Anna E. Whitfield
@aewtospo.bsky.social
Plant virologist and vector biologist
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Bacterial wilt devastates crops worldwide, but what if we could disrupt the pathogen's ability to "sense" its host? Dr. Caitilyn Allen reveals research on RprR, a plant-responsive protein that controls Ralstonia virulence.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Bacterial wilt devastates crops worldwide, but what if we could disrupt the pathogen's ability to "sense" its host? Dr. Caitilyn Allen reveals research on RprR, a plant-responsive protein that controls Ralstonia virulence.
https://bit.ly/3WqLF2p
#apswebinars #planthealth
https://bit.ly/3WqLF2p
#apswebinars #planthealth
A great day for this early career scientist! Exciting work on TSWV and thrips interactions. Congrats to Peyton LaBonte for defending her thesis! #virology
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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...
Grapevine Red Blotch Disease: A Threat to the Grape and Wine Industries
Grapevine red blotch disease emerged as a major threat to the North American viticulture more than 25 years ago. Prior to the discovery of its causal agent, grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV), the dise...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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...
Lab Legends and Field Phantoms: The Tale of Virus-Resistant Plants
Plant viruses present significant challenges to global agriculture, causing crop losses, threatening food security, and imposing economic burdens. Advances in biotechnology have revolutionized strateg...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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...
Antiviral Double-Stranded RNA Sensing Immunity in Plants
Plant viruses, which can cause devastating plant diseases, are obligate intracellular pathogens that replicate their genomes inside cells and spread infection by cell-to-cell movement through cell wal...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Antiviral Double-Stranded RNA Sensing Immunity in Plants - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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In 2 days we celebrate #BlackInMicro Week, Oct 14-16. This year’s theme, HARMONY, honors collaboration, resilience & shared experiences. Join us to amplify Black scientists, grow careers & community. RSVP: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio)
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In 2 days we celebrate #BlackInMicro Week, Oct 14-16. This year’s theme, HARMONY, honors collaboration, resilience & shared experiences. Join us to amplify Black scientists, grow careers & community. RSVP: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio)
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💉 The most recent Annual Review of Virology is now online. Most read article so far is "In Transition: How Influenza Virus Switches from Transcription to Genome Replication" by Tao Deng et al. arevie.ws/42kxUFU
For full TOC: arevie.ws/3IDG4Cz
For full TOC: arevie.ws/3IDG4Cz
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
💉 The most recent Annual Review of Virology is now online. Most read article so far is "In Transition: How Influenza Virus Switches from Transcription to Genome Replication" by Tao Deng et al. arevie.ws/42kxUFU
For full TOC: arevie.ws/3IDG4Cz
For full TOC: arevie.ws/3IDG4Cz
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Today 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
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
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today 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
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...
Virologists Can Help Make America Healthy Again | Annual Reviews
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September 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Virologists Can Help Make America Healthy Again | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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ASV Fall Council is in full swing! Stay tuned for updates in the ASV President's Newsletter.
September 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
ASV Fall Council is in full swing! Stay tuned for updates in the ASV President's Newsletter.
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A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.
Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89
A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.
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Termite genomes shed light on the enigmatic deltaviruses, their ancient origins, and an intriguing example of co-option of viral genes by a host.
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Endogenous viral elements in termite genomes reveal extensive diversity of deltaviruses and provide insights into their origins
Barreat et al. describe the discovery of deltavirus genomic fossils (ẟEVEs) in multiple
species of termites. The wide expression of ẟEVEs in termites and a host gene fusion
indicate that some ẟEVEs ma...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Termite 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...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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The 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.
August 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The 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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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has distributed federal funds to both PBS and NPR for decades, announced Friday that it's shutting down.
The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.
The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.
August 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has distributed federal funds to both PBS and NPR for decades, announced Friday that it's shutting down.
The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.
The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.
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How can mosquitoes tolerate viral infections?
In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.
Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.
Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Metabolic homeostasis favors tolerance to persistent viral infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
The mosquito Aedes aegypti harbors a wide range of persistent viral infections, including both medically important arboviruses and insect-specific viruses (ISVs). However, the mechanisms underpinning ...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
How can mosquitoes tolerate viral infections?
In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.
Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.
Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Preprint on tandem split-GFP influenza viruses is now up! We strung 7 copies of GFP11 together to make a bright virus with minimal fitness defects. Fluorescence requires GFP1-10 from cells, so we made a few that are relevant for flu. See this fluorescent love story: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Preprint on tandem split-GFP influenza viruses is now up! We strung 7 copies of GFP11 together to make a bright virus with minimal fitness defects. Fluorescence requires GFP1-10 from cells, so we made a few that are relevant for flu. See this fluorescent love story: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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David Baulcombe @dcb40.bsky.social delivers the Michael Goodin lecture #ASV2025
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
David Baulcombe @dcb40.bsky.social delivers the Michael Goodin lecture #ASV2025
The Michael Goodin lecture at #ASV2025 presented by Sir David Baulcombe #plantvirology
July 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
July 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Plant defenses against viruses @moffettpeter.bsky.social talks about RNADie and nonhost resistance! #ASV2025
Femi Alabi presents on viruses impacting your wine! 🍷🍾🥂#ASV2025 plant virology
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Femi Alabi presents on viruses impacting your wine! 🍷🍾🥂#ASV2025 plant virology
