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paediatric infectious diseases, medical mycology, host-fungus interaction, antifungal resistance

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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
18 Fully Funded PhD Studentships – October 2026 Start Join our BBSRC-funded doctoral programme in Infection Biosciences, tackling global challenges like emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance, and food insecurity. Learn more & apply: www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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...
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎓 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 🧫🌍
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ID:IOTS Podcast @idiots-pod.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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
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113. The yeasts: Cryptococcus part 1, overview and diagnosis
Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 07/07/2025 · 45m
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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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.
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Peter Cook @drpetercook.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Co authors that I’m aware are on here include; @emilyplumpton.bsky.social @billhorsnell.bsky.social @profandrewmac.bsky.social,
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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.
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases @ofidjournal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Trends in candidemia over the last 14 years: a comparative analysis of Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky
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Trends in candidemia over the last 14 years: a comparative analysis of Candida parapsilosis and Candida albicans
Our study analyzed 14 years of candidemia in a single institution in order to compare the incidence, clinical outcomes, and transmission patterns of both species.
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#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.
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Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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/...
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The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines
Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines
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Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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...
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Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Risk
This meta-analysis updates a previous meta-analysis examining the association of seasonal influenza vaccination with prevention of adverse cardiovascular events for a new large clinical trial.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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Africa: Unseen, Untreated, Lethal - The Threat of Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections in Africa
"You can't fight what you can't see. We need better diagnostics to stop C. auris from spreading."
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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...
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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...
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Funding granted to tackle endemic mycoses in Latin America
Founders and leadership team of the MRC CMM and CMM LATAM Unit
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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...
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New test could save lives from deadly fungal infection which spiked during pandemic
A new lateral-flow test could one day save lives across the world through early detection of a deadly fungal disease which dramatically spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. The test is being…
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The LeibundGut-lab @lableibundgut.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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...
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Nigel Curtis @nigelcurtis.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Podium view at #ESPID2025 🇷🇴
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Now published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MedMycoSky #IDDx
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The diagnosis of mucormycosis by PCR in patients at risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for diagnosing mucormycosis.A stan…
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Trump has made it so easy to see how hollow and self-centred the Global North is
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
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...
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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...
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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
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Professor Adilia Warris elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Professor Adilia Warris, Professor at the University of Exeter and Co-Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, academic career development and training strategy lead at the NIHR Exeter BRC, an...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
What an incredibly bad week for global health! 😔😢 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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...
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Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
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Tobias Hohl, MD PhD @fungalspore.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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
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Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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 🧪
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Darren Thomson @darrenthomson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🔬 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
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Liz Ballou @balloulab.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Calling #African #Mycologists! This #microscopy training course is designed with you in mind. Please spread the word to your #fungal focused colleagues!
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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.
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Vanessa M @nessa75.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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).
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Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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/...
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January Grand Rounds – Cryptococcal Meningitis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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
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Exeter launches second round of global funding to tackle antifungal drug resistance
A University of Exeter funding scheme designed to combat the global challenge of fungal antimicrobial resistance (fAMR) has announced a new call for applications. The FAILSAFE project (Fungal AMR Inno...
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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
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Emma Houlder @emmahoulder.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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 👩‍🔬
Airways, inflamed on left after 4hr spores and less inflamed on right with 4hr spores and itraconazole treatment.
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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 🍄🔬👩‍🔬
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emilyplumpton.bsky.social @emilyplumpton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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.
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Nelesh Govender @neleshg.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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
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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Candida auris Infections Mihalis Lionakis and Anuradha Chowdhary Review in NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... (🔒) #MedMycoSky #IDSky #TxID #MedSky
Geographic distribution of different C auris cladesDiagram of pathogenesis of C aurisTable of major recorded C auris outbreaks
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