EMBO Member
Universität, Tübingen | Germany
EMBO 2025
Viruses cause devastating diseases across domains of life, using only a few viral proteins to hijack complex hosts. Our research investigates how viruses manipulate host cells and cause disease, with particular focus on geminiviruses, plant-infecting DNA viruses that replicate in the host cell nucleus. Geminiviruses serve as powerful and relevant discovery tools for virus-host interactions and plant biology.
Keywords: plants / viruses / immunity / infection / replication / virulence mechanisms / viral genomes
Subject area(s): Microbiology, Virology & Pathogens | Plant Biology