Lab activities

Electron micrograph of TSWV

Onion damage by IYSV

Lab activities

New Guinea Impatiens: Apollon

Gel analysis

Immuno binding assay

Cultivars of poinsettia

Lab activities

Ultrathin section of Nicotiana benthamiana infected with TSWV

Tomato damage by TSWV

Virology Group Floral Crops Group
Jan SpeckJan Speck
jan_speck@ncsu.edu
Lab Manager and Research Technician

Viral characterization and molecular genetics

Liz ParksElizabeth (Liz) Parks liz_parks@ncsu.edu
Research Analyst

Research includes marker development and fingerprinting of floral crops.

Jorge AbadJorge Abad
jorge_abad@ncsu.edu
Senior Researcher

Molecular biology of Tospoviruses, viral genetics and detection of phytoplasmas

Jeanette LyerlyJeanette Lyerly
hjhughes@unity.ncsu.edu
Research technician

Fingerprinting and genetic analysis of floral crops. Virology.

Sang Hoon SinSang Hoon Sin
ssin@unity.ncsu.edu
Graduate Student

Thesis area: Identification of the viral determinants of thrips transmissibility

Maria TsompanaMaria Tsompana
mtsompa@unity.ncsu.edu
Graduate Student

Thesis area: Tospovirus Quasispecies: The structure of natural populations of tomato spotted wilt virus and impatiens necrotic spot virus.

To contact the Lab:

Phone: 919-515-6993
Fax: 919-515-7716

Stephen NewStephen New Undergraduate

Identification of sweetpotato viruses

Address for Express Mail:

2518 Gardner Hall
Department of Plant Pathology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7616

Jeremy BellJeremy Bell Undergraduate

Identification of sweetpotato viruses and phytoplasmas.

Jill WeibelJill Weibel
Undergraduate

Laboratory and Greenhouse assistant.