I may have accidentally bought Christmas baubles with conidiophores on... #aspergillus #Christmas2021

APPLY NOW MRC Centre for Medical Mycology offers fully-funded 4-year MRes-PhD studentships in Medical Mycology for a Sept 2022 start. A bespoke programme that provides a broad interdisciplinary training that is not available anywhere else in the world University of Exeter Deadline 6 Feb exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…

Our newest preprint is out 🙌🧪 If you're at HFP find Jorge for a chat and he can answer any questions you may have!

Manuscript accepted 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations to all those who contributed to the study! Have a read to know which genes of A.fumigatus regulate damage to the lung epithelium and how they do it!! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #Aspergillus #Epithelialdamage #fungi #lung

Great news to get before a holiday! Congratulations Julio Silva! journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Great Newcastle Fungal Group meeting today with great PhD talks and a stellar plenary talk by Dr. Alessandra Dantas. Looking very much to Alessandra starting her lectureship at Newcastle Uni!

Dear FedEx Europe FedEx Help EU @uk_fedex my parcel have been delayed for 19h now. Apparently they are in Ridgmont. When will I Expect to have them delivered to me? I imagine the dry ice they were in is long gone by now.

Merry Christmas from this festive Bean Julio Silva

The March 2023 issue is online now Read the cover article by Vaithish Velazhahan, Bethany L. McCann, Elaine Bignell, & Christopher G. Tate Vaithish Velazhahan @MRC_LMB Elaine Bignell Developing novel antifungals: lessons from G protein-coupled receptors cell.com/trends/pharmac…

I have two postdoctoral positions open on an exciting project to dissect the molecular basis of tissue invasion during fungal infection of the lung. This one is pathogen focused. MRC Centre for Medical Mycology is a fun, collegiate research hub! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

#IWD2023 Dr Alison Gifford recently graduated with MRes in Fungal Pathobiology & Immunology with distinction, plus a Dean’s commendation for exceptional academic performance. Combining her academic work while raising three children is an inspiring example of a woman in science.

Our latest paper is out! A great way to start what I hope will be a fantastic week 🤞

The BALR summer studentships are back! Great opportunity for students to spend up to 8 weeks working in a lab over summer with some ££ for a stipend, consumables and attending a conference! Deadline is 15th May! Eligibility and how to apply: balr.co.uk/awards

Funny old world when you can get arrested for unloading republican placards from the back of a van, but not for selling £122m-worth of defective PPE to the NHS

I'm so happy to announce an open postdoc position in my group! 🎆 Join if you are interested to explore #DNAdamage in #Aspergillus fumigatus at the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology 🔬 jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

Combinations of #anidulafungin with #manogepix OR #5FC show great potential against both resistant and susceptible Candida auris isolates.

If we cannot find fungal infections, we cannot treat fungal infections. And if we cannot treat fungal infections, we cannot end fungal infections.

Awardees in the postdoc session: 🔸 1st place: Dr Matthew Sinton @mcsinton 🔸 2nd place: Dr Karen Slattery Karen Slattery 🔸 3rd place: Dr Julio Furlong-Silva 🔗 bit.ly/4a4C3Qw 2/2

🍄 Join Beth McCann at the Bootlegger on Monday, May 13th for an eye-opening talk on "From Bug to Drug: New ways to treat fungal infections." Discover the urgent need for novel antifungal treatments as resistance grows. Beth McCann MRC Centre for Medical Mycology #Fungi #Exeter #Pint24