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1/3 Thrilled to share our new paper in Cell led by Jigar V Desai on how complement component C5 promotes phagocyte survival and effector functions for protective antifungal host defense. Read here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A new #NIAID study helps explain why drugs that suppress C5, a protein in the complement system, put people at risk of deadly #fungal infections. These findings show C5 plays a key role in antifungal immunity. Read more in @cellpressnews: doi.org/10.1016/j.cell… #immunology

Wonderful to have Judith Berman 💔 join the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology family.

cool new less/non-toxic polyene—looks very promising! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Does filamentation and toxin production provide a benefit to the fungal pathogen Candida albicans? We investigated these properties of Candida while examining its ability to colonize the gut....

Nature research paper: The hyphal-specific toxin candidalysin promotes fungal gut commensalism go.nature.com/3P9XarK

Hyphae promote Candida albicans fitness and commensalism in the gut nature.com/articles/s4157… This study shows that hyphae formation is critical for Candida albicans gut colonization in the presence of commensal bacteria owing to the production of a hyphal-associated factor.

Check out this new article on the rapid evolution of a multicellular morphology in Candida auris. nature.com/articles/s4146… Congratulations Guanghua Huang Craig Ennis PhD and all authors!

NOA - thrilled to begin a P01 with Koh Lab Richard Bennett Xavier Lab @LHooperLab and Matt Anderson (U. Wisc) to unravel how Candida interacts with the GI tract. We'll be recruiting to our collective 🍄 team. Thanks Dona Love for guiding us in this 2 yr odyssey. 🍾

How to pick a problem. Today in Cell. 1/53 cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Identification of an active RNAi pathway in Candida albicans | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Was awesome having Dr. Lewis Lanier (UCSF) present the third annual Dr. Christine Biron Lecture at Brown University this week and giving the history of NK cells - from their slow start to their meteoric rise! The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) MMI_Brown

Are all microbial domination states in the intestine similar? Do all domination states predict disease & infections? Check out the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center collaboration below. Chen Liao Thierry Rolling  Xavier Lab Bing Zhai Ana Djukovic Jonathan (Tsoni) Peled van den Brink Lab nature.com/articles/s4156…

New Research Briefing ‘The meaning of oral bacteria in faeces’ out now. By Chen Liao & Joao Xavier. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Thanks NIAID News for highlighting our work and for creating an environment where this bench-to-bedside work can be done!

The strategy behind one of the most successful labs in the world nature.com/articles/d4158…