Laura Elvira-González

Prof. Dr. Nataša Štajner

Dr. Laura Elvira-González is a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France, specialising in plant-virus interactions and the mechanisms underlying natural tolerance to viral infections. Her scientific career has been devoted to studying plant viruses and their molecular impacts on hosts such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana benthamiana, and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).
Throughout her trajectory, she has supervised PhD candidates, Master’s students, and undergraduate researchers, all working on diverse aspects of plant virology and host-pathogen interactions. With the ViroiDoc project, she now brings her extensive expertise in virology to the study of viroids, aiming to shed new light on these unique infectious agents and their interactions with plant hosts.

List of representative bibliography

1. Small RNA motility and plant virus disease. Elvira-Gonzalez L, Blevins T, Heinlein M. 2025 Journal of Experimental Botany

2. Proteomic insights into the effect of Broad bean wilt virus-1 infection in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Elvira-Gonzalez L, Carpino C, Rubio L, Galipienso L. 2024 European Journal of Plant Pathology

3. dsRNA-induced immunity targets plasmodesmata and is suppressed by viral movement proteins. Huang C, Sede AR, Elvira-Gonzalez L, Yan Y, Rodriguez ME, Mutterer J, Boutant E, Shan L, Heinlein M. 2023 The Plant Cell

4. Persistent Southern tomato virus (STV) interacts with Cucumber mosaic and/or Pepino mosaic virus in mixed-infections modifying plant symptoms, viral tiger and small RNA accumulation. Elvira-Gonzalez, Peiro R, Rubio L, Galipienso L. 2021 Microorganisms

5. The persistent Souther tomato virus modifies miRNA expression without inducing symptoms and cell ultra-structural changes. Elvira-Gonzalez L, Medina V, Rubio L, Galipienso L. 2020 European Journal of Plant Pathology

6. Fast detection of Southern tomato virus by one-step transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP). Elvira-Gonzalez L, Puchades AV, Carpino C, Alfaro-Fernandez A, Font-San-Ambrosio MI, Rubio L, Galipienso L. 2017 Journal of Virological Methods

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Laura Elvira-González (0000-0002-2530-8912) ORCID 

Relevant Research/Industry Projects

  1. TolGreen: Horizon-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01, project 101108121
  2. GreenTolerance: AAPG2021 ANR funding