Join Mark Ramsdale and myself on a webinar “”Fungi: beyond the world we know” on October 29th. Registration Link: forms.gle/Kmg8hmvCqH1D... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

Great to be at the Myk2026 in Graz and see my good friend and long term colleague receiving a long term achiement award from the German Soc of Medical Mycology. @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social

A new perspective of amphotericin B resistance emphasising the importance of sphingolipid metabolism. doi.org/10.1016/j.tc... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social

Big news. Welcome Sarah Gaffen to Manchester and the U.K. fungal immunology committee. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social

World-leading immunologist new director of Lydia Becker Institute

The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, along with the MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology, has announced the appointment of leading immunologist and cytokine biologist Prof. Sarah Gaff...

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Partial eclipse nicely seen, even from the train, while I travel to London and then onward to the MOMY course at Woods Hole, MA, USA!

Happy to be part of this collaboration of the analysis of the Candida cell walls showing that a beta Mannan of Candida auris can be used to detect and immunise vs C.auris. See @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

A Synthetic β‐Mannan Epitope Enables Immunization and Detection of <i>Candida auris</i>

A synthetic β-mannan epitope enables both active and passive immunization against Candida auris. Conjugation to the carrier protein CRM197 induces protective antibody responses, while monoclonal anti...

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University of Exeter. Technical Manager Vacancy ID:  1161.  Closing date of the role: 20 Aug 2026. Starting salary from £33,951 on Grade E. MRC-funded project on the skin fungus Malassezia and its contribution to inflammatory skin disorders. E. @mrccmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

Women in Mycology (WIM) by MSGERC and Women for Mycology (WOMYC) have joined forces to launch a global survey on career development. This will directly inform programs within MSGERC, ECMM, and ISHAM. survey open until 31 July 2026.  www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/wim-womyc...

The WHO today published a new blueprint to help countries respond to the increasing burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of global health’s most underestimated and neglected threats. www.who.int/news/item/30... @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social

New WHO report outlines critical steps to confront fungal disease and antifungal resistance

The World Health Organization (WHO) today published a new blueprint to help countries respond to the increasing burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of global health’s most underes...

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Fascinating SCI conference on antimicrobials at the Francis Crick Institute. Great talk by Elaine Bignell about the MRC-CMM and her group’s world leading work on improving antifungal drug resilience through combination therapy. @elainebignell.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social

Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables?

Trials of drugs to fight deadly resistant infections are advancing, but they might fall victim to overuse of agricultural fungicides just like their predecessors.

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Giving a talk today at the IPC2026 which considers the 9 Wembley stadiums worth of patients who get a hospital acquired infection each year. Delighted to represent mycology & AMR. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

Some of the ESCMID delegates are AI experts and are very helpful in finding the medical mycology sessions. @escmid.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

That is quite a programme ESCMID. @escmid.bsky.social

The scale of ESCMID Global, here in Munich, is impressive. The big topic seems to be AI and everything with 10 sessions. Medical mycology has a presence throughout the day. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

50 medical mycologists put their shoulder behind an action plan to mitigate the rising threat of antifungal drug resistance. Check out in Nature Medicine. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ecmmcandidaiv.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social

We enjoyed hosting a visit from Robin May who entertained everybody with a seminar about his life and career as a lab scientist & government scientific advisor. From lab coat to bowler hat!@robinmay9.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social

I’ll be speaking at the 5th SCI / RSC Symposium on Anti-Infectives Drug Discovery in June. @sciupdate.bsky.social #AntiInfectives26 To register: bit.ly/5th_anti-inf... @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social

Do consider coming to this premium fungal AMR conference in Bangkok in November. @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

Our new paper is out on the cell wall UDP-sugar nucleotide pathways in Candida & their potential as antifungal drug targets. doi.org/10.1016/j.tc... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ecmmcandidaiv.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

Catch our new review on amphotericin B resistance in fugal pathogens. doi.org/10.1016/j.tc.... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social

Great evening out with the lab celebrating the end of the year and the forthcoming festivities @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social

PhD position available to study the immune response to the terbinafine resistant dermatophyte T. Indotinea. www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h... @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk

Get ready for a feast of fungal biology at the GRC CMFB conference in Holderness, NH next year. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @elainebignell.bsky.social

🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves! Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳

Kieran Marr opens our MRC-CMM Partners day with an inspirational keynote talk about the journey from discovery research to translational applications in Antifungal therapeutics and diagnostics. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social

Bunch of autumn flowers.

SWBio DTP PhD (Univ Exeter): Will global warming speed up antifungal resistance? Work with Prof Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, Prof Neil Gow & team. Experimental evolution, multi-omics & modelling on medical/crop pathogens. Apply: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo... #PhD #AMR #ClimateChange #Mycology

Tell 'em Tom "November has tied me To an old dead tree Get word to April To rescue me November's cold chain Made of wet boots and rain And shiny black ravens On chimney smoke lanes November seems odd You're my firing squad November"

Great day in FAILSAFE co-sponsored symposium on fungal AMR in Bangkok. @mrccmm.bsky.social @efisg @escmid.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @gw4amr.bsky.social