Att. medical myco colleagues: I’ve started this list of researchers in fungal pathogenesis. Please contribute/ add yourself to this list, or refer me on to a more complete list please 🙏 Hoping to stay connected in this new “X” landscape… x.com/i/lists/153539…

This podcast is important to listen to. It helps clarify the moral dilemmas we face. PLEASE take the time to listen. pca.st/episode/debc1f…

Please read this very clarifying transcript of the Sam Harris podcast--it really helps give context to the Hamas-Israeli conflict that started on Oct. 7. samharris.org/blog/the-sin-o…

Thank you to EMBO for their statement of support:

I am still amazed (and deeply saddened) seeing people, esp at elite universities, justifying isis-like atrocities, raping and beheading and kidnapping children, in the name of Hammas "resistance" whose officially declared purpose is to wipe Israel off the map.

I am an assistant professor at Columbia Business School. I am a father, a husband, an uncle, and a son. I am a forty-year-old man, and last week I found myself crying in front of a group of complete strangers.

All scientists in Germany: please vote!

We have launched our hiring initiative for up to 20 independent junior research groups in the areas of infection biology, microbiology, technology, etc. Job ad below. Happy to fill you in with more details, just write to me [email protected] helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jobs…

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My brilliant PhD student Nufar, whose brother is a hostage in Gaza for over 80 days. Nothing prepared me to being a mentor under such a scenario. How can we even continue research in the lab?? Please help her, help us, spread this heart-breaking humanitarian call.

58th Scientific Conference of the German speaking Mycological Society (DMykG) e.V. together with the CRC/Transregio 124 FungiNet in September at Jena - Lichtstadt organized by @DMykG FungiNet Submit your abstract now! dmykg-kongress.de/en/registratio…

Organized by Ilse Jacobsen Leibniz-HKI, and supported by many of the local research groups 🙏🏻 Looking forward!

Dear colleagues, you no longer have to trust my word that Jena is worth visiting - you now have an excuse to see it for yourself!

Register for the next #MycoClinics session here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Talks by Prof. Riina Richardson and Prof. D. Sobel

🚀We are thrilled to announce the funding of the new research group “Phagosome Biology and Engineering”! The group focuses on the interactions between fungi and hosts during the #phagocytosis to gain better understanding of how a 🍄 manipulates its host's defense mechanisms.

Fully agree!

Nigerian Mycology featuring prominently ESCMID global. Dr Samuel Fayemiwo presenting his work on the mycobiome in women with #RVVC yesterday. Like if you thought it was an excellent presentation!

Deadline for abstracts next month. Check out the schedule online and come celebrate the role of unconventional immune cells and microenvironment with us!

Join us for a public #fishbowl discussion (in German) as part of our joint #symposium! What are the current challenges in #infection research? Exciting experts from #science, #politics, policy advising, and #journalism will discuss. Sign up: microbes2024.de #Microbes2024