David Pires

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#Nematology friends: preserving the USDA Nematode Collection at #BARC is just one reason to voice your opinions about the ‘disorganization’ plan. Irreplaceable historical research specimens (incl. Cobb) are at risk. We need your support, now more than ever. @son-nemaweb.bsky.social

🆕 paper out in Nitrogen

💡 This review highlights the importance of legumes in tropical farming and covers major diseases affecting productivity and their impact on the economy and the environment, including #nematodes

🔎 Read the full paper at doi.org/10.3390/nitr...

Natural variation of the holobiont for sustainable agroecosystems Plant evolution is largely driven by plant–microbe interactions, yet the ecology of the plant holobiont is not well understood at a molecular level. However, these relationships hold diverse benefits ...

How can the transition between
laboratories, industry, and farmers
facilitate the implementation of
#holobiont engineering strategies?

www.cell.com/trends/plant...

The EURL Website webpage for the EURL Recommended Methods

👋"EURL Recommended Methods" are public & available on the EURL website. New Diagnostic Protocol on Meloidogyne graminicola is there + others covering the diagnostics of other Q Meloidogyne spp., Globodera spp., B. xylophilus, & culturing of some PPNs 🔬🌾 #planthealth sitesv2.anses.fr/en/minisite/...

Help create the future of agriculture! 🌱 Join our team as a Senior Biological Research Scientist and have a meaningful influence on the culture and growth of Pheronym.

Apply here 👉 ow.ly/Nl7E50Ws2Vc

#hiring #biologicalresearchscientist #scientist #soilhealth

🌿 Maria João Camacho, from INIAV, recently presented sensor technology for sustainable crop protection, highlighting the @purpest-eu.bsky.social project and the crucial role of early #nematode detection 🌱🔬

🔎 Read more at www.purpest.eu/news/iqtb-pl...

🌲🤝 INIAV recently welcomed a delegation from the Korea Forest Service 🇰🇷, sharing over 25 years of experience in managing the pinewood nematode in Portugal 🪱🇵🇹.
✨ PurPest and FORSAID were showcased, drawing great interest from our Korean colleagues!
🔍 Read our post at www.purpest.eu/news/pwn-glo...

Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes | mSystems Given the complexity of host-microbiota symbioses, scientists and philosophers are asking questions at new biological levels of hierarchical organization—what is a holobiont and hologenome? When should this vocabulary be applied? Are these concepts a ...

Let's celebrate this - Holobionts are incontrovertible, multipartite entities that result from ecological, evolutionary, and genetic processes. They are not restricted to one special process but constitute a wider vocabulary and framework for biology. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Here's the total attention to 2025 publications on both X/Twitter and Bluesky. Bluesky has two thirds of Twitter's attention with >10 times fewer users.

🔖 Save the date!

🪱 This year's "Advances in Nematology" will be held at the Linnean Society London & online on December 4th 🪱

📆 Limited in-person registration opens 1st September!

Submit an abstract & find out more 🔗 buff.ly/HOgf6af

@anikadamm.bsky.social #nematodes #plantscience 🧪

IS-MPMI Early Career Achievement Award presented to Sebastian Eves-van den Akker 2025

Congratulations to @sebastianevda.bsky.social who has received this year's @ismpmi.bsky.social Early Career Achievement Award - a reflection of the brilliant work of members of his lab, over several years.

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Maxing out chemical-free crop protection with dsRNAmax A software package developed and validated at The University of Queensland can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference (RNAi). The dsRNAmax software designs dou...

phys.org/news/2025-07...

Registration for #VNC2025 is open!! If you are a ECR please consider submitting an abstract using the link/QR code below. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

🪱 Calling all Early-Career Nematologists:
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉

If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.

Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z

⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!

I am looking for a PhD student in #molecularbiology #biochemistry #bioinformatics to work with #plants and #nematodes

Please share widely. Also, prospective applicants please check out this link:
www.alligator.org/article/2024...

#PhDposition

Strengthening the Future of Science: Why Joining a Scientific Society Matters

We encourage scientists to engage with their national, regional, & international scientific societies, to invest in their professional development & the future of science.

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🔎 This #interactive #richness #map indicates the potential root-knot nematodes ( #RKN) invasion risk or emergence risk🐛

➡️By Mohammed Dakhil & Dan Bebber
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social

To view the map🔗 bit.ly/3Gzlmm6
More info at the #NEMEMERGE website🌐 nem-emerge.eu/project/resu... @ec.europa.eu

🚀 Registration for VNC 2025 opens on July 10, 2025!

🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.

📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!

Exciting news! 🎉 We're now on LinkedIn—follow us for updates, insights, and more. Stay tuned! 👇
🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/youn...

After 6 years of work (since ICOM Mérida 2019) with #NancyCollinsJohnson our “Functional team selection as a framework for local adaptation in plants and their belowground microbiomes” is out in @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal!

doi.org/10.1093/isme...

#Mycorrhiza #Holobiont #MultilevelSelection

Reniform nematodes penetrating a cotton root

NEMATODE MONDAY: Slide shared by Professor Richard Sikora showing reniform nematode ( Rotylenchulus reniformis) females penetrating a cotton root to establish a feeding site. Reniform nematodes are semiendoparasitic and a major pest of cotton in the southeastern USA #Nematode #Cotton

We are always looking for great new talent to join our team 👉

📕 Intern - Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
📗 Intern - Business and Administrative
📘 Senior Biological Research Scientist
📙 Fermentation and Bioprocessing Scientist/Engineer

🔗 ow.ly/I1o550WjPt2

#hiring

📢 #NEMEMERGE will be present at the #symposium " #Nematodes on the move" organised by
#OECD 👥

Our partners Daniel Coyne & Aska Goverse from @w-u-r.bsky.social will give2️⃣presentations on 14th and 16th of July🗓️

To check the agenda👉🏽 nematologists.org/resources/Do...
To register👉🏽 bit.ly/4km96Di

💡 Our latest paper is featured on the Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée (IEFC) website and on IEFC's June 2025 Newsletter
👀 Read at www.plantedforests.org/incubating-p...
🔗 doi.org/10.3390/f160...
#PinewoodNematode #PineWiltDisease

📅Mark your calendars!

🌿Will it wilt? From bark to xylem an invasion away
🗓️18-22 May 2026; 📍Athens, Greece

www.iufro.org/events/will-...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests #BarkBeetles #PineWiltDisease #ClimateChange #xylem

How and when organisms edit their own genomes - Nature Genetics This Review describes the changes that some organisms make to their own DNA sequences, linking many to common genetic mechanisms built around canonical DNA repair and to a set of functional circumstan...

New paper @natgenet.nature.com

nature.com/articles/s41...

Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes

In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...

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🌿 PurPest was proudly represented by our leader, @cerealpath.bsky.social (NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research), at the Annual Meeting of the European Network in Chemical Ecology (E-NICHE) in beautiful Évora, Portugal 🇵🇹
🔎 Read all about it at www.purpest.eu/news/purpest...

🌲 How can we stop invasive pests from devastating Europe's forests?
💡 The message from technical visits during our meeting in 🇵🇹 is clear:
🔍 Rapid detection & early action matter
🤝 Cross-border collaboration is essential
🔬 Innovation is our strongest ally
👀 Read more at www.purpest.eu/news/purpest...

Towering behavior and collective dispersal in Caenorhabditis nematodes Perez et al. report that self-assembling nematode towers occur in nature and can function as collective dispersal structures. Using Caenorhabditis elegans, they establish a tractable empirical model t...

Worm! Tower!

"Individuals of many nematode species can group together and self-assemble into a living tower of worms..."

#science #biology #animals 🧪