🚨Abstract submission is open until 31 January for the international conference

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

➡️ fria.gr/willitwilt/

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

🌲 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

💡 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

🌲 In just 90 seconds, I distill the relevance and impact of my PhD
▶️ Watch the full video 👉 youtu.be/lLtgd9EE1nw?...
#PinewoodNematode #PineWiltDisease #Esteya #Biocontrol

📥 Thrilled to share that the 1st paper from my PhD is currently among the most downloaded in Fungal Biology.
🍄 This study provides the first report on Esteya’s ability to compete with fungi commonly found in the pathosystem of #PineWiltDisease.
🔎 Find out more at doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

🧑‍🏫For the past two days, I taught 3 practical classes about the pinewood #nematode to undergrad students for the 1st time, giving them a perspective on the symptoms to look for in declining pine trees, how to extract & ID the nematode morphologically, to diagnose #PineWiltDisease 🪱