Understanding the diversity of viruses within key carrot crops and their variation across Europe

Ferran Salavert / Newcastle University

Ferran Salavert

My name is Ferran Salavert and I am the ESR 1 of this project, based in Newcastle University. I come from Valencia (Spain) and I since my time as an undergraduate student I have been in contact with plant viruses and biotechnology. Now, after some years of research and knowledge acquired, I had the chance to join this amazing project, alongside a group of enthusiastic young researchers with whom I hope we will be able to contribute to society with a better understanding of plant viruses. Let's get the ball rolling!!!

Profile

EDUCATION

10/2016-08/2019 MSc in Sustainable Agriculture - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)

09/2011-07/2016 Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology - Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

09/2017-12/2018

Master's thesis student. Topic: "The ability of criniviruses-encoded suppressor proteins to bind RNA molecules". Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMCP) and Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)

Supervisor(s):
Dr. Vicente Pallás
Dr. Ioannis Livieratos

05/2015-12/2015

Bachelor's thesis student. Topic: "Detection by molecular hybridization of viruses in tomato crops under conventional, integrated and organic managements”. Valencian Institute of Agronomic Research (IVIA)

Supervisor(s):
Dr. Luis Rubio
Dr. Luis Galipienso

PUBLICATIONS

Salavert, Ferran & Navarro, José & Owen, Carolyn & Khechmar, Souheyla & Pallás, Vicente & Livieratos, Ioannis. (2020). Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus p22 suppressor of RNA silencing binds single-, double-stranded long and short interfering RNA molecules in vitro. Virus Research 279.