Taking a peek at viroids

Visit the ViroiDoc YouTube channel to watch a featured video lecture by Professor José-Antonio Daròs.

Viroids are particular infectious agents composed of a small, circular, highly base-paired RNA that does not encodes proteins. After more than fifty years of research, we know a great deal about structure, replication, phylogeny, pathogenicity, and host range; however, much still remains unknown, awaiting a new generation of viroid researchers.

Curious to learn more?

Visit the ViroiDoc YouTube channel to watch a featured video lecture by Professor José-Antonio Daròs, recorded in April 2025 during the public session of the EU-funded ViroiDoc project's kick-off meeting.

José-Antonio Daròs is a Research Professor at the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP- CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain). His research group is developing new biotechnological strategies for crop protection and repurposing plant viruses and viroids into useful tools for biotechnology and synthetic biology.

Professor Daròs also serves as the supervisor for Doctoral Candidate (DC5), will work on the individual research project “Point-of-care viroid diagnosis based on CRISPR-Cas technologies” at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in collaboration with the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV).

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