Fungal AMR: the movie (OK, the title needs some work) dropping this November! A sneak peak of our interview with Mat Fisher on ecology and #fAMR, mould in homes, and the chytridiomycosis pandemic in frogs

Excellent to see that the @who.int blueprint on fungal disease and fAMR is now available. Well done to all involved.

Neil Gow@neil-gow.bsky.social · last mo.

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 PREPRINT It’s with an immense joy that our preprint is finally out and it’s my first first co-author paper!!! 🧬🍄 What is the diversity of 3D genome architectures in fungi? We reconstructed the 3D genome architecture of public Hi-C data from 55 fungal. Preprint: lnkd.in/enxTh2Cm

The Manchester Fungal Infection Group is recruiting two new Research Technicians! For more information, please look here www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job... www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician:Oxford Road

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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...

🌍 A great discussion at #ICCC2026 with Exeter Climate Forum to explore how climate change is influencing fungal diseases. Thanks to our fantastic speakers, organisers, funders & attendees! #MedicalMycology #ClimateChange @balloulab.bsky.social @robinmay9.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Antifungal treatment is threatened by the dual-use of chemicals in agriculture and medicine. To address the UK’s fragmented response to this urgent problem, we call for: • A cross-government fAMR body • Improved fAMR surveillance • Fungicide policy reform Read now: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Written question for Department of Health and Social Care Drugs:Research Tabled on 5 June 2026 Answered 16 June 2026

Formal written question for Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Fungal Diseases: Import Controls Asked on 5 June 2026 Answered 17 June 2026

New article from @theccdm.bsky.social on using NanoPore sequencing to detect fungicide resistance alleles in airborne spores, as part of our our joint Aerobiomics-AMR project with Wageningen University and Research, Teagasc, INRAE and the University of Warmia and Mazury.

Centre for Crop and Disease Management@theccdm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌾 New spore trapping + DNA sequencing tech is tracking fungicide resistance in grain crops. CCDM researchers can now detect resistance from air samples containing airborne spores—offering faster, more comprehensive monitoring of resistance risk. Read more: www.ccdm.com.au/new-combined...

Reducing levels of harmful air pollution in our communities will have immediate health benefits for all of us. With #CleanAirDay only two days away, take action and join people across the country calling on local councillors to commit to cleaning up the air: cleanairday.org.uk

In our first evidence session on data centres, Oliver Hayes, Head of Policy at @globalactionplan.bsky.social, told us that local people don't feel involved in the planning process of new data centres, and thousands of jobs promoted to local communities fall far short under closer scrutiny.

A hidden circulatory system pulses just beneath the planet’s surface. Embedded in soil, dense networks of microorganisms, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, attach to plant roots. Laid end to end, these filaments would extend for 68 quadrillion miles. Great work by Toby Kiers @spun.earth Gift link 🍄

68 Quadrillion Underground Miles of Fungi

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Our paper "Gene ancestries reveal diverse microbial associations during eukaryogenesis.” is finally out in Nature. Eukaryogenesis was likely a gradual process shaped by multiple microbial partners and virus-mediated gene transfer, rather than a single binary symbiosis. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Such a good day playing Resistance Reservoirs at the Great Exhibition Road Festival yesterday! Come down to the Underground Adventure Zone 12-6 today to learn about fungal disease and antifungal resistance #GERF2026 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

#PublicHealth - poor housing standards are contributing to terrible state in UK in ways we do, and don't, understand #Fungi #Ventilation #AirQuality phys.org/news/2026-06...

Study shows indoor air contains greater diversity of airborne fungi than previously thought

Researchers from Imperial College London have conducted the U.K.'s largest-ever longitudinal study of indoor fungal air pollution, revealing that homes are active fungal ecosystems rather than passive...

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Useful general report on the paper to which I contributed on fungal #AMR and #OneHealth #PublicHealth www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...

Fungus threatens food and human health, researchers argue

A looming public health crisis may be spreading from Britain’s fields to its hospitals, a experts  -which include University of Manchester scientists-  have warned — with common farm chemicals potenti...

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@imperialmed.bsky.social have also put together a great overview of our work published today in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social, highlighting the findings in the broader context of Indoor Air Quality and UK Policy

Indoor air contains greater diversity of airborne fungi than previously thought, Imperial study finds

Researchers from Imperial College London have conducted the UK’s largest-ever longitudinal study of indoor fungal air pollution, revealing that...

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Incredibly happy to share that our work investigating fungal bioaerosol exposure in 118 homes across London has been published in The Lancet Microbe today! A huge thank you to all the co-authors, collaborators, and community scientists who made this work possible. You can find the paper below!

The Lancet Microbe@lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New research article Diversity analysis of indoor and outdoor fungal bioaerosols in UK households: a prospective, observational, longitudinal study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #MycoSky #OpenAccess #OA

#Fungi : Large-scale multi-omics profiling reveals environmental and evolutionary drivers of the phylogeographic and metabolic diversity of the fungus Aspergillus flavus #MicrobialEcology

Large-scale multi-omics profiling reveals environmental and evolutionary drivers of fungal phylogeographic and metabolic diversity - Nature Communications

Drivers of fungal metabolic diversity are incompletely understood. Here, the authors conduct a global genomics study of over 1,000 pathogenic fungi to show that geography shapes the metabolic diversity in Aspergillus flavus revealing how climate drives fungal chemical adaptive evolution.

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⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Matthew Fisher, Imperial College London, UK Matt will draw on data from Aspergillus fumigatus studies to show how agricultural substrates contaminated with fungicides drive the emergence of antifungal resistance. ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

An important Nature Outlook article from Nic Fleming on antifungal resistance: 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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📣 Whelan lab is hiring 📣 We are looking for an entry level technician to help us with our culturing and DNA sequencing prep of cystic fibrosis lung microbiome samples. Applications close 20 May 2026. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician in Microbiology and Molecular Biology:Oxford Road

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Our programme for May 7th (Manchester and online) is now live - in-person registration open until April 21st! Lots of great speakers including @mcmomany.bsky.social @aoifeodriscoll.bsky.social @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @jon-otter.bsky.social www.fungalamr.org/post/f1amr-s...

F1AMR Scientific Meeting May 7th 2026: Live Programme

What? F1AMR Network Scientific Meeting When? Thursday May 7th 2026Where? University of Manchester, UK At this fully hybrid event, we will hear presentations from colleagues in research, industry and t...

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The global mycology community calling for an effort to combat drug‑resistant - Closing the gap on antifungal resistance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First day back after a great time in Belfast at #MicroSoc26 @microbiologysociety.org. Thank you to the organisers for the opportunity to present my work. Which, if you missed, is now currently available on bioRxiv!

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The pangenome of Aspergillus fumigatus highlights the dynamics of gene gain-loss over evolutionary timescales in a human fungal pathogen https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.14.718449v1

"Air pollution acts as a silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years.” My latest piece for @theguardian.com on research on 396,000 people in the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds

Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers

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Fungi make so much of life on earth possible—but are too often left out of conservation. That's slowly starting to change. As it does, a cohort of mycologists across Africa are pioneering the study and conservation of fungi in their home countries. My latest: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Without them there is no life’: the race to understand the mysterious world of Africa’s fungi

Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna

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ggCaller v1.5.0 is out! We've removed the integrated clustering to enable users to benefit from new Panaroo features. Now, ggCaller generates GFFs that can be used with any clustering method. But for fans of an integrated ggCaller pangenome workflow read on... github.com/bacpop/ggCal...

GitHub - bacpop/ggCaller: Bifrost graph gene caller.

Bifrost graph gene caller. Contribute to bacpop/ggCaller development by creating an account on GitHub.

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New review article WHO assessment of the preclinical #antifungal pipeline: evaluating innovation and preparedness in the face of emerging fungal threats www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #MycoSky #OpenAccess #OA