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/home
➡️ https://sites.google.com/view/davidpires/home
🌱 Happy #WorldPulsesDay, dedicated to raising public awareness about the power of pulses to nourish people and the planet. 🫘
📚 Check out our latest paper on pulses and their sustainable production in tropical systems 👉 doi.org/10.3390/nitr...
📚 Check out our latest paper on pulses and their sustainable production in tropical systems 👉 doi.org/10.3390/nitr...
February 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
🌱 Happy #WorldPulsesDay, dedicated to raising public awareness about the power of pulses to nourish people and the planet. 🫘
📚 Check out our latest paper on pulses and their sustainable production in tropical systems 👉 doi.org/10.3390/nitr...
📚 Check out our latest paper on pulses and their sustainable production in tropical systems 👉 doi.org/10.3390/nitr...
Happy to see the interest in our latest preprint.
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Happy to see the interest in our latest preprint.
How ChatGPT and Gemini picture me working
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
How ChatGPT and Gemini picture me working
🌱🦠 New preprint out!
What if soil is not just a passive background for plant diseases, but an active battlefield & reservoir?
Our review explores how soil structure & microbiomes jointly shape the emergence & persistence of plant pathogens: doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback & discussion welcome.
What if soil is not just a passive background for plant diseases, but an active battlefield & reservoir?
Our review explores how soil structure & microbiomes jointly shape the emergence & persistence of plant pathogens: doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback & discussion welcome.
February 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
🌱🦠 New preprint out!
What if soil is not just a passive background for plant diseases, but an active battlefield & reservoir?
Our review explores how soil structure & microbiomes jointly shape the emergence & persistence of plant pathogens: doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback & discussion welcome.
What if soil is not just a passive background for plant diseases, but an active battlefield & reservoir?
Our review explores how soil structure & microbiomes jointly shape the emergence & persistence of plant pathogens: doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Feedback & discussion welcome.
📈 Really happy to see my first PhD chapter getting some traction: the article has reached 200 reads on ResearchGate. www.researchgate.net/profile/Davi...
📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
February 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
📈 Really happy to see my first PhD chapter getting some traction: the article has reached 200 reads on ResearchGate. www.researchgate.net/profile/Davi...
📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
🤦♂️ Am I the only one getting fed up with the proliferation of half-baked, AI-generated, and often inaccurate images on social media, and increasingly in papers?
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
🤦♂️ Am I the only one getting fed up with the proliferation of half-baked, AI-generated, and often inaccurate images on social media, and increasingly in papers?
🤖 As I approach the final months of my PhD, I decided to run a small experiment. I asked Gemini to audit my professional footprint (analyzing my Google Scholar and ORCID profiles) and predict my career trajectory for the next five years.
💭 The analysis was surprisingly detailed 👇
💭 The analysis was surprisingly detailed 👇
January 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
🤖 As I approach the final months of my PhD, I decided to run a small experiment. I asked Gemini to audit my professional footprint (analyzing my Google Scholar and ORCID profiles) and predict my career trajectory for the next five years.
💭 The analysis was surprisingly detailed 👇
💭 The analysis was surprisingly detailed 👇
🌲 For 27 yrs, Europe's response to the PWN stayed the same: 🪓🔥. Millions spent on diagnostics & buffer zones, yet the #nematode spread from 🇵🇹 to 🇪🇸 and now 🇫🇷.
Diagnostics matter, but aren't a cure.
Time to fund solutions: biocontrol & long-term management.
Buffer zones failed. Science didn't. 🔬✅
Diagnostics matter, but aren't a cure.
Time to fund solutions: biocontrol & long-term management.
Buffer zones failed. Science didn't. 🔬✅
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🌲 For 27 yrs, Europe's response to the PWN stayed the same: 🪓🔥. Millions spent on diagnostics & buffer zones, yet the #nematode spread from 🇵🇹 to 🇪🇸 and now 🇫🇷.
Diagnostics matter, but aren't a cure.
Time to fund solutions: biocontrol & long-term management.
Buffer zones failed. Science didn't. 🔬✅
Diagnostics matter, but aren't a cure.
Time to fund solutions: biocontrol & long-term management.
Buffer zones failed. Science didn't. 🔬✅
🔬 Excited to continue driving high-impact science and raising the bar for excellence at the institute in 2026.
🌍 Proud of the collaborative bridges we've built with this work, and grateful to my co-authors for pushing the boundaries of international science with me. Onwards! 🚀
🌍 Proud of the collaborative bridges we've built with this work, and grateful to my co-authors for pushing the boundaries of international science with me. Onwards! 🚀
December 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🔬 Excited to continue driving high-impact science and raising the bar for excellence at the institute in 2026.
🌍 Proud of the collaborative bridges we've built with this work, and grateful to my co-authors for pushing the boundaries of international science with me. Onwards! 🚀
🌍 Proud of the collaborative bridges we've built with this work, and grateful to my co-authors for pushing the boundaries of international science with me. Onwards! 🚀
🎄🔬 Taking a break from the bench to cultivate some holiday cheer!
Wishing you a restorative Holiday season and a New Year filled with fruitful discoveries in plant health. 🌱✨
Wishing you a restorative Holiday season and a New Year filled with fruitful discoveries in plant health. 🌱✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🎄🔬 Taking a break from the bench to cultivate some holiday cheer!
Wishing you a restorative Holiday season and a New Year filled with fruitful discoveries in plant health. 🌱✨
Wishing you a restorative Holiday season and a New Year filled with fruitful discoveries in plant health. 🌱✨
🌍 Honored to see our work cross borders!
🚜🌾 Voz do Campo approached me to republish an article I co-authored (originally in Nitrogen doi.org/10.3390/nitr...). It is now available in Portuguese in their final 2025 edition.
👇 Sneak peek below, and full online version to follow once available.
🚜🌾 Voz do Campo approached me to republish an article I co-authored (originally in Nitrogen doi.org/10.3390/nitr...). It is now available in Portuguese in their final 2025 edition.
👇 Sneak peek below, and full online version to follow once available.
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🌍 Honored to see our work cross borders!
🚜🌾 Voz do Campo approached me to republish an article I co-authored (originally in Nitrogen doi.org/10.3390/nitr...). It is now available in Portuguese in their final 2025 edition.
👇 Sneak peek below, and full online version to follow once available.
🚜🌾 Voz do Campo approached me to republish an article I co-authored (originally in Nitrogen doi.org/10.3390/nitr...). It is now available in Portuguese in their final 2025 edition.
👇 Sneak peek below, and full online version to follow once available.
📈 We hit 700+ views in 3 days and are already closing in on the 1,000 mark under a week after publication. Grateful for the interest and support!
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📈 We hit 700+ views in 3 days and are already closing in on the 1,000 mark under a week after publication. Grateful for the interest and support!
🚨 New paper is out! 🌿
We review how #pesticides affect life across ecosystems, from microbes to amphibians, and highlight strategies to mitigate their ecological impacts. Sustainable pest management needs healthy ecosystems.
👉 Read at www.mdpi.com/2413-4155/7/...
We review how #pesticides affect life across ecosystems, from microbes to amphibians, and highlight strategies to mitigate their ecological impacts. Sustainable pest management needs healthy ecosystems.
👉 Read at www.mdpi.com/2413-4155/7/...
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚨 New paper is out! 🌿
We review how #pesticides affect life across ecosystems, from microbes to amphibians, and highlight strategies to mitigate their ecological impacts. Sustainable pest management needs healthy ecosystems.
👉 Read at www.mdpi.com/2413-4155/7/...
We review how #pesticides affect life across ecosystems, from microbes to amphibians, and highlight strategies to mitigate their ecological impacts. Sustainable pest management needs healthy ecosystems.
👉 Read at www.mdpi.com/2413-4155/7/...
Interesting to see where visitors are coming from: there's a lot of interest in pine wilt disease in France 🇫🇷.
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Interesting to see where visitors are coming from: there's a lot of interest in pine wilt disease in France 🇫🇷.
Grateful to have my profile featured!
🔹 www.facebook.com/SciProfiles/...
🔸 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🔹 www.facebook.com/SciProfiles/...
🔸 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Grateful to have my profile featured!
🔹 www.facebook.com/SciProfiles/...
🔸 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🔹 www.facebook.com/SciProfiles/...
🔸 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🎯 Excited to share that our paper “The Fight against Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Current Status of Bacterial and Fungal Biocontrol Agents”, published three years ago in Pathogens, has reached 100 citations and nearing 20.000 views!
📄 Read the paper here doi.org/10.3390/path...
📄 Read the paper here doi.org/10.3390/path...
September 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🎯 Excited to share that our paper “The Fight against Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Current Status of Bacterial and Fungal Biocontrol Agents”, published three years ago in Pathogens, has reached 100 citations and nearing 20.000 views!
📄 Read the paper here doi.org/10.3390/path...
📄 Read the paper here doi.org/10.3390/path...
⚠️ Last chance to register and final call for abstracts 📝 – deadline today! ⌛ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
⚠️ Last chance to register and final call for abstracts 📝 – deadline today! ⌛ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🌲 Our brand new paper, Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood #nematode, has been published today in the 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺
🔓 Read in open access at doi.org/10.1007/s106...
🔓 Read in open access at doi.org/10.1007/s106...
August 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🌲 Our brand new paper, Multiple factors associated with forest decline in the context of control measures for the pinewood #nematode, has been published today in the 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺
🔓 Read in open access at doi.org/10.1007/s106...
🔓 Read in open access at doi.org/10.1007/s106...
🆕 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...
💡 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...
August 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🆕 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...
💡 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...
💡 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
👀 Read at www.plantedforests.org/incubating-p...
🔗 doi.org/10.3390/f160...
#PinewoodNematode #PineWiltDisease
July 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
💡 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
👀 Read at www.plantedforests.org/incubating-p...
🔗 doi.org/10.3390/f160...
#PinewoodNematode #PineWiltDisease
🌐 Online symposium of the Society of Nematologists
📌 "#Nematodes on the move: building resilience and sustainability through international collaboration and better policies"
🔎 Program available at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
📥 Register here 👉 iica.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📌 "#Nematodes on the move: building resilience and sustainability through international collaboration and better policies"
🔎 Program available at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
📥 Register here 👉 iica.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌐 Online symposium of the Society of Nematologists
📌 "#Nematodes on the move: building resilience and sustainability through international collaboration and better policies"
🔎 Program available at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
📥 Register here 👉 iica.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📌 "#Nematodes on the move: building resilience and sustainability through international collaboration and better policies"
🔎 Program available at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
📥 Register here 👉 iica.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
✍️ One year ago today, I submitted my first PhD chapter to Fungal Biology, which would be accepted and published months later.
📈 It's currently in the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric, and in the journal's top 5% according to the same source.
🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
📈 It's currently in the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric, and in the journal's top 5% according to the same source.
🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
June 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
✍️ One year ago today, I submitted my first PhD chapter to Fungal Biology, which would be accepted and published months later.
📈 It's currently in the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric, and in the journal's top 5% according to the same source.
🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
📈 It's currently in the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric, and in the journal's top 5% according to the same source.
🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...
📌 Repost from the Italian #Nematology Society
🎨 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀
Unleash your creativity and help spread awareness about #nematodes through art! All forms of artistic expression are welcome.
🆓 Free to enter
📅 Deadline: August 19, 2025
🎨 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀
Unleash your creativity and help spread awareness about #nematodes through art! All forms of artistic expression are welcome.
🆓 Free to enter
📅 Deadline: August 19, 2025
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📌 Repost from the Italian #Nematology Society
🎨 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀
Unleash your creativity and help spread awareness about #nematodes through art! All forms of artistic expression are welcome.
🆓 Free to enter
📅 Deadline: August 19, 2025
🎨 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀
Unleash your creativity and help spread awareness about #nematodes through art! All forms of artistic expression are welcome.
🆓 Free to enter
📅 Deadline: August 19, 2025
Second time this year I have to deal with my work being plagiarized and published without any request for permission, consent, or acknowledgment... This time in Frontiers in Microbiology. They scan text, but not figures, apparently 🙄 Thank you, Google Lens!
May 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Second time this year I have to deal with my work being plagiarized and published without any request for permission, consent, or acknowledgment... This time in Frontiers in Microbiology. They scan text, but not figures, apparently 🙄 Thank you, Google Lens!