Fungi can be found everywhere. People can get fungal diseases from contact with an infected animal, skin scrapes that are exposed to fungi in dirt or plants, and from breathing fungal spores in the air. 📸 Microscopy: D. Thomson, D. Corzo Leon, A. Hudson, T. Bedekovic, M. M. Guillan

Last chance to register for the first #MycoClinics of Season 5. Dr Dionysios Neofytos will speak about PCP in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: What we need to know. 📅 Thursday 4 September, 🕓 16:00 (UK time), 💻 via Zoom. Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎓 Congratulations to our 2025 Graduates! 🎓 This week, we proudly celebrate the outstanding students graduating this week. We're incredibly proud of all you’ve achieved, and excited to see the impact you’ll make 🧫🌍

PODCAST DROP! This week Callum & Alyssa talk to Jeremy Day about Cryptococcus! Overview & diagnostics this week, treatment next week. Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #idsky #idtwitter #microsky #infection #fungi

We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. George H. McCracken, one of the founding architects of the field of pediatric infectious diseases, passed away July 3 at the age of 89. Dr. McCracken was a founding PIDS member and served on the BOD twice. He was an icon, a mentor and friend.

Co authors that I’m aware are on here include; @emilyplumpton.bsky.social @billhorsnell.bsky.social @profandrewmac.bsky.social,

We took part in the recent @penarc.bsky.social pop-up Research Cafe. @drpetercook.bsky.social and his lab talked about the work they are doing on #asthma. This was a great opportunity to engage the public in the work that we do at the Centre. Lots of interesting discussions and insights.

Trends in candidemia over the last 14 years: a comparative analysis of Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky

#imageoftheweek Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.) This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis). Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.

Check out the Noster prize winning essays @science.org The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if something quick and free could cut your heart attack risk by 34%? Getting a flu vaccine each year is linked to a 34% lower risk of major cardiovascular events. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Join us this week for #MycoTalks with Andrew Alspaugh and Erica Washington. 📅 Thursday 26 June 🕓 16:00 UK time 💻 Via Zoom Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The CMM LATAM Unit has been awarded a prestigious grant of over R$ 5 million (£750,000) from FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation, to tackle endemic mycoses in Latin America. Read the full story here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol...

A groundbreaking advancement in the detection of mucormycosis has been achieved by MRC CMM's Prof Chris Thornton & his collaborators! Discover more at news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Please repost: We are looking for a postdoc interested in antifungal immunity to study T cell responses and sensitization to Malasezia in atopic dermatitis. #Immunology @lableibundgut.bsky.social @neil-gow.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Podium view at #ESPID2025 🇷🇴

Now published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MedMycoSky #IDDx

Trump has made it so easy to see how hollow and self-centred the Global North is

Exciting new BBSRC-funded doctoral programme to train the next generation of researchers in Infection Biosciences. You will acquire high level training needed to combat existing and future disease threats to human and animal health. Apply by 28 Feb 2025 www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...

Management of Rare Mould Infections is the topic of our next #MycoClinics with Dr Giovanni L Breda and Professor Monica Slavin Join us! 📅Thursday 6 March 2025 🕓16:00 GMT Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are pleased to announce that Professor Adilia Warris, Co-Director @mrccmm.bsky.social, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Read more here: sites.exeter.ac.uk/medicalmycol... @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

What an incredibly bad week for global health! 😔😢 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

This will kill so many people living with HIV who depend on PEPFAR programs to stay on their HIV treatment driving further HIV drug resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

A fantastic GRC on the Immunology of Fungal Infections. Gordon Brown, @slg1717.bsky.social, Bernie Hube, Mihai Netea, Ilse Jacobsen, Jay Vyas, Rob Wheeler, @lableibundgut.bsky.social - missing former/future 🪑 Luigina Romani, Rebecca Drummond, Bruce Klein, Neil Gow& George Deepe #MicroSky #ImmunoSky

Give the MRC CMM a follow if you're interested in medical mycology and fungal Immunology! This is the main hub for UK research in these fields #mycosky #immunosky 🧪

🔬 Are you interested in fluorescence microscopy of fungal pathogens/pathogenesis? Mycology Bioimaging Intiaitive @mrccmm.bsky.social is thrillied to announce it's first workshop in CapeTown for #African scientists (w/AfricaMicroscopyInitiative) Please disseminate! forms.office.com/e/gcpvytvyuz

Calling #African #Mycologists! This #microscopy training course is designed with you in mind. Please spread the word to your #fungal focused colleagues!

An exciting weekend ahead. If you are in #Exeter make sure you come along and see our collaboration with the textile students at Exeter College. Find out what happens when medical mycology meets art.

We are excited to announce that Round 2 of the FAILSAFE funding is now open for applications! FAILSAFE provides funding opportunities for research and development (R&D) projects through two tiers: seedcorn projects (up to £75k) and mid to large projects (£75k-£250k).

Great upcoming Columbia ICAP Grand rounds on #Crypto in LMIC settings by two great women in medicine of Radha Rajasingham and Kiran Thakur. January 21, 9am US EST If you are a #Crypto millionaire and want to help millions with crypto disease, come listen. icap.columbia.edu/news-events/...

Funding up to £250k available! The FAILSAFE project at @mrccmm.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social launches second round of global funding to tackle antifungal resistance. Read the full story here: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... #FundingOpportunity #ResearchGrants #GlobalHealth #FAILSAFE

We’re thrilled to announce that applications for the FAILSAFE grants are NOW OPEN! Grants of up to £250k available for innovative research tackling fungal antimicrobial resistance and advancing global health. Learn more and apply here: cmm-failsafe.com/failsafe-rou... #GlobalHealth #FAILSAFE

FIRST POST! Fungi drive asthma, but does this require germination? We show A. fumigatus spores activate DCs after 3hrs of swelling, promoting airway allergy. Antifungal itraconazole limits swelling & reduces allergic inflammation. Check it out: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... @drpetercook.bsky.social 👩‍🔬

We've created a starter pack so that you can follow members of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology in one go! We'll be updating this pack as members join Bluesky! 🦋 bsky.app/starter-pack... Subscribe to this list to keep up to date with all of the incredible research coming out of the CMM 🍄🔬👩‍🔬

So chuffed with how many people were in the room for our Exeter Respiratory Research meeting last week!! Ready for an exciting set of talks in the New Year 🫁🤙 Special thanks to our theme reps Adilia (@adilia12.bsky.social), Michael, Chris and Owen for presenting this time around.

We're looking for a Senior Research Clinician to lead COMBAT Candida multi-site clinical trial in Jo'burg, SA Please share with clinicians, ideally with a background in ID/micro & research and keen to develop their own research careers www.witshealth.co.za/Careers - deadline 17 Dec

We're excited to share our fungal artworks, commissioned for the Hidden World of Killer Fungi exhibit! These captivating visuals bring ground-breaking research to life. Now available online shorturl.at/N090i Thanks to @darrenthomson.bsky.social #MedicalMycology #Fungi #MycoSky #FungalFriday

Candida auris Infections Mihalis Lionakis and Anuradha Chowdhary Review in NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... (🔒) #MedMycoSky #IDSky #TxID #MedSky