Innovative Network for Next Generation Training and Sequencing of Virome

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 813542.

INEXTVIR is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN)

Innovative Training Networks (ITN) drive scientific excellence and innovation. They bring together universities, research institutes and other sectors from across the world to train researchers to doctorate level and encourage transnational, intersectorial and interdisciplinary mobility. Thus the MSCA enable research-focused organisations (universities, research centres, and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create strategic partnerships with leading institutions worldwide.

The MSCA also support cooperation between industry and academia and innovative training to enhance employability and career development.

What is INEXTVIR?

Latest News

21 August 2023

Carrot populations in France and Spain host a complex virome rich in previously uncharacterized viruses

Deborah Schönegger, Armelle Marais, Bisola Mercy Babalola, Chantal Faure, Marie Lefebvre, Laurence Svanella-Dumas, Sára Brázdová, Thierry Candresse. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290108. Using a HTS approach, we analyzed the virome of 51 cultivated and wild carrot populations from France and central Spain. A rich virome comprising 45 viruses of which 25 are novel was identified. Most of the novel viruses showed preferential association with wild carrots, indicating the role of wild carrots as reservoir of viral diversity. The carrot virome proved rich in viruses involved in complex interactions such as poleroviruses, umbraviruses and associated satellites, which can be the basis for further investigations of virus-vector-host relationships

Yolanda Hernando Saiz

01 August 2023

VIROME ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION WATER SOURCES PROVIDES EXTENSIVE INSIGHTS INTO THE DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT VIRUSES IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Paper by OLIVERA MAKSIMOVIĆ, KATARINA BAČNIK, MARK PAUL SELDA RIVAREZ, ANA VUČUROVIĆ, NATAŠA MEHLE, MAJA RAVNIKAR, ION GUTIÉRREZ-AGUIRRE, DENIS KUTNJAK. BIORXIV 2023.06.20.545696; DOI: HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1101/2023.06.20.545696. Plant viruses pose a threat to agriculture and can remain infectious in water bodies. The presence of plant viruses in irrigation waters is understudied. In a large-scale virome analysis we detected nucleic acids from 20 virus families, including novel ones. Water source influenced virome composition. Water virome data provided insights into virus distribution. The study offers crucial perspectives on irrigation water viromes and highlights the potential of HTS-based surveillance for detecting plant disease outbreaks and studying virus diversity in ecosystems.

Yolanda Hernando Saiz

30 July 2023

Round table: https://youtu.be/XPYOCrXqqOQ

Adoption and impact of high throughput sequencing in plant health: Seed testing, surveillance and certification With Wilfred Jonkers (Bejo Zadem, The Netherlands), Kelvin Hughes (Plant Health, UK), Mike Rott (Food Inspection, Canada), Françoise Petter (EPPO, France) and INEXTVIR experts

Yolanda Hernando Saiz

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INEXTVIR is implemented by a European Consortium of universities, research institutions and companies in Belgium, France, Spain, Slovenia and the UK..

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