Re-evaluation of species boundaries in #Aspergillus section #Candidi using classical phylogenetic methods, multispecies coalescent models and morphology/physiology shows that the section can be expanded with two new species (nine in total).

Do you want to know more about who gets aspergillosis? Watch this talk from our World Aspergillosis Day Seminar Series by our Clinical Director and Respiratory Consultant, Dr Carolin Baxter. #Idtwitter #meded #medtwitter #aspergillosis #aspergillus bit.ly/3uYU2Wg

Our new review on “Architecture of the dynamic fungal cell wall” is out. Hope this will be of interest to fungal biologists.Nature Reviews Microbiology DOI10.1038/s41579-022-00796-9 MRC Centre for Medical Mycology Nature Microbiology Research at Exeter ECMM ISHAM BMS Fungal Biology Research

Come join us. 3 open academic positions at Assistant Professor level available in my home department at Imperial College London. Engineering Biology / Synthetic Biology is within scope so please apply. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descripti…

What are the challenges of conducting research in low-resource settings? Join Prof Kathryn Maitland OBE, who will share insights into her work in #EmergencyCare research to help tackle child mortality in Africa. 📆 15 Nov ⏰ 11:30 AEST Register 👉 ccrg.org.au/kemriwtrp-eoi

Thank you to everyone who attended last week's #CysticFibrosis #AMR workshop in person and online. It was a great day of discussion on developing new antimicrobial medicines, featuring contributions from people living with CF. Join the CF AMR network ➡️ cfamr.org.uk/join-network/

A fascinating study of RSV-Influenza coinfection reveals palm-shaped hybrid viral particles. Seeing is believing! nature.com/articles/s4156…

Can we save lives by deliberately infecting people? On the Imperial Medicine blog, Professor John Tregoning explains why human challenge studies are critical to modern medicine. ow.ly/G2tQ50LjTKY

🎉 Have you heard the news? National Institute for Health and Care Research recently awarded £95 million to NIHR Imperial BRC to improve care for patients, both locally and internationally. BRC Director, Mark Thursz, discusses what this funding means for #OurImperial community 👇 imperial.ac.uk/news/240271/ni…

Fungal Priority Pathogen List #FPPL World Health Organization (WHO) released! Critical pathogens: Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida auris, Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans Hatim Sati Justin Beardsley GAFFI ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) ISHAM ECMM MSGERC GEMICOMED_seimc

Fungal pathogens can cause illnesses and death. They are becoming increasingly common and resistant to treatment. Yet, too little is known about them. The 🆕 WHO fungal priority pathogens list is an important step to boost urgently needed research: 📌 bit.ly/3N6QcBi

We are looking for a Research Technician📢 interested in microbiology #salmonella and processing samples from a human challenge study Imperial Department of Infectious Disease Imperial Medicine. Apply here: imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descripti…

We are excited to announce the 2023 BSMM Annual Scientific Meeting has been set for the 3rd-5th of September 2023 in Manchester. The venue is the Park Inn Manchester Hotel. Please save the date and we look forward to seeing you there!❗️

The first three reported cases of Sporothrix brasiliensis cat-transmitted sporotrichosis outside South America sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Is it just a matter of time before this goes global?

Our program is announced! We are very much looking forward to hearing from a wonderful line up of speakers. From our own Imperial School of Public Health and Bioengineering, to Rothamsted Research and Crop Science Centre. Don't forget to register to join us!🔬🧫🍄 eventbrite.co.uk/e/imperial-fun…

Call for submissions to our new #OpenAccess, international journal 'Fungal Interactions'. 🌟Introductory offer: 50% off the APC, valid for all authors publishing Open Access and submitting their article by May 27, 2023.🌟 sciencedirect.com/journal/fungal…

🙌Friday reminder to join us on Wednesday next week for a fabulous fungal line up! Free tickets at the link below

Two amazing #postdoc opportunities at U.S. National Science Foundation : Biodiversity of Mucoromycota fungi bit.ly/3lI6M1t and Investigating microbial predation as a driver of endosymbiosis and phagocyte evasion bit.ly/3zaPnRQ working with our very own Liz

Absolutely fantastic seminar today, we heard from a brilliant and diverse line up of early career researchers in fungal science: Dr. Adriana Torres Ballesteros, Razieh Rafieenia, @DrJohannaRhodes, Tania Chancellor and Stanley Lab. Thanks so much everyone for joining us🤩

Summer meeting event update! We are pleased to add Jolanda van Munster to our exciting list of keynote speakers. Don't forget to sign up to be able to attend, not many places remaining🙌Wednesday 24th May shorturl.at/CQW06