Patricia Sanches

Researcher and Lecturer in @BiocommETH investigating plant-insect interactions, microbial ecology, and insect-borne plant pathogens 🌱🐞

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

Our study is now out!

We investigated how endosymbionts influence the transmission of the plant virus PEMV by pea aphids.

Endosymbiont effects depended on aphid wing morph, with differences in virus inoculation, salivary proteins, and plant responses.

https://t.co/m81UhV6is2

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

@luana_bresciani Congrats, Inka. Super well deserved!!

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Co-colonization by rhizobacteria and virus shifts soybean metabolism and the Mexican bean beetle behavior

Pudilo et al. @BiocommETH

https://t.co/qNJKHVYmZ2

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Meta-analysis reveals strong evidence for adaptive #host and #vector manipulation by #plant #viruses🦠

https://t.co/q0tiRGXxnl

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Aromatic plant volatiles beyond flowers: attracting pollinators via leaves

Kantsa et al.

📖 https://t.co/kJMgjHMIUH

[slice_of_science @mika_kaan]

Do you like takins insect photos with your smartphone? Then this competition is for you! and the prize is pretty cool: Mikro/Macro book from Armin Coray! To join for free, click on the link 👇https://t.co/0pwGOX4Cvb

[Foteini Pashalidou @foteini_pas]

📣📣 Please find below our latest publication on pollen availability and how it influences #bumblebees colony #behaviour, development and fitness.
#ecology
#ClimateCrisis #insects @bumblebeeatlas @BumblebeeTrust @buzzpollination https://t.co/iauQRq83m3

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

"We are not merely making a plea for awareness about climate change. Instead, we are demanding immediate, tangible steps that harness the power of microbiology and the expertise of researchers and policymakers to safeguard the planet for future generations.".

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

Emergency bulletin! 14 journals have co-published an urgent call for the deployment of microbial solutions against climate catastrophe, by @peixotors et al.
https://t.co/YwgSX5Aio6

[slice_of_science @mika_kaan]

Our project is growing! Now the 4th topic, Inspired by Insects, is online! In this topic, we will discover how insects shape human culture, art, and technology. Check it out: https://t.co/BrPxcuGtUL
The drawing: Martin Breu!
#scicomm #entomology #insects

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

@QChesnais @AgenceRecherche @UmrSVQV @INRAE_Colmar Congrats!

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

Another fascinating example of how microbial ecological interactions mediate the transmission of vector-borne diseases:

[The Innovation | Medicine @Innov_Medicine]

Researchers have identified a new bacterium that disables the viruses responsible for dengue and #Zika before they can establish an infection in #mosquitoes.

A naturally isolated symbiotic bacterium suppresses flavivirus transmission by Aedes mosquitoes | Science https://t.co/M8552PNYgM @ScienceMagazine @The_InnovationJ @Tsinghua_Uni

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

8/8 Many thanks to my PIs, C. De Moraes & M. Mescher, the great support of the @biocommETH, and @mika_kaan for SciComm guidance!

Thanks for reading!

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

🎉Happy to share that our paper is published in
@ISMEJournal!

We find that aphid endosymbionts regulate how a plant virus (PEMV) influences plant-aphid interactions to favor disease transmission.

Paper: https://t.co/fEWEjNKXSZ

A thread 1/8👇
@ETH_en @PlantSciCenter @usys_ethzh

[Patricia Sanches @ptasanches]

7/8 These findings lead to new exciting questions:

Which mechanisms are involved in endosymbiont modulation of virus effects on the aphid vector? ⚙️

To which extent these modulatory effects apply to other systems and to disease transmission in the field? 🌾