Plant Sciences PhD student @Cambridge_Uni. Theoretical & Computational Epidemiology. Mathematical modelling of aphid-transmitted NPT viruses. @BS_PP Ambassador
Joined July 2022
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9 Oct 2024
My first first-author paper is out in @PLOSCompBiol! Read about why including aphid vector behavior is important for modelling NPT plant virus transmission, in particular when the virus is manipulating plant host phenotype: journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
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Jan 14
I'm incredibly pleased to say I have passed my PhD viva, with no corrections required.
I am very thankful to many people, particularly my supervisor @nikcunniffe and my partner, friends and family who have supported me throughout.
Thanks also to @CaiusCollege and @camplantsci
ALT Screenshot of the front page of my PhD thesis, titled "Understanding plant virus manipulation of their hosts: Mathematical modelling of non-persistent viruses and their aphid vectors in plant disease epidemics"
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5 Jun 2025
The preprint of my second first-author paper (with
@nikcunniffe) is out! Read to find out how planting virus-resistant companion plants can control the spread of non-persistently transmitted plant viruses: cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/1…
@plantsci @CaiusCollege @Cambridge_SBS
ALT Diagram of the compartments in my mathematical disease model and the rates at which individuals flow between them. Compartments are healthy plants, infected plants, resistant (companion plants), un-infective aphids and infective aphids.
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9 Oct 2024
My first first-author paper is out in @PLOSCompBiol! Read about why including aphid vector behavior is important for modelling NPT plant virus transmission, in particular when the virus is manipulating plant host phenotype: journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
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Elin Falla retweeted
9 Oct 2024
❓Why should models of non-persistent plant virus transmission include aphid vector dispersal & feeding behaviours?
🗣️ Explained by @ElinFalla at today's @livunimaths Mathematical Biology seminar
📄 To find out more, see associated @PLOSCompBiol paper: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi…
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2 Oct 2024
My talk at the Plant Pathology conference #PPATH24 won the PH Gregory Prize for best student talk! Thanks to @BS_PP for organizing such a great conference
ALT I stand holding my certificate with the women who came in 2nd and 3rd place
ALT I’m standing at the front of a lecture hall giving my talk
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Elin Falla retweeted
11 Sep 2024
The PH Gregory talks will start with @BergumMolly, @ElinFalla, and Berlaine Quime!
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26 Jul 2024
I’ve been in Spain this week to give a talk on my PhD work at the European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology. Thanks to the organisers for hosting such a great event in the (very very) sunny Toledo! #ECMTB24
ALT I am standing at the front of a room next to a projector screen talking to an audience
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16 May 2024
The preprint of my very first first-author paper (with @nikcunniffe) is out!! Have a read to find out why models of non-persistent plant virus transmission should include aphid vector dispersal and feeding behaviours @cambridgesbs @plantsci @CaiusCollege
doi.org/10.31220/agriRxiv.20…
ALT A figure from the paper - a probability tree of an infective aphid's landing, probing and feeding behaviour, that causes it to either lose or retain its infectivity (the NPT virus)
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Elin Falla retweeted
7 May 2024
🌿 Fact: 80% of the food we eat comes from plants. Protecting plant health is crucial for food security, as 20-40% of global food production is lost to pests and diseases annually. 🌱 #PlantHealthWeek #PlantHealthDay @DefraGovUK @APHAgovuk
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Elin Falla retweeted
6 May 2024
🌱It's National #PlantHealthWeek! Did you know? Plants produce 98% of the oxygen we breathe. Let's ensure their health to safeguard our own! 🌿 #PlantHealthDay @DefraGovUK @APHAgovuk
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27 Apr 2024
Really valuable day learning more about agricultural sustainability and agri-tech - thanks to the organisers!
26 Apr 2024
Thanks to everyone who joined the ECIF conference yesterday #ecifcommunity and learned the direction of travel for sustainability in agriculture @Rothamsted @RothamstedCRE @adasYEN @HolkhamEstate @AgriSoundTech @earth_rover @NFUtweets
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Elin Falla retweeted
21 Apr 2024
LOVE hearing from @ElinFalla on her work modeling the effects of accounting for insect behavior in epidemic models. Really nice work, word is she has some cool field work that she's comparing her models back to, can't wait to see the papers! @nikcunniffe
#IEW13 #sketchnotes
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Elin Falla retweeted
21 Apr 2024
Always cool to hear from @nikcunniffe! He's been continuing some really cool modeling work on how best to manage disease when fungicide resistance is a real threat.
#IEW13 #sketchnotes
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Elin Falla retweeted
19 Apr 2024
🌍 The #IEW13 Book of Abstracts is now online! Dive into 104 abstracts from the 13th International #plantdisease Epidemiology Workshop, including 43 oral talks and 60 posters. Explore the latest in plant disease epidemiology research
Download the PDF -> iew13.netlify.app
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Elin Falla retweeted
19 Apr 2024
We had a great #IEW13 last week in Brazil. For those interested in signing up to receive messages about plant disease epidemiology activities in the future, please sign up here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
@edelponte @TheLarryMadden
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Elin Falla retweeted
14 Apr 2024
@ElinFalla on epidemiological modeling of non-persistently transmitted plant viruses: viruses alter host phenotype to change aphid behavior; model shows that attract-and-deter phenotype benefits virus more than previously thought -implications for control; @nikcunniffe lab #iew13
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Elin Falla retweeted
11 Apr 2024
@nikcunniffe talks about modeling fungicide resistance #IEW13
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