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4 fellowships of €30,000 each are awarded to outstanding women researchers in Life Sciences & STEM disciplines. PhD holders with 3 - 10 years postdoc experience in the Life Sciences or STEM fields with a contract at a Dutch university or research institute are eligible to apply.

What is antifungal resistance, and why is it important 🤔? Ferry Hagen 🔬🧫🧬 was interviewed by NTR Focus. He discusses: ⭐The importance of the mycological research at Westerdijk Institute ⭐Why is antifungal resistance a problem? Interview available on NPO2 on the 20th of Feb

Keep the hospital clean:diagnostic performance of ten different molecular and culture-based methods to detect Candidozyma auris #preprint medRxiv Westerdijk Institute Amsterdam UMC IBED Infection & Immunity UMC Utrecht ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) ECMM ISHAM doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

Join us at the 2025 Westerdijk Spring Symposium! 📅 When: April 7–8, 2025 📍 Where: Utrecht, the Netherlands 🎯 Theme: DNA Sequences as Type For more Information and Registration 👉 ymlp.com/z4iFHn

Today, Dr. Jos Houbraken shared his insights on how to build & maintain strong collaborations between research and industry. He discusses: ⭐The unique services Westerdijk's Service Unit provides organizations ⭐How collaborations between institutes & companies benefit all

Wieland Meyer and Jos Houbraken attended the meeting for NWO and De KNAW institutes with the Dienst Analyse en Onderzoek (DAO) of the Dutch House of Representatives. A great opportunity to present the Westerdijk Institute and discuss opportunities to connect with DAO.

Check out Mycobiomic's Zenodo page! 📚✨ Our project's success is showcased through papers, theses, and presentations we've uploaded. If you're curious about our work, take a look! 🍄🧫🔬🧬🧪 zenodo.org/communities/my… Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Research Executive Agency

Finally there: The new reference for Candida infections & their management: Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis ⁦The Lancet Infectious Diseases⁩ - thanks to ⁦Oliver Cornely⁩ & team for coordinating! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, Dr. Xuewei Wang from the group of Jos Houbraken shared her insights on the mycobiome of Baijiu fermentation She discusses: ⭐The unique aspects of baijiu fermentation ⭐The role of fungi in baijiu fermentation ⭐The differences in fungal species across regions ⭐ and more

Wine connoisseurs take note: The study of Franco-Duarte et al. (2025) unveils the fermentome and flavorome of 530 non-Saccharomyces yeasts from winemaking environments, shedding light on their genomic potential to shape fermentation and aroma profiles. doi.org/10.3114/sim.20…

Tonight, Prof. Ferry Hagen 🔬🧫🧬 will discuss the importance of antifungal resistance. He discusses: ⭐The importance of mycological research ⭐The value of the largest collection of fungi in the world ⭐What is antifungal resistance, and why is it a problem? Links in comments

A long-awaited masterpiece … A travelling-wave strategy for plant–fungal trade | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Exciting opportunity to join our group as postdoc! Apply now for this project on computational (meta)genome mining as part of a collaborative European research consortium: wur.nl/en/vacancy/pos… Please share!

Wishing you a Happy International Women’s day!!!

NGS-based Aspergillus detection in plasma and lung lavage of children with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1038/s41525… Infection & Immunity UMC Utrecht Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis PrinsesMáximaCentrum npj Journals SpringerMicrobiology ISHAM ECMM ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) MSGERC

Abstract submission for the 2025 International Commission on Food Mycology (ICFM) workshop is open. Join our workshop and submit your abstract before April 15! Sign up now!  🔗 foodmycology.org More info below

We had the honor of welcoming the director of research policy at the KNAW, Geert de Snoo, to our institute He discussed: ⭐The differences between universities & research institutes ⭐The value of a shared narrative between KNAW institutes ⭐The mission & vision of the KNAW

longcallD is a new variant caller for genomic long reads. It jointly calls phased small and structural variants. Single binary, one command line for the whole process. Comparable accuracy to mainstream callers. Great work by Yan Gao. github.com/yangao07/longc…

Congratulations Cobus Visagie on winning the Johanna Westerdijk Award from Westerdijk Institute ! 👏🎉 Awarded for outstanding contributions to the CBS collection & a distinguished career in #mycology. FABI University of Pretoria

We are looking for a Doctoral Candidate with a #bioinformatics background to use metagenomics to study microbial pathogens in non-clinical niches as part of #SPOILCONTROL Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions DN DC5 - Pathogenic Flora spoilcontrol.hub.inrae.fr/phd-projects/d…