During this training, the Scienteens Lab team will present the biology workshop entitled “ELISA’s search for the Pepino Mosaic Virus”.
Participants learn about different techniques that can be used to improve agricultural productivity, such as vaccination to prevent crop infestation by viruses and the development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to increase plant resistance. In this workshop, they are working specifically on tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) and the Pepino Mosaic Virus that affects tomato crops.
Different topics are covered during the training:
– inoculation of plants to prevent infection by the viruses
– the human immune system
– agro-biological techniques to improve yields
As well as different laboratory techniques:
– ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)
– cloning procedures