Breakfast Club 25: Thursday, 9th January – 10.00 AM CET
Dr. Sarah Green – Principal Forest Pathologist at Forest Research, UK
Title: Early Detection of Phytophthora in EU and Third Country Nurseries and Traded Plants
Dr. Marleen Botermans – Senior Plant Virologist at the Dutch National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO)
Title: Baseline Study of Virus Reservoirs in Native Plant Species and Crops
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u7iPCuwhQ-2PByqjzAiljw
Breakfast Club 26: Thursday, 23rd January – 10.00 AM CET
Dr. Hugh Evans – Research Fellow at Forest Research, UK
Title: Range Expansion of Bark Beetles in the Genus Ips
Dr. Perrine Portier– Research Engineer at INRAE, France (Director of CIRM-CFBP, the French Collection for Plant-Associated Bacteria)
Title: Building a Reference Database for Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria Identification by Maldi-TOF and Evaluation of the Method
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oensjo-6TYG7218OZHj3ng
Breakfast Club 27: Thursday, 6th February – 10.00 AM CET
Dr. Panagiotis Milonas – Entomologist at the Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI), Greece
Title: Fruit Volatiles for Fruit Fly Infestation Detection
Dr. Evelyn Van Heese – Scientific Officer of Nematology at the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
Title: Meloidogyne Enterolobii – Survival under Temperate Climate Conditions and Distribution within Europe
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x7G_nH8NTt2Vw3MkTykNIQ
Breakfast Club 28: Thursday, 20th February – 10.00 AM CET
Dr. Ruojing Wang – Head of Department at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Title: Development of Seed Identification Guide and Database for Invasive Plants and Weedy Species
Dr. Khaled Djeoulah – Senior Researcher in Plant Protection at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy
Title: Detection and Identification of Severe Strains of Citrus Tristeza Virus
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TWnShZanQYSI1Q-DB1ru7Q
Breakfast Club 29: Thursday, 6th March – 10.00 AM CET
Dr. Merike Sõmera – Senior Research Scientist at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Title: Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Viruses Infecting Cereal Crops
Gudrun Strauss, MSc – Researcher at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Title: Improved Knowledge about Epidemiology and Distribution of Priority Invasive and (Re)emerging Arthropod Pests in Fruit Crops and Grapevines
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PUc0fbeISEmZF1qC6fwV7g
Breakfast Club 30: Thursday, 20th March – 10.00 AM CET
Dr. Chiel Pel – Scientific Officer at the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
Title: Taxonomy and Epidemiology of Pectobacterium and Dickeya spp. in Europe, North America and South Africa
Ellen Everaert, MSc – Researcher at the Flanders Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium
Title: Detecting Virus-Carrying Xiphinema spp. as an Alternative to Xiphinema Identification up to Species Level in Trade
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G8NZL2uIQJyDwskonowXDA
Breakfast Club 31: Thursday, 10th April – 10.00 AM CET
Katharina Heinrich, MSc – Analytical Chemist at Fera, UK
Title: Use of Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis (SIRA) for the Identification of Invasive Species Native in Alien Environments
Dr. Negin Ebrahimi – Senior Researcher at the Flanders Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium
Title: Fast Detection Methods for Quarantine Tephritidae
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gop8PR4iRIy52N_mw6RhGQ