Registration and abstract submission are now open for BSMM2026 Glasgow. @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social. Join us in Glasgow, 6th-8th September!

Vol. 2 | Explore Fungi-Inspired Music - Listen Today — Hannah Read Discover Hannah Read's Fungi Sessions Vol. 2, a nature-inspired album blending folk and experiential sounds, available April 10, 2026. Stream and pre-order now.

Check out Hannah Reid's new album 🍄🎻 with some spoken words by Fungi Foundation's Giuliana Furci www.hannahread.com/vol-2

Exeter led international collaboration given £4.5 million to tackle deadly fungal disease An international collaboration led by the University of Exeter has been awarded £4.5 million to help improve understanding of fungal diseases that kill 2.5 million people each year.   The funding…

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.
Read more: buff.ly/s3MgPRX

Poster advertising the BMS Annual Scientific meeting abstract deadline of 19th April, with a photo from a past poster exhibition.

Which aspect of your fungal research will you showcase? Submit an abstract to present a poster or a talk at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting in July. Share your work with others at our flagship scientific conference dedicated to fungal research. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html
#BMS2026

Dr Riina Richardson has been elected President of the British Society for Medical Mycology. @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

“This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, advocate for our field, unite researchers... and raise public awareness.”

Well done, Riina!

British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update The fungal diagnostic landscape is evolving; whereas previously, traditional culture-based methods dominated, most invasive fungal disease is now diag…

Updated best practice guidelines for the diagnosis of serious fungal disease from the British Society for Medical Mycology now available:

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We are recruiting a Research Tech! Funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social, join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent)
Deadline: 5th January
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

In just a weeks time @chownbioinf.bsky.social is cycling over 200km to the @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social in Norwich, to raise money for @aspertrust.bsky.social

This is a huge feat, and for such a great cause. Please consider sponsoring Harry! www.justgiving.com/page/harry-c...

Very excited to announce launch of brand new journal npj Fungal Science! As EIC I'm joined by a fantastic board of academic editors from across the mycology field. You can learn more about the journal scope and submit your work here: www.nature.com/npjfungalsci/

Research Associate (PDRA) in Fungal Infection Biology :Oxford Road

We are recruiting two Research Associates! Funded by the
@wellcometrust.bsky.social , join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent) www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Deadline: 1st October

Fungal Pathogens Meeting Promo YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia

The abstract and scholarship deadline is fast approaching for the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting #KSFungalPath26 ! Submit your work by 16th Sept to join the fabulous line-up of invited speakers, featured in the video below (also includes submission links!)
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Centre to study how exposome causes chronic inflammatory disease A new Medical Research Council (MRC) centre will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases.

Super excited to announce that MRC has funded a new Centre of Research Excellence in Exposome Immunology. Working together, Manchester and Oxford are going to tackle a major challenge of our times. For those who wonder what the Exposome is - see yesterday's posts! www.ukri.org/news/centre-...

Exciting opportunities to join me in this research will be coming soon! If you're passionate about understanding microbial evolution & tackling antimicrobial resistance, keep an eye out or feel free to get in touch. 🔬🧬 🍄 #AMR #Microbiology #Evolution

Interested in working on Mucorales adaptation? Thanks to new funding from @wellcometrust.bsky.social, we will have two postdoc and a technician positions advertised very soon! if interested, please get in touch for more information.

Manchester scientists are world’s most cited on deadly fungal disease University of Manchester scientists studying  invasive aspergillosis are both the world’s most cited and  the most prolific on the topic, according to an analysis published by Guangxi university in th...

@manchester.ac.uk scientists studying invasive aspergillosis are the world’s most cited and the most prolific on the topic (National Library of Medicine).

The University tops the global league table of publications and citations at 177 and 12,313 respectively.

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