIf you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldAmerican science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
- Reposted by Anna E. WhitfieldHey all! I’m looking for a virologist who would be willing to zoom with my virology class May 6 between 10-11:15 to give a talk on your work and take questions from 9 undergraduates. I’d make them read a paper of your choice in prep for your talk. Please share in virology circles! #microsky
