We are excited to announce we are exhibiting at New Scientist Live 17th - 20th October with activities from our Fungal Threat Lab! Find us at stand G24 and discover the wonderful, but deadly, word of killer fungi 🧫 tinyurl.com/2yknaxhu

It's National Postdoc Appreciate Week, and we wanted to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our amazing postdocs at the Centre! 👏 #NPAW #PostdocAppreciationWeek #STEM #STEMcareers

🧫 Antifungal resistance is rising and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology is leading the global response. From new treatments (Fungi-CARE) to global partnerships (FAILSAFE), training, diagnostics & public engagement, this is science with impact. #FungalWeek25 #mycology #AMR #science

🔬 It’s Day 4 of #FungalWeek25 focusing on histoplasmosis, a common but underdiagnosed fungal infection in the Americas. Researchers at the MRC CMM LATAM Unit are studying: 🌳 Environmental factors 🧫 Fungal biology & virulence 🛡️ Immune response & susceptibility To improve outcomes for communities.

🦠 Fungi that jump from cats to humans? Yes, really. Sporothrix brasiliensis is spreading in Latin America, causing painful infections & showing #AMR. The FAILSAFE project, led by @MRC_CMM & funded by #GAMRIF, is supporting vital research to tackle this threat. #FungalWeek25

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

Diagnostic tests ensure patients are given the correct treatment. A new lateral flow test developed by Professor Chris Thornton can detect Mucormycosis much faster than current diagnostic techniques & could be commericalised within 3 years #FungalWeek25 buff.ly/dsJoRyd..

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 🍄🔬👩‍🔬

🧼 #imageoftheweek | Spring Cleaning in the Lab! Our brilliant researchers and technicians are giving the lab a deep clean. From bench-tops to the highest shelves, no surface is spared! A tidy lab is essential for best practice and ensuring accurate results. Here's to science done right!

Fungal Disease Awareness Week is September 15-19. Each day will highlight a different fungal disease topic. For #FungalWeek25, raise awareness to help protect people, plants, and animals from the growing impact of fungal diseases.

🍄 #MycoTalks Season 6 is almost here! We’re kicking off with talks from Angie Gelli and Tuo Wang @TuoWangLab 🗓️ Thursday 25 September 🕓 16:00 (UK time) 📍 Online – open to all! 🔗 Register now to secure your spot: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #MedicalMycology #FungalResearch

🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Timelapse of Aspergillus fumigatus shows SecP004 (mScarlet-tagged) localising to the hyphal tip. The cell wall is stained with calcofluor white. Researchers think SecP004 may mediate secretion of stress/virulence proteins & could be a target for treatment. 📽️ Johanna Gosciniak

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...

🔬 #imageoftheweek: Aspergillus fumigatus is a common mould found in soil, compost & indoors. Most people breathe it in daily & for those with weakened immune systems, it can cause serious illness. Drug-resistant strains are an emerging threat. 📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic

🚨 Join the MRC CMM 🚨 Assay Development Scientist 1: buff.ly/0RfOxPP Assay Development Scientist 2: buff.ly/qEgHd7Z Postdoc Research Associate Drug Discovery: buff.ly/8u2TV1S Technician Assay Development & Drug Discovery: buff.ly/CITpQ69

🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ A rare glimpse of Cryptococcus neoformans (orange) in the brain, surrounded by immune cells called microglia (blue/pink). Scientists scanned large tissue areas to find these clusters, part of a global effort to understand this deadly fungus.

Join us for the opening Season 5's MycoClinics with Dr Dionysios Neofytos, speaking about fungal infections in solid organ transplant patients. 📅 Thursday 4 September at 🕓 16:00 UK time, via Zoom. Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thank you to all our speakers and attendees who make #MycoTalks such a vibrant and inspiring series. Season 6 begins on 25 September. If you missed any sessions or would like to revisit your favourites, all previous #MycoTalks are available here: www.youtube.com/@themrccentr...

The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) seeks 2 Assay Development scientists to support assay development and drug discovery. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Assay Development Scientist 2: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) seeks Technician to support assay development and drug discovery. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... Technician Assay Development & Drug Discovery: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) seeks a Research Associate to support assay development and drug discovery. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... Postdoctoral Research Associate Drug Discovery: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

The Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) seeks 2 Assay Development scientists to support assay development and drug discovery. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Assay Development Scientist 2: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

🔬 #imageoftheweek Researchers at MRC CMM are exploring how Trichuris muris (a gut worm infecting 800M+ people) interacts with Candida albicans, a yeast found in most humans. Could they help or hinder each other? 📸 by @orlandorosss.bsky.social #science #research #health #phd

🔬 #ImageOfTheWeek: 3D-rendered biofilm of Candida albicans, visualised by @darrenthomson.bsky.social using ATC1-GFP and IMARIS. Captured via Cellasic microfluidics. This filamentous growth is key to understanding fungal virulence and antifungal resistance. #research #science #microscopy #mycology

New work from the Prasad lab showing that Candida auris can become amphotericin resistant either by multiple, sterol dependent and sterol independent mechanisms. dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi..... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

🧫 Today's #ImageOfTheWeek is a dual species biofilm featuring Candida glabrata (pink) & Staphylococcus aureus (gold). These dense biofilms are resistant to antifungal drugs, making treatment extremely challenging. 📸 @orlandorosss.bsky.social & @seanaduggan.bsky.social #AMR #fungi #research

Congratulations to MRC CMM's Catrin Williams for her Howard Eggins Early Career Mycologist Award, for her poster on her work on Synthetic Genetic Array Screening Can Identify Novel Therapeutic Targets and Inhibitors which Combat Drug Resistance in Candida glabrata 👏

🧫 #ImageOfTheWeek The Fungal Zoo From budding yeasts to spore-launching conidiophores and invasive hyphae, this image captures the diverse forms of pathogenic #fungi. 📸 @darrenthomson.bsky.social @forestcita.bsky.social, Dr Tina Bedekovic, Dr Mariano Malamud Guillan & Dr Alyssa Hudson

🎓 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 🧫🌍

Join us this week for #MycoTalks with James Konopka @jkonopka.bsky.social and Jane Usher @jusher.bsky.social 📅 Thursday 24 July 🕓 16:00 (UK time) 💻 Via Zoom Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Abby Potton is studying morphological heterogeneity of Cryptococcus neoformans in my lab. This image shows the full range of cell sizes, from large polyploid titan cells, to yeast, to the small but mighty titanide, all important for how this fungus causes disease.

🧫 This week’s #ImageOfTheWeek captures the sugary capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans (pink) and its diverse cell types and sizes (blue). 📸 Credit: PhD student Abby Potton #microbiology #microscopy #science #fungi #research

A great week at #BMS2025 with some fantastic mycological research going on! Really enjoyed getting to present my poster on how manogepix alters Candida albicans immune recognition! Some great representation from @mrccmm.bsky.social, and loved getting to meet so many great people!

We are proud to be partnering with @ddu-dundee.bsky.social and GSK on this global health mission funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🌍

🌞 Hot off the press! The MRC CMM's summer newsletter is here! 📰 Dive into the latest updates on groundbreaking fungal research, team highlights, and exciting opportunities in the world of medical mycology buff.ly/KhYr6oj #MedicalMycology #science #research

A garden-like Candida albicans biofilm (green) formed from a population of Goliath cells (pink), captured in 3D by Dr Iana Kalinina. #fungalinfection #fungi #immunology #microscopy #imageoftheweek

Wang lab shows that in response to echinocandins C. albicans thickens its wall while C.auris stiffens the wall via regulating B1,6 glucan and strengthening B1,6 - Mannan interactions. ; www.nature.com/articles/s41... @youngecmm.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social

Join us for our next #MycoTalks with James Konopka @jkonopka.bsky.social and Jane Usher @jusher.bsky.social 📅 Thursday 24 July 🕓 16:00 (UK time) 💻 Via Zoom Register for FREE here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#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.

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.

🔔 Closing date approaching 🔔 Apply by 2 July An exciting opportunity for a Research Coordinator to join the CMM AFRICA Unit at the University of Cape Town. Full details here: jobs.uct.ac.za/job/Cape-Tow...

#imageoftheweek We worked with #textile students from Exeter College to produce these amazing embroidery artworks to raise awareness of the threat of fungal infections. The students worked with members of the Centre to understand the science used in medical #mycology. #publicengagement #Exeter

Join our team! Two Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow positions available in Prof. Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann's lab. Deadline 30.06.25 👉 Antifungal Immunity Research: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... 👉 Fungal Cell Wall Research: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

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...

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...

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...

Our latest #imageoftheweek shows how pathogenic fungi Candida albicans senses and adapts to changes in its environment. Here we see dramatic changes in the appearance of C. albicans in response to the addition or restriction of common trace metals. Image courtesy of C. Holt #fungi #lastofus

An exciting opportunity for a Research Coordinator to join the CMM AFRICA Unit at the University of Cape Town. Full details here: jobs.uct.ac.za/job/Cape-Tow...

Book tickets for @darrenthomson.bsky.social talk to discover the beautiful and deadly world of killer fungi at ‪@exeterlibrary.bsky.social‬ 19th June, 1pm-2.15pm

Congratulation to CMM members Will Hurt who won the prize for best poster, and @fabsal.bsky.social who was awarded best presentation at last week's @britsocimm.bsky.social meeting in Bristol. Well done to both.