Dr. Heiko Ziebell

Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics

Contact

Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig

Tasks

Working Group Leader "Viruses and Viroids on Herbaceous Plants"

Head of laboratory EP-Virology within the framework of the National Reference Laboratory JKI
Quality assurance in the field of diagnostics: Development and optimization of diagnostic procedures according to ISO 17025 for the detection and identification of regulated viruses and viroids on herbaceous plants, particularly on horticultural crops
Development and validation of methods for isolation, propagation and purification of plant viruses
Biological, morphological, serological and molecular characterization of plant viruses and their vectors
Histological and cytological investigations of virus-infected plants and virus-transmitting vectors
Curator of JKI's own collection of plant viruses and antisera

National representative at the EPPO Panel on Diagnostics in Virology and Phytoplasmology
Editor for New Disease Reports
Guest Editor für Frontiers Research Topic: Innovative Approaches to Virus Diagnosis and Control
Ad-hoc reviewer for scientific journals
- Plant Pathology
- Plant Disease
- BMC Plant Biology
- Phytopathologia Mediterranea
- Journal of Plant Pathology
- Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
- Biologia
Member of the German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
Member of the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP)
Member of American Society for Virology (ASV)
Member of Gemeinschaft der Förderer und Freunde des Julius Kühn-Instituts (GFF)
Virology Working Group of the Plant Protection Services