Another great British Society for Medical Mycology meeting👌 Thanks to all @forestcita.bsky.social Stefan Bidula Isabelle Storer Georgie Middleton for organising Saying goodbye as my role as Early Career Representative🙋‍♂️but saying Hello as my new elected role as Treasurer Elect 💷

That’s a wrap! Thank you Norwich for having us! See you all in #Glasgow2026 to celebrate the 60th annual #BSMM conference!

Final talk of our programme!! Abby Potton and her “Small but mighty: the Cryptococcus neoformans titanide morphotype is a novel driver of fungal pathogenesis” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Now, Marilena Crescente talks about “Platelets are key modulators of the innate immune response to Candida albicans” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Next, Aidana Sagynayeva talking about “Development of an Adenovirus-Based Vaccine Prototype (Aspf1-Ad5) for protection against Aspergillus fumigatus: A Novel Approach to Combat Fungal Infections” #BSMM2026 #Norwich2025

Starting up the last offered talk session “Elucidating the antifungal modes of action of G-quadruplex-stabilising ligands in A. fumigatus” one of our local organisers Isabelle Storer #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Hung-Ji Tsai is closing the invited talk sessions with “Aneuploidy reshapes host-fungal interactions” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Angela Brennan is talking about “The Whys and Hows of Public Engagement in Medical Mycology” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Our Day 3 and last starts with Mariano Malamud “Inhibitory C-type lectins: critical regulators of fungal infection” he’s also sharing thoughts on his future path as new PI #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Closing up this session Alisson Gifford talks about “Cryptococcal antigenaemia in south african children living with HIV” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Thomas Easter talks about “ Mucorales spores demonstrate species-specific interactions with airway epithelial cells” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Alicja Szkolnik talks about “Massively parallel profiling of antibody-antigen interactions at the host-fungal Interface” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Offered talks in day 2: Can Zhao “High-throughput identification of genetic factors driving tissue invasion in Aspergillus fumigatus through an integrated in vitro and ex vivo screening platform” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Closing this session Laura Ferreras “Neonatal candida infections: a global perspective”. #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Gordon Ramage master of biofilms talking about “The clinical impact of fungal biofilms”. #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Day 2 after lunch!!! Sandra Catania “The Epigenetic Life of Cryptococcus neoformans” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Last Flash talk of today. Patrick Dancer “A novel dual-reporter strain reveals host metabolism as a key driver facilitating Aspergillus fumigatus and airway epithelial cell interactions” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Johannes Rack next for flash talks “ ADP-ribosylation signalling for Aspergillus fumigatus (patho)physiology.” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

FLASH! Agate Auzane “The role of Candida cell wall in predation by bacterium Serratia marcescens” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Flaaaash taaaalks! Elise Iracane “Exploring RNAi function across fungal isolates” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Day 2, flash talks Edoardo Tancredi “Pycelium: a new tool to investigate heterogeneity and evolution in hyphal networks” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

FLASH TAAAALKS! Ife Aderinto “Impact of Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor- Ivacaftor therapy in children with Cystic Fibrosis on allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and recovery of Aspergillus spp. from the airways” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Day 2! 🔥 Victoriano Garre talking about “The toolbox for genetic manipulation of Mucorales” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Day 2: Now Chris Thornton is talking about “Bench-to-bedside diagnosis of mucormycosis” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Day 2 #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025 Sarah Delliere talks about “Invasive mould infections in severe burn patients: a translational approach”

Our Foundation lecture #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025 Tom Chiller and his journey in mycology

Flash! Liliane Mukaremera exploring Chitin as a marker for virulence. #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Flash! Taaalks! Samantha Skivens talks about “Deciphering the roles of mitochondria in Candida albicans biofilm formation: a novel approach therapeutic development” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Flash!! Dmytro Prasolov “Fungal specific inhibitor of C. neoformans respiration, Inz-Bob” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

FLASH! Matt Buhler presenting “SMs from fungi can modulate ATP and UTP-dependent responses via P2 receptors” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Next Flash talk! Harry Chow with “The impact of fungicide usage and local mycobiota on the landscape of drug resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in the United Kingdom” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

FLAAASH! TAAALKS! Michael Bottery “Tracking hyphal fusion in highly diverse Aspergillus fumigatus #BSMM2925 #Norwich2025

Alessia Buscaino is next!! “The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Fungal Pathogens” #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025

Yesterday, after 11hrs cycling and 4hrs of breaks, I completed my "Tour de Fungi" — over 200km from London to Norwich — raising funds for @aspertrust.bsky.social and attending @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social. Thanks to all who’ve donated! Still time to give: justgiving.com/page/harry-chown-2

#BSMM2025 Now David Chandler talks about “Mycetoma - updates on a neglected fungal disease” #Norwich2025

And so it starts #BSMM2025 Stefan Bidula welcoming us and Patrick van Djick opens the talks “Selection, characterization, and in vivo validation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for their use as probiotics against vulvovaginal candidiasis” #Norwich2025

Hello #Norwich2025 we’re getting ready for #BSMM2025 starting this afternoon

#Norwich2025 for #BSMM2025 Starts tomorrow!! Remember @chownbioinf.bsky.social is cycling 200 km from London to Norwich to raise awareness and funds for @aspertrust.bsky.social you can still help in page below! www.justgiving.com/page/harry-c...

#Norwich #BSMM2025 annual meeting starts a week from today! You can still register and can also check our exciting programme here! bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bsmm…

Looking forward to seeing Harry soon in Norwich!

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