.National Geographic publishes 1st cover story on fungi in its history! Edition features 4 articles on fungi & commitment by @insidenatgeo to fungal research. It also includes a story on lol Initiative led by @giulifungi of @FungiFoundation NYU @moth_rights & Merlin Sheldrake

Fungi: Web of Life, narrated by Björk, is coming to non-IMAX cinemas across the UK via the Demand platform. These scheduling screenings will only go ahead if a minimum number of tickets are sold. Please book & share if you are keen! uk.demand.film/fungi-web-life/

Back at the bench isolating fungal pycnidia! Having fun learning about this wheat fungal pathogen with the Stukenbrock lab at Kiel University. Excited to take this back to School of Biological Sciences to dissect some of its virulence mechanisms.

Wonderful day hosting Dr. Alessandra da Silva Dantas Dr. Alessandra Dantas from Newcastle University Newcastle Fungal Group at School of Biological Sciences learning all about the impact of aging on antifungal resistance in Candida albicans. Thanks to the British Mycological Society for facilitating our initial interaction!

Talented PhD student Caelainn Mcaloran sharing the labs research at #HFP2024. Well done Caelainn. Wish I was there!

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Another great presentation from the lab at #HFP2024. Well done Sreyashi Sreyashi Acharjee

Just a few days left to register for the Irish Fungal Society Annual Conference #IFS2024, taking place 19-20 June in Belfast. Book your place here: irishfungalsociety.org/annual-meeting/ #fungi #mycology #research

Registration deadline extended!!

Attended this wonderful event that recognized QUB's position as a leader in #GenderEquality in higher education within the UK. #LoveQUB It was extra special that the two female leaders of government here in Northern Ireland were also present to acknowledge QUB's success. Queen’s Gender Initiative

When my supervisor walks into the lab and I pretend to know what I’m doing

Are you a #talented #postdoc who would like to join our dynamic team? The AMR & One Health Lab @QUB IGFS Queen's University Belfast 🎓 is recruiting a #ResearchFellow in #Microbiome and #AMR. #Deadline June 24 Apply now👇hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Amelia Amelia Barber is giving quite a talk looking for genomics and community features associated with generalist vs specialist microbes Amelia is the fearless leader of junior research group Fungal Informatics 👇barber-lab.com/author/amelia-… #FungalGRC24

Thanks to all who attended and organised the 2024 IFS Annual Conference, this year showcased some of the most exciting fungal research from Ireland! A special thanks to the IFS president since 2019, Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, who will be passing the role onto Dr. Johannes Wagener.

Hyland lab out in force at the Irish Fungal Society annual meeting 2024 Queen's University Belfast 🎓. Well done to Caelainn Mcaloran for best poster prize of the meeting, as well as both Sreyashi Acharjee and Jessica Allison for excellent presentations.

Congratulations to the recent Edel Hyland Lab @ Queen's University Belfast graduates, Sadia Biswas (MSci Biochemistry, first class honours) and Dr. Veronika Toth, PhD Molecular Parasitology. I’m so proud of both of you. ….and thank you Sadia for the awesome mushroom pin! School of Biological Sciences

This is a very interesting new paper linking the rapid acquisition of a drug resistant phenotype in a novel fungal pathogen to increases in temperature. Climate change could expedite AFR evolution. ⁦ECMM⁩ ⁦ISHAM⁩ ⁦British Society for Medical Mycology⁩ ⁦

Congratulations again to our Summer Class of 2024. You can now view pictures of our prize winners and the celebration event here - qub.ac.uk/schools/School…

Fungal Olympic

We’d like to send a huge congratulations to the Queen’s graduates and alumni that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Final yesterday as part of the Armagh_GAA team 🏆 Kieran McGeeney, Paddy Burns, Peter McGrane, Tiernan Kelly, Ben Crealey, Joe McIlroy, Rory Grugan, Andrew