David Pires
@david1822.bsky.social
🪱 Nematologist at INIAV, IP | 🎓 PhD candidate at the UEvora | 🛡️🌱 #Biocontrol | 🍄 Fungi-nematode interactions | 💬 Opinions are my own | 🏳️🌈 He/him |
➡️ https://sites.google.com/view/davidpires/
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Pinned
Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood nematode
Forest decline is a complex process rarely attributable to a single cause. Nevertheless, when widespread tree mortality occurs, management responses often focus on one primary agent. Our recent study ...
go.nature.com
🌲 New 'Behind the Paper' post: go.nature.com/4qdUiLb 🌲
🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode
🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode
Reposted by David Pires
Please share. U Vermont is now advertising the soil ecology position that was vacated when I retired in 2024, and was caught in a hiring freeze last year. The job posting number is F3517PO. A direct link to the announcement: www.uvmjobs.com/postings/83858
Assistant Professor of Soil Ecology
Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track
www.uvmjobs.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Please share. U Vermont is now advertising the soil ecology position that was vacated when I retired in 2024, and was caught in a hiring freeze last year. The job posting number is F3517PO. A direct link to the announcement: www.uvmjobs.com/postings/83858
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🆕 Our new paper is out in The ISME Journal!🌱🧬🦠 We uncover how epigenetic regulation drives chemical crosstalk between plants & microbes — key to sustainable agriculture. Proud collaboration with our friends of Dr. Mengcen Wang's lab @ZJU
@itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
@itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Epigenetic landscape underlying plant-microbiome chemical communication
Abstract. Chemical communication, a universal mode among the interactive members within dynamic plant-microbiome systems, fundamentally drives coevolutiona
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🆕 Our new paper is out in The ISME Journal!🌱🧬🦠 We uncover how epigenetic regulation drives chemical crosstalk between plants & microbes — key to sustainable agriculture. Proud collaboration with our friends of Dr. Mengcen Wang's lab @ZJU
@itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
@itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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New paper !! 🌱
Transcriptional re-programming of defense responses in Capsicum annuum roots induced by the interaction of the endophyte fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#plantsciences #transcriptomics
Transcriptional re-programming of defense responses in Capsicum annuum roots induced by the interaction of the endophyte fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#plantsciences #transcriptomics
Transcriptional re-programming of defense responses in Capsicum annuum roots induced by the interaction of the endophyte fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne inc...
It is currently poorly understood how endophyte colonization and nematode parasitism affect host plants. To address this, we explored the transcriptio…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New paper !! 🌱
Transcriptional re-programming of defense responses in Capsicum annuum roots induced by the interaction of the endophyte fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#plantsciences #transcriptomics
Transcriptional re-programming of defense responses in Capsicum annuum roots induced by the interaction of the endophyte fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita
Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#plantsciences #transcriptomics
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Le nématode du pin, ver ravageur qui a déjà sévi au Portugal et en Espagne, a fait son apparition dans la forêt des Landes, l'une des plus vastes d'Europe, où la filière sylvicole redoute une prolifération "dévastatrice"
Dans la forêt des Landes, l'apparition du nématode du pin inquiète les sylviculteurs
l.geo.fr
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Le nématode du pin, ver ravageur qui a déjà sévi au Portugal et en Espagne, a fait son apparition dans la forêt des Landes, l'une des plus vastes d'Europe, où la filière sylvicole redoute une prolifération "dévastatrice"
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Nématode du pin : "Un prédateur de plus qui peut obliger à éradiquer tous les arbres d'un secteur"
www.franceinfo.fr/france/nouve...
www.franceinfo.fr/france/nouve...
Nématode du pin : "Un prédateur de plus" qui peut obliger à "éradiquer tous les arbres d'un secteur", alerte le président de la DFCI Aquitaine
Un foyer de nématode du pin a été détecté pour la première fois en France, à Seignosse (Landes) a annoncé mardi le ministère de l'Agriculture.
www.franceinfo.fr
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nématode du pin : "Un prédateur de plus qui peut obliger à éradiquer tous les arbres d'un secteur"
www.franceinfo.fr/france/nouve...
www.franceinfo.fr/france/nouve...
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Nématode du pin : détecté dans les Landes, il fait trembler la forêt et les autorités
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/sdXU
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/sdXU
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nématode du pin : détecté dans les Landes, il fait trembler la forêt et les autorités
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/sdXU
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/sdXU
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Nématode du pin dans les Landes : la traque va s’amplifier
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/vZLX
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/vZLX
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Nématode du pin dans les Landes : la traque va s’amplifier
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/vZLX
🔗https://l.sudouest.fr/vZLX
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Bad news for the French Pine forests! 😩
First outbreak of the #Pinewood #Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on Maritime #Pine (Pinus pinaster) in the Landes de Gascogne Forest (Southwest France).
#PWN #ForestHealth #ForestPathology
agriculture.gouv.fr/sante-des-ve...
First outbreak of the #Pinewood #Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on Maritime #Pine (Pinus pinaster) in the Landes de Gascogne Forest (Southwest France).
#PWN #ForestHealth #ForestPathology
agriculture.gouv.fr/sante-des-ve...
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bad news for the French Pine forests! 😩
First outbreak of the #Pinewood #Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on Maritime #Pine (Pinus pinaster) in the Landes de Gascogne Forest (Southwest France).
#PWN #ForestHealth #ForestPathology
agriculture.gouv.fr/sante-des-ve...
First outbreak of the #Pinewood #Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus on Maritime #Pine (Pinus pinaster) in the Landes de Gascogne Forest (Southwest France).
#PWN #ForestHealth #ForestPathology
agriculture.gouv.fr/sante-des-ve...
🚨 The detection of the pinewood #nematode in France🇫🇷 exposes the flaws of current management strategies, focused on delaying rather than creating actual solutions, like we highlighted in our latest paper: doi.org/10.1007/s106...
📰 News: www.ouest-france.fr/environnemen...
📰 News: www.ouest-france.fr/environnemen...
Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood nematode - European Journal of Plant Pathology
Forest decline is a complex phenomenon; however, there is often a tendency to oversimplify by attributing it to a single cause, neglecting the interaction of multiple factors. Ever since the detection...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🚨 The detection of the pinewood #nematode in France🇫🇷 exposes the flaws of current management strategies, focused on delaying rather than creating actual solutions, like we highlighted in our latest paper: doi.org/10.1007/s106...
📰 News: www.ouest-france.fr/environnemen...
📰 News: www.ouest-france.fr/environnemen...
✍️ I’ve just filled out the @femsmicro.org survey, a great chance to make sure microbiologists’ voices are heard across Europe! 🌍
Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists.
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
✍️ I’ve just filled out the @femsmicro.org survey, a great chance to make sure microbiologists’ voices are heard across Europe! 🌍
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❓Interested in the fundamentals of effective research communication?
❗️Here is a webinar that will discuss these questions and more:
💻IUFRO Masterclass in Research Communication and Pathways to Impact
🗓️17 November 🕔17.00 UTC
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ForestScience #ScienceCommunication
❗️Here is a webinar that will discuss these questions and more:
💻IUFRO Masterclass in Research Communication and Pathways to Impact
🗓️17 November 🕔17.00 UTC
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ForestScience #ScienceCommunication
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
❓Interested in the fundamentals of effective research communication?
❗️Here is a webinar that will discuss these questions and more:
💻IUFRO Masterclass in Research Communication and Pathways to Impact
🗓️17 November 🕔17.00 UTC
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ForestScience #ScienceCommunication
❗️Here is a webinar that will discuss these questions and more:
💻IUFRO Masterclass in Research Communication and Pathways to Impact
🗓️17 November 🕔17.00 UTC
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ForestScience #ScienceCommunication
✍️ Open letter signed ✅
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
✍️ Open letter signed ✅
Reposted by David Pires
🪱 Virulent vs. avirulent #nematodes
✅A #virulent nematode population can infect & reproduce on plants carrying resistance genes.
❎An #avirulent population cannot overcome plant resistance and fails to reproduce.
Watch #video 🎦 bit.ly/3WfIAlI @xsorribas.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
✅A #virulent nematode population can infect & reproduce on plants carrying resistance genes.
❎An #avirulent population cannot overcome plant resistance and fails to reproduce.
Watch #video 🎦 bit.ly/3WfIAlI @xsorribas.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
Virulent & avirulent nematode populations
YouTube video by NEM-EMERGE
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🪱 Virulent vs. avirulent #nematodes
✅A #virulent nematode population can infect & reproduce on plants carrying resistance genes.
❎An #avirulent population cannot overcome plant resistance and fails to reproduce.
Watch #video 🎦 bit.ly/3WfIAlI @xsorribas.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
✅A #virulent nematode population can infect & reproduce on plants carrying resistance genes.
❎An #avirulent population cannot overcome plant resistance and fails to reproduce.
Watch #video 🎦 bit.ly/3WfIAlI @xsorribas.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
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💼🔬 We are excited to welcome new talent to our team! If you are ready to start a new adventure, come work with us! Check out our open job positions 👉 bit.ly/47zmNvt
#hiring #agtech #biotech
#hiring #agtech #biotech
October 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
💼🔬 We are excited to welcome new talent to our team! If you are ready to start a new adventure, come work with us! Check out our open job positions 👉 bit.ly/47zmNvt
#hiring #agtech #biotech
#hiring #agtech #biotech
🌲 New 'Behind the Paper' post: go.nature.com/4qdUiLb 🌲
🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode
🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode
Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood nematode
Forest decline is a complex process rarely attributable to a single cause. Nevertheless, when widespread tree mortality occurs, management responses often focus on one primary agent. Our recent study ...
go.nature.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🌲 New 'Behind the Paper' post: go.nature.com/4qdUiLb 🌲
🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode
🔍 Forest decline is rarely caused by a single factor, and our latest study reveals why adopting a holistic perspective is key to managing pine wilt disease effectively. 🪱
👉 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#PineWiltDisease #PinewoodNematode
✨ Thank you so much for featuring our paper! 📄
📰 The October #EUFORGEN Newsletter is out!
Discover the Joint EUFORGEN–OptFORESTS webinar on detecting genetic decline (6–7 Nov), new genetic conservation tools, national updates from France & Spain, and the upcoming EVOLTREE–FORGENIUS Final Conference in Madrid.
🔗 Read: mailchi.mp/fed4fceac80d...
Discover the Joint EUFORGEN–OptFORESTS webinar on detecting genetic decline (6–7 Nov), new genetic conservation tools, national updates from France & Spain, and the upcoming EVOLTREE–FORGENIUS Final Conference in Madrid.
🔗 Read: mailchi.mp/fed4fceac80d...
EUFORGEN Newsletter - October 2025
Discover the latest updates on EUFORGEN and the activities carried out by the members of our international cooperation programme on forest genetics resources! Projects, events, publications and releva...
mailchi.mp
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
✨ Thank you so much for featuring our paper! 📄
🚀 Exciting news!
🎯 According to Altmetric, 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱% of all research outputs globally, and 𝟰 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟱% 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀.
🌍 Amazing to watch our work spark global attention!
🎯 According to Altmetric, 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱% of all research outputs globally, and 𝟰 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟱% 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀.
🌍 Amazing to watch our work spark global attention!
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚀 Exciting news!
🎯 According to Altmetric, 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱% of all research outputs globally, and 𝟰 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟱% 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀.
🌍 Amazing to watch our work spark global attention!
🎯 According to Altmetric, 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱% of all research outputs globally, and 𝟰 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟱% 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀.
🌍 Amazing to watch our work spark global attention!
Reposted by David Pires
New identification manual "Introduction to #Nematodes of the Family Cephalobidae" was released as PDF on my ResearchGate account. Published with Sven Boström with support from @worm-lab.bsky.social and Swedish Museum of Natural History.
October 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New identification manual "Introduction to #Nematodes of the Family Cephalobidae" was released as PDF on my ResearchGate account. Published with Sven Boström with support from @worm-lab.bsky.social and Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Reposted by David Pires
Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever?
Scientists board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍
🔗 buff.ly/YW2XUN3
#plantscience #science
Scientists board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍
🔗 buff.ly/YW2XUN3
#plantscience #science
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever?
Scientists board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍
🔗 buff.ly/YW2XUN3
#plantscience #science
Scientists board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍
🔗 buff.ly/YW2XUN3
#plantscience #science
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Microbes are vital allies for a sustainable future 🌍🦠. At #IUMS2024, 1400+ experts stressed their role in #climate action, health & #biotech—calling for global collaboration, investment in microbial innovation & integration into policy.
buff.ly/Im93WQV
buff.ly/Im93WQV
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Microbes are vital allies for a sustainable future 🌍🦠. At #IUMS2024, 1400+ experts stressed their role in #climate action, health & #biotech—calling for global collaboration, investment in microbial innovation & integration into policy.
buff.ly/Im93WQV
buff.ly/Im93WQV
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Have you checked the ‘EU funding & me’ yet?
The new app launched to make access to EU funding opportunities more intuitive and efficient for applicants and beneficiaries.
Find funding calls and access your projects directly from your mobile. Download it now: link.europa.eu/YY947y
#EUfundingApp
The new app launched to make access to EU funding opportunities more intuitive and efficient for applicants and beneficiaries.
Find funding calls and access your projects directly from your mobile. Download it now: link.europa.eu/YY947y
#EUfundingApp
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Have you checked the ‘EU funding & me’ yet?
The new app launched to make access to EU funding opportunities more intuitive and efficient for applicants and beneficiaries.
Find funding calls and access your projects directly from your mobile. Download it now: link.europa.eu/YY947y
#EUfundingApp
The new app launched to make access to EU funding opportunities more intuitive and efficient for applicants and beneficiaries.
Find funding calls and access your projects directly from your mobile. Download it now: link.europa.eu/YY947y
#EUfundingApp
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#Bursaphelenchus #xylophilus - Priority Pests report
🌱 New EFSA Pest Report Released! 🌱
🔍 Read the full report here: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
📊 Learn about its characteristics and the factors that may influence its potential as a priority for pest management in Europe.
#PriorityPests
#PWN
🌱 New EFSA Pest Report Released! 🌱
🔍 Read the full report here: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
📊 Learn about its characteristics and the factors that may influence its potential as a priority for pest management in Europe.
#PriorityPests
#PWN
May 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#Bursaphelenchus #xylophilus - Priority Pests report
🌱 New EFSA Pest Report Released! 🌱
🔍 Read the full report here: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
📊 Learn about its characteristics and the factors that may influence its potential as a priority for pest management in Europe.
#PriorityPests
#PWN
🌱 New EFSA Pest Report Released! 🌱
🔍 Read the full report here: doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
📊 Learn about its characteristics and the factors that may influence its potential as a priority for pest management in Europe.
#PriorityPests
#PWN
Reposted by David Pires
Want to know how to predict the future of soil health with AI? Find out more about the topic – for free – in our latest webinar. Join leading experts and ask them your questions in the live Q&A. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/predicting... @ukceh.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Want to know how to predict the future of soil health with AI? Find out more about the topic – for free – in our latest webinar. Join leading experts and ask them your questions in the live Q&A. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/predicting... @ukceh.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu