Meet the Opentrons OT-2 🧪 an open-source liquid handling robot, transforming how we work in the lab. On the Fungi-CARE project, we use the OT-2 to accelerate drug discovery and explore combination therapies for fungal infections.
#Fungi #AMR #Research #Science #Mycology #ImageOfTheWeek
After Lifeline Musical on 24 April, Ange Brennan will be interviewing @seanaduggan.bsky.social in a post-show Q&A.
They’ll be discussing antifungal resistance, supported by the FAILSAFE project, and the work being done to tackle this global health challenge.
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Several recent #MycoTalks and #MycoClinics sessions have just been added to our YouTube channel.
🔗 Explore all past #MycoTalks and #MycoClinics here:
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🔬 #ImageOfTheWeek
Highlights from the CMM annual retreat - three energising days of science, discussion and collaboration. Great to connect with colleagues from CMM Africa, CMM LATAM, our honorary PIs, and invited speakers Michail Lionakis and @chitinette.bsky.social
#Mycology #Fungi
After Lifeline Musical (24 April), join a Q&A with @seanaduggan.bsky.social and Ange Brennan, supported by the FAILSAFE project, exploring antifungal resistance and the work being done to tackle this growing global health threat.
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Our next #MycoTalks speakers—announced!
🔹Paul Magwene (Duke University, USA)
🔹Janet Quinn (Newcastle University, UK)
📅 30 April 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍 Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/UoTNnHy
I’ll be speaking at the 5th SCI / RSC Symposium on Anti-Infectives Drug Discovery in June. @sciupdate.bsky.social #AntiInfectives26
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🔬 This image by PhD student Jake Elton shows how lungs react to Aspergillus fumigatus. Yellow marks narrowed airways; red/blue are immune cells fighting fungal spores. MACSima imaging reveals how mould exposure may worsen asthma.
@drpetercook.bsky.social
Fantastic to host Prof Direk Limmathurotsakul, Head of Microbiology at the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, for a visit to the MRC CMM & to discuss our plans for a CMM Southeast Asia Unit!
@gordondbrown.bsky.social @adilia12.bsky.social
Brilliant to hear @uniofexeternews.bsky.social awarded £4.5M from @wellcometrust.bsky.social to develop specialist bioimaging tools for WHO-priority fungal pathogens.
Led by #ListerFellow Liz Ballou @balloulab.bsky.social at @mrccmm.bsky.social. Huge congrats, a fastastic achievement 👏
🚨 Join FAILSAFE’s landmark conference on the global threat of fungal AMR in Bangkok, Nov 9–10, 2026!
🌍 Hear leaders incl. Dame Sally Davies, Dr Hatim Sati & Prof Rajendra Prasad on fAMR mechanisms, drug discovery, One Health & clinical management.
👉 buff.ly/ClEPotZ #FungalAMR #FAILSAFE
🎥 Lights, camera, action! Great to film with Carlos Pelleschi Taborda discussing fungal infections, the impact in Latin America, global collaboration & future possibilities. More to come soon! 👀 #ImageOfTheWeek
Exeter led international collaboration given £4.5 million to tackle deadly fungal disease. The Mycology Bioimaging Initiative will remove critical barriers in fungal bioimaging and strengthen global capacity to tackle deadly fungal infections.
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We’re excited to announce next week's fantastic #MycoTalks speakers:
🔹Ruoyu Li (Peking University First Hospital)
🔹Martin D. Burke (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
📅 2 April 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍 Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/5NYXoWZ
Stunning microscopy of Rhizopus delemar (blue/yellow) with Ralstonia pickettii (pink) living inside it. This partnership helps the fungus evade the immune system and resist treatment. Understanding these interactions is key to tackling infection. 🧫✨
Image: @forestcita.bsky.social
#Fungi #Science
🔬 A great day at Hatherleigh Science Festival!
Visitors to The Fungal Threat Lab explored the hidden world of fungi, their impact on human health and how our research is helping to tackle this threat.
Brilliant questions and curiosity from all ages! 🧫 #Science #Outreach #Fungi #MedicalMycology
Our new @plos.org Pathogens Pearl asks a simple but important question:
When Candida is detected in the respiratory tract, what does it actually mean?
TLDR Answer: caution, context, and much better diagnostics!
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🚨 Join FAILSAFE’s landmark conference on the global threat of fungal AMR in Bangkok, Nov 9–10, 2026!
🌍 Hear leaders incl. Dame Sally Davies, Dr Hatim Sati & Prof Rajendra Prasad on fAMR mechanisms, drug discovery, One Health & clinical management.
👉 buff.ly/ClEPotZ #FungalAMR #FAILSAFE
A colourful look at Candida albicans! 🔬
This image shows the fungus in its hyphal form, with the cell wall (blue), mitochondria (yellow) and membranes (red) highlighted.
These visuals help researchers understand how fungal infections grow and spread.
📸 Tina Bedekovic, MRC CMM #ImageOfTheWeek
Today on #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the incredible women across the MRC CMM. 👩🔬🌍
From PhD students and early career researchers to technicians, professional services staff and professors, women across our UK, CMM AFRICA and CMM LATAM teams drive fungal disease research forward.
#IWD2026
🔬 3D rendering of Candida parapsilosis yeast and pseudohyphae, stained to visualise mannan in the cell wall and vacuoles.
Data: Andor Dragonfly spinning disk confocal | 3D processing in IMARIS by @darrenthomson.bsky.social Head of MYCOscopy, MRC CMM.
#MedicalMycology #Microscopy #ImageOfTheWeek
🚨 Save the date! 🚨
🌍FAILSAFE’s first international conference: Tackling the Global Threat of Fungal AMR
📅 9–10 Nov 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand
Join global fAMR leaders, researchers & ECRs to explore drug discovery, One Health, & clinical management.
#FungalAMR #FAILSAFE
Delighted to welcome Tony Kay, OBE, from the British Embassy in Brasília to the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. Very grateful for UK Government's FCDO support as we build global partnerships to tackle major challenges in medical mycology.
🔬 Eduardo is exploring what drives virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. Using calcofluor white staining and fluorescence microscopy, he’s able to visualise bright‑blue, chitin‑rich cell walls that reveal striking differences between strains.
#Science #Mycology #Microscopy #ImageOfTheWeek
A significant piece of research towards future frameworks to improve outcomes for co-infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Cryptococcus neoformans. Congratulations to all involved!
We were pleased to contribute to the South West Paediatrics Medical Student Conference 2026 in Bristol, hosted by the Bristol University Medical Student Paediatric Society. Rachel Etherington & Dr Eva Wooding presented their work on fungal infections in paediatrics and public & patient involvement.
🚨 Applications open! 🚨
Medical students: Apply for our 8-week Summer Scholarship in medical mycology. Gain lab experience, study design & data analysis skills, no prior expertise needed!
📍 Exeter or partner institutions
📅 Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
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🔬✨ Join us this week for #MycoTalks with George Deepe and Tamara Doering.
📅 26 February 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/mzkil6W
This image by Dr Alyssa Hudson, captured as part of her fellowship funded by Noah's Pink Balloon Leukaemia Fund, shows Rhizopus arrhizus, the leading cause of mucormycosis. Orange fluorescence marks a diagnostic antibody developed by University of Exeter spin-out ISCA Diagnostics Ltd.
Congratulations to Professor Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann, who was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology! This prestigious honour reflects her major contributions to medical mycology. A fantastic achievement, congratulations from all of us at the MRC CMM!
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