David Hernández

Honored to give a research seminar today at Wageningen University & Research 🌍 I shared my PhD research on Botryosphaeriaceae in avocado and discussed their impact on plant health. Many thanks to @ECharriaG and @WUR for the opportunity! #PhD #PlantPathology #Fungi #Wageningen

Last Friday, I had the pleasure of giving a research seminar at TU Braunschweig about my PhD research. Many thanks to @AnneOostlander and Professor André Fleißner for the invitation and warm hospitality. It was a great experience.

Honoured to present part of my PhD research at the Spring Symposium One Health Mycology at the @_Westerdijk_ 🇳🇱 Grateful for the opportunity — great discussions, inspiring science & amazing people! #PhD #Mycology #PlantHealth #Science #OneHealth

Delighted to be speaking next week at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Spring Symposium, One Health Mycology. Looking forward to sharing part of my PhD research and learning from a great group of speakers.See you in Utrecht! #OneHealthMycology

Delighted to announce our new paper in IMA Fungus: Standardized VMM sporulation for Diplodia, Lasiodiplodia & Neofusicoccum. Many thanks to @UPTuks @Fabiteam1 @bernardslippers, Christiaan Grobler, and my supervisor F. Siverio for all your help and support! doi.org/10.3897/imafun…

Dutch mushrooms from The Hague and Kinderdijk! 🇳🇱

Enjoying a fungal paradise in Tenerife, Canary Islands

After 2 years and several visits to the @_Westerdijk_ @_knaw, I’ve completed the fungal training program offered by this prestigious institution. Huge thanks to the @_Westerdijk_ team, especially to @FungusCrous and @JosHoubraken for their guidance and inspiration along the way!

What an unforgettable experience last week at the @_Westerdijk_ Institute in Utrecht! So grateful for the chance to learn more about fungi during the Food & Indoor Mycology course, thank you @JosHoubraken and the whole Westerdijk team for your time, dedication and inspiration!

Day 2 at the Food & Indoor Mycology course at the @Westerdijk @_knaw @JosHoubraken 🍄 Fascinating lectures and hands-on work, always a privilege to keep learning from the best!

Day 1 at the Food & Indoor Mycology course at the @_Westerdijk_ @_knaw @JosHoubraken 🍄

It’s always a pleasure and a great joy to be back at the @_Westerdijk_ @_knaw , this time for the Food & Indoor Mycology course. Keep learning about the amazing world of fungi! ! 🍄 @JosHoubraken

No better way to be active on social media than by making a dream come true! First time watching the @Springboks live! Taking a breather before the last stretch of my PhD.

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The forest health crisis is urgent. Let’s invest in building a common experimental model system. Like yeast for genetics or mice for medicine, forest pathology needs a model. @NewPhyt - doi.org/10.1111/nph.70…
#ForestHealth #PlantPathology #ModelOrganisms #Pathobiome

🌐4/ A model system fosters collaboration, reproducibility & innovation. It anchors diverse research—genomics, cell biology, microbiomes—making discoveries scalable & impactful. It's not about replacing fieldwork, but accelerating mechanistic insight.

⚙️3/ Developing a model for forest pathology means choosing tractable pathogens & hosts, building genetic tools, infection assays, and community standards—just like in crop research.

🧪2/ Model organisms like Arabidopsis, Magnaporthe, and Ustilago transformed biology & agriculture. Forest pathogens, with their complex life cycles, long-lived hosts, & ecological nuance, need similar tools—built for trees.

🌳🧬1/ Forests face escalating threats from pathogens due to climate change & global trade. Yet forest pathology lags behind crop science in understanding microbe-host dynamics at the molecular level. Why? We lack the model systems that revolutionized plant pathology.

Prof @bernardslippers kicks off the #TPCP2025 36th Annual Meeting!

Prof. Romina Gazis from @ClinicPlant presents “From Hand Lens to High Tech” - highlighting the power of merging traditional and modern diagnostics in tree health. Her clinic bridges growers & experts, enabling rapid ID, early detection & industry-wide access. #TPCP2025