Robin Mac Diarmid

Title : Why and how we discover and study the biology of viruses of micro-organisms in Aotearoa New Zealand

Abstract:

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Biography:

 “Associate Professor MacDiarmid is based at The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited where she hosts students from the University of Auckland during their Hons/MSc or PhD research project term. She teaches plant virology at the university and at Plant and Food Research this extends out to include research on viruses of fungal and oomycete phytopathogens of crops or native plants.  Robin is the co-Science Group Leader of the Plant Pathogen Environment group at Plant and Food Research. When not at work Robin enjoys sailing her wooden boat on the Bay of Islands where she lives.”