Authors report the first detection of C. auris from ward wastewater using culture and PCR. #Microbiology #EnvironmentalHealth #AntimicrobialResistance https://ow.ly/wXib50XmXta

#CAuris can be isolated from ward #wastewater during an outbreak, related to patient isolates - excited to share this work with thanks to our team @amiegriffin.bsky.social @lsymes2610.bsky.social @raewake.bsky.social @jon-otter.bsky.social www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...

Delighted to share our early experience with rezafungin, with a review of the published cases to date. #idsky @bsacandjac.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...

Professor Joe Jarvis gave an update on the far-reaching effects of cuts to aid budgets, in the UK and the US. See this website for the estimated deaths caused by the partial freeze of the PEPFAR program: pepfar.impactcounter.com #mycology2025

Had a brilliant time at Mycology 2025! Third place in the Poster Prize by half a mark - will have to get tips from @amiegriffin.bsky.social next time... #mycology2025

Absolutely huge performance from @lsymes2610.bsky.social and @amiegriffin.bsky.social!!! Congratulations on winning Fungart and Amie for your poster prize!! #mycology2025

Really excited to hear UKHSA's Dr Colin Brown update us on Candida auris in the UK #mycology2025

Prof Bicanic advertising the QE2's "loo with a view" @lsymes2610.bsky.social @amiegriffin.bsky.social #mycology2025

At Mycology 2025, trying to adapt Prof Matt Fisher's great model for antifungal resistance (input - selective arena - dispersal) for Candida resistance in ICUs... #mycology2025 #cauris

Bob Marley's hastily abandoned first draft of "No Woman, No Cry" celebrated at Clapham Junction this morning.

Excited to hear what Chris Whitty will say about "The Roles of the state, the medical profession and the individual in improving public health"

Presenting my preliminary work on Candida auris 🍄 in wastewater 💧 today at CSGUL Research Day! #candidaauris #wastewater

Delighted to present our early experience using rezafungin at the BSAC Winter Conference - managed not to take any photos of the presentation 🙈 Bonus for QE2 having the most picturesque location! #Infection2024 #rezafungin

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Saw this in The Week - and finally put a name to the super interesting practice of "pinpointing medical conditions in significant artworks" - iconodiagnosis! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #iconodiagnosis #ediasd

Just finished Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers. Great for Scottish train enthusiasts, not my fave. In other Dorothy facts - while at uni she set up a "Mutual Appreciation Society" for female students to read and critique each others work. #dorothyfacts #mutualappreciation #5redherrings

Enjoying playing "Hunt The Auris" for our latest spiked sample protocol. It's fair to say some samples are easier than others. #IDsky #wastewater #MycoSky