
AberdeenFungalGroup
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Human fungal pathogens research group, fungal immunology, University of Aberdeen, views are our own
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19-09-2015 20:20:59
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Excited to contribute to Microbiology Society Knocking out AMR campaign #WAAW23 Get involved!

Our newest postdoc Françios Olivier spent several years recording Candida albicans ⚔️macrophage-battles in vitro. Now he has published a protocol detailing how he used live cell imaging to quantify phagocytosis escape, macrophage death & more: star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/3144


Dear all Registration for the next #HFP2024 is now open at hfp2024.febsevents.org see you in La Colle! @guilhemjanbon, Elaine Bignell and Mike Lorentz




Fully funded 3-yr PhD position University of Glasgow Glasgow Microbiology (UK students)- Friend to Foe: Colonisation as an Entry Point for S. aureus Infection findaphd.com/phds/project/f…

Looking for a PhD studying antifungal drug resistance? Come join us in Aberdeen UoA Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition University of Aberdeen



Have you booked your place at the #onehealth & the challenge of #antifungalresistance conference yet? Just one month to go before the registration deadline, so reserve your place now at: britmycolsoc.org.uk/resources/even… A joint event with British Society for Plant Pathology




A week ago #BSMM2024 gave us an amazing opportunity to share our science. Thank you Cardiff! see you all in Norwich! Mark your calendars on September 2025! British Society for Medical Mycology Mycology Reference Centre Manchester AberdeenFungalGroup MRC Centre for Medical Mycology ISHAM ECMM British Mycological Society @MFIG ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)



It’s a busy summer for AberdeenFungalGroup but it’s always a pleasure to host overseas PhD students. Thank you Dimitrios Sofra @VandijckLab and Muhammad Kamran for excellent talks on your exciting Candida auris research.


Are you interested in fungal infections and host-pathogen interactions? I’m co-supervising a MRC Dimen PhD studentship with Elizabeth Veal on how fungal ageing affects host-pathogen interactions in C. elegans. Deadline 13/12 NCL Dental School MIHD Newcastle findaphd.com/phds/project/m…

😱#Candida tropicalis = #yeast with rising #antifungal #resistance 🔊! 🧐161 patients👩👨, 5 centres 🏥, 2013-2023, Italy 🇮🇹. 📰Findings of genotyping isolates Journal of Hospital Infection: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39427771/ Bram Spruijtenburg Jacquomo Theun de Groot Eelco Meijer