The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
@mrccmm.bsky.social
Based at the University of Exeter, the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology is a research facility focussed on the global threat of fungal infections and anti-fungal resistance.
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/medicalmycology
www.thefungalthreat.com
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/medicalmycology
www.thefungalthreat.com
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It’s cold in Exeter, but not as cold as our cryostorage. At –195.7°C we preserve 10,000+ cell vials for long-term infection & immunology research. Strict safety protocols, trained staff, and robust infrastructure keep our samples and our team safe.
#Mycology #STEM #STEMCareers #LabTech
#Mycology #STEM #STEMCareers #LabTech
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
It’s cold in Exeter, but not as cold as our cryostorage. At –195.7°C we preserve 10,000+ cell vials for long-term infection & immunology research. Strict safety protocols, trained staff, and robust infrastructure keep our samples and our team safe.
#Mycology #STEM #STEMCareers #LabTech
#Mycology #STEM #STEMCareers #LabTech
❄️ Protein crystals or snowflakes?
Protein crystals reveal the 3D structure of proteins in fungi, helping scientists to understand how they function.
📸 Adam Bainbridge
Protein crystals reveal the 3D structure of proteins in fungi, helping scientists to understand how they function.
📸 Adam Bainbridge
December 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
❄️ Protein crystals or snowflakes?
Protein crystals reveal the 3D structure of proteins in fungi, helping scientists to understand how they function.
📸 Adam Bainbridge
Protein crystals reveal the 3D structure of proteins in fungi, helping scientists to understand how they function.
📸 Adam Bainbridge
🎄 Merry Christmas from the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology 🎄
Wishing all our followers, collaborators, students and staff a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!
🧫 📸 Mark Stappers & Ian Leaves
Wishing all our followers, collaborators, students and staff a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!
🧫 📸 Mark Stappers & Ian Leaves
December 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎄 Merry Christmas from the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology 🎄
Wishing all our followers, collaborators, students and staff a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!
🧫 📸 Mark Stappers & Ian Leaves
Wishing all our followers, collaborators, students and staff a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!
🧫 📸 Mark Stappers & Ian Leaves
🎶 …and a partridge in a petri 🎶
The labs are feeling festive! Some of our team have decorated their petri-tree, complete with an Eppendorf star 🌟
Thanks to Will Newton, @orlandorosss.bsky.social Abby Potton, @harry-osborne.bsky.social and Matheus Araujo for spreading the cheer!
#ImageOfTheWeek
The labs are feeling festive! Some of our team have decorated their petri-tree, complete with an Eppendorf star 🌟
Thanks to Will Newton, @orlandorosss.bsky.social Abby Potton, @harry-osborne.bsky.social and Matheus Araujo for spreading the cheer!
#ImageOfTheWeek
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎶 …and a partridge in a petri 🎶
The labs are feeling festive! Some of our team have decorated their petri-tree, complete with an Eppendorf star 🌟
Thanks to Will Newton, @orlandorosss.bsky.social Abby Potton, @harry-osborne.bsky.social and Matheus Araujo for spreading the cheer!
#ImageOfTheWeek
The labs are feeling festive! Some of our team have decorated their petri-tree, complete with an Eppendorf star 🌟
Thanks to Will Newton, @orlandorosss.bsky.social Abby Potton, @harry-osborne.bsky.social and Matheus Araujo for spreading the cheer!
#ImageOfTheWeek
🥼MSc Immunology - Now accepting applications for 2026 entry.
Elevate your future with advanced immune-cytomic training and expert-led teaching in the latest breakthroughs in immunology
Find out more and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Elevate your future with advanced immune-cytomic training and expert-led teaching in the latest breakthroughs in immunology
Find out more and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr...
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🥼MSc Immunology - Now accepting applications for 2026 entry.
Elevate your future with advanced immune-cytomic training and expert-led teaching in the latest breakthroughs in immunology
Find out more and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Elevate your future with advanced immune-cytomic training and expert-led teaching in the latest breakthroughs in immunology
Find out more and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/postgr...
CMM International Fund for Global Advancement of Medical Mycology!
Thanks to everyone who joined our recent webinar and Q&A session. If you missed it, find our more about the fund and application process here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
Thanks to everyone who joined our recent webinar and Q&A session. If you missed it, find our more about the fund and application process here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
CMM International Fund for Global Advancement of Medical Mycology!
Thanks to everyone who joined our recent webinar and Q&A session. If you missed it, find our more about the fund and application process here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
Thanks to everyone who joined our recent webinar and Q&A session. If you missed it, find our more about the fund and application process here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
Before imaging, cells get a gentle rinse for crystal-clear microscopic details.
PhD student Will is reprogramming blood cells into brain-like cells to study how Cryptococcus neoformans behaves during infection.
#MedicalMycology #FungalInfections #Microscopy #LabLife #PhDLife
PhD student Will is reprogramming blood cells into brain-like cells to study how Cryptococcus neoformans behaves during infection.
#MedicalMycology #FungalInfections #Microscopy #LabLife #PhDLife
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Before imaging, cells get a gentle rinse for crystal-clear microscopic details.
PhD student Will is reprogramming blood cells into brain-like cells to study how Cryptococcus neoformans behaves during infection.
#MedicalMycology #FungalInfections #Microscopy #LabLife #PhDLife
PhD student Will is reprogramming blood cells into brain-like cells to study how Cryptococcus neoformans behaves during infection.
#MedicalMycology #FungalInfections #Microscopy #LabLife #PhDLife
Looks like Arctic icebergs? Think again. ❄️
These are air bubbles trapped between a cover slip and a slide under the microscope. 🔬
📸 Alex Brand
What’s the most striking image you’ve captured in your work?
#Science #ScienceArt #Microscopy
These are air bubbles trapped between a cover slip and a slide under the microscope. 🔬
📸 Alex Brand
What’s the most striking image you’ve captured in your work?
#Science #ScienceArt #Microscopy
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looks like Arctic icebergs? Think again. ❄️
These are air bubbles trapped between a cover slip and a slide under the microscope. 🔬
📸 Alex Brand
What’s the most striking image you’ve captured in your work?
#Science #ScienceArt #Microscopy
These are air bubbles trapped between a cover slip and a slide under the microscope. 🔬
📸 Alex Brand
What’s the most striking image you’ve captured in your work?
#Science #ScienceArt #Microscopy
🎨🔬 Art meets Science!
50 Exeter College Fashion & Textiles students teamed up with MRC CMM researchers to explore fungi & create stunning designs. We enjoyed an inspiring evening of art and science, while celebrating the students achievements 👏
#STEM #ScienceArt
50 Exeter College Fashion & Textiles students teamed up with MRC CMM researchers to explore fungi & create stunning designs. We enjoyed an inspiring evening of art and science, while celebrating the students achievements 👏
#STEM #ScienceArt
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎨🔬 Art meets Science!
50 Exeter College Fashion & Textiles students teamed up with MRC CMM researchers to explore fungi & create stunning designs. We enjoyed an inspiring evening of art and science, while celebrating the students achievements 👏
#STEM #ScienceArt
50 Exeter College Fashion & Textiles students teamed up with MRC CMM researchers to explore fungi & create stunning designs. We enjoyed an inspiring evening of art and science, while celebrating the students achievements 👏
#STEM #ScienceArt
The 12th International Conference on Cryptococcus & Cryptococcosis (ICCC), hosted by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology and the University of Exeter, and will take place on 28th June - 3rd July 2026, in Exeter, UK.
Find out more: iccc2026.org
Find out more: iccc2026.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The 12th International Conference on Cryptococcus & Cryptococcosis (ICCC), hosted by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology and the University of Exeter, and will take place on 28th June - 3rd July 2026, in Exeter, UK.
Find out more: iccc2026.org
Find out more: iccc2026.org
🌍 Fighting deadly fungal infections!
MRC CMM AFRICA Unit & @pasteur.fr trained 24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia to boost diagnosis & treatment skills.
Fungal infections kill 2M yearly, expertise saves lives.
🔗 buff.ly/yjxChfN
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social
MRC CMM AFRICA Unit & @pasteur.fr trained 24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia to boost diagnosis & treatment skills.
Fungal infections kill 2M yearly, expertise saves lives.
🔗 buff.ly/yjxChfN
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social
Tackling deadly fungal threats: Global training empowers clinicians and lab technicians
Twenty-four clinicians and laboratory technicians have enrolled in a bespoke training programme designed to strengthen the diagnosis and treatment of deadly fungal diseases. With infections soaring…
news.exeter.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🌍 Fighting deadly fungal infections!
MRC CMM AFRICA Unit & @pasteur.fr trained 24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia to boost diagnosis & treatment skills.
Fungal infections kill 2M yearly, expertise saves lives.
🔗 buff.ly/yjxChfN
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social
MRC CMM AFRICA Unit & @pasteur.fr trained 24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia to boost diagnosis & treatment skills.
Fungal infections kill 2M yearly, expertise saves lives.
🔗 buff.ly/yjxChfN
@nihr.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social
🌍 Final day of our Medical Mycology Training Course in Cape Town!
24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia joined forces to tackle deadly fungal infections through hands-on labs & expert-led sessions.
Learn more 👉 cmm-failsafe.com
#GlobalHealth #MedicalMycology
24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia joined forces to tackle deadly fungal infections through hands-on labs & expert-led sessions.
Learn more 👉 cmm-failsafe.com
#GlobalHealth #MedicalMycology
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌍 Final day of our Medical Mycology Training Course in Cape Town!
24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia joined forces to tackle deadly fungal infections through hands-on labs & expert-led sessions.
Learn more 👉 cmm-failsafe.com
#GlobalHealth #MedicalMycology
24 clinicians & lab techs from Africa & Asia joined forces to tackle deadly fungal infections through hands-on labs & expert-led sessions.
Learn more 👉 cmm-failsafe.com
#GlobalHealth #MedicalMycology
🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Aspergillus fumigatus colony cultured at 37C in Aspergillus Complete Medium (ACM).
This filamentous fungus is blue-green in appearance, with radial grooves and concentric rings reflecting its growth dynamics.
📸 Alberto Munoz
#mycology #aspergillus #fungi
This filamentous fungus is blue-green in appearance, with radial grooves and concentric rings reflecting its growth dynamics.
📸 Alberto Munoz
#mycology #aspergillus #fungi
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔬 #imageoftheweek ¦ Aspergillus fumigatus colony cultured at 37C in Aspergillus Complete Medium (ACM).
This filamentous fungus is blue-green in appearance, with radial grooves and concentric rings reflecting its growth dynamics.
📸 Alberto Munoz
#mycology #aspergillus #fungi
This filamentous fungus is blue-green in appearance, with radial grooves and concentric rings reflecting its growth dynamics.
📸 Alberto Munoz
#mycology #aspergillus #fungi
Join us for our next #MycoClinics with Fanny Laternier and Jop Jons.
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Phaehyphomycosis #Magnusiomyces
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Phaehyphomycosis #Magnusiomyces
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Join us for our next #MycoClinics with Fanny Laternier and Jop Jons.
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Phaehyphomycosis #Magnusiomyces
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
📍 Online – open to all!
Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Phaehyphomycosis #Magnusiomyces
Great to see @orlandorosss.bsky.social sharing his PhD research and representing the MRC CMM at #BSI25 🧫
#BSI25 day 2! Another wonderful day of immunology and a chance to discuss my PhD research during the first poster session. Meeting so many people, discussing cutting-edge immunology and sharing our passions for science! @mrccmm.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Great to see @orlandorosss.bsky.social sharing his PhD research and representing the MRC CMM at #BSI25 🧫
🌍 This week, MRC CMM AFRICA Unit hosts the Medical Mycology Training Workshop 2025 at @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social Cape Town.
5 days of:
✅ Expert lectures
✅ Case-based discussions
✅ Hands-on lab training
Follow along for updates!
5 days of:
✅ Expert lectures
✅ Case-based discussions
✅ Hands-on lab training
Follow along for updates!
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🌍 This week, MRC CMM AFRICA Unit hosts the Medical Mycology Training Workshop 2025 at @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social Cape Town.
5 days of:
✅ Expert lectures
✅ Case-based discussions
✅ Hands-on lab training
Follow along for updates!
5 days of:
✅ Expert lectures
✅ Case-based discussions
✅ Hands-on lab training
Follow along for updates!
🔬 #ImageOfTheWeek We’re developing a new microscopy technique, pushing the boundaries of fungal imaging. Before going in vivo, we’re validating ex vivo to ensure what we see is accurate.
Here’s our new probe + 2 control proteins after purification 💡
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
Here’s our new probe + 2 control proteins after purification 💡
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔬 #ImageOfTheWeek We’re developing a new microscopy technique, pushing the boundaries of fungal imaging. Before going in vivo, we’re validating ex vivo to ensure what we see is accurate.
Here’s our new probe + 2 control proteins after purification 💡
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
Here’s our new probe + 2 control proteins after purification 💡
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
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...
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...
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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...
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...
🚨SWBio DTP PhD Opportunity 🚨
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🚨SWBio DTP PhD Opportunity 🚨
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
🧫 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 🧫
Antifungal resistance is a growing threat. At the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, we’re working together to advance new diagnostics & treatments, & building global research capacity to protect health worldwide.
#AMR #DrugDiscovery #Science #Health
Antifungal resistance is a growing threat. At the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, we’re working together to advance new diagnostics & treatments, & building global research capacity to protect health worldwide.
#AMR #DrugDiscovery #Science #Health
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🧫 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 🧫
Antifungal resistance is a growing threat. At the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, we’re working together to advance new diagnostics & treatments, & building global research capacity to protect health worldwide.
#AMR #DrugDiscovery #Science #Health
Antifungal resistance is a growing threat. At the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, we’re working together to advance new diagnostics & treatments, & building global research capacity to protect health worldwide.
#AMR #DrugDiscovery #Science #Health
#ImageOfTheWeek ¦ The Fungal Superhighway 🧫
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#ImageOfTheWeek ¦ The Fungal Superhighway 🧫
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
Cryptococcus neoformans (blue) moving through mouse nose tissue (pink). This image is the first time it’s been seen in this formation in the airways.
📸 Dr Vanessa Francis, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
#FungalInfection #Mycology #Science
🌍New Funding Alert!
Apply for the CMM International Fund: up to £30k over 2 years for globally collaborative medical mycology research. FAPESP-funded PhD & Postdoctoral opportunities available for partnerships with researchers in São Paulo State, Brazil
🔗 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
Apply for the CMM International Fund: up to £30k over 2 years for globally collaborative medical mycology research. FAPESP-funded PhD & Postdoctoral opportunities available for partnerships with researchers in São Paulo State, Brazil
🔗 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🌍New Funding Alert!
Apply for the CMM International Fund: up to £30k over 2 years for globally collaborative medical mycology research. FAPESP-funded PhD & Postdoctoral opportunities available for partnerships with researchers in São Paulo State, Brazil
🔗 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
Apply for the CMM International Fund: up to £30k over 2 years for globally collaborative medical mycology research. FAPESP-funded PhD & Postdoctoral opportunities available for partnerships with researchers in São Paulo State, Brazil
🔗 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/med...
Global impact in medical mycology! 🌍
Congrats to Professor Gordon Brown, Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, named among the world’s most influential researchers in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025 list.
Read more: buff.ly/9Ln9ZS5
Congrats to Professor Gordon Brown, Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, named among the world’s most influential researchers in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025 list.
Read more: buff.ly/9Ln9ZS5
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Global impact in medical mycology! 🌍
Congrats to Professor Gordon Brown, Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, named among the world’s most influential researchers in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025 list.
Read more: buff.ly/9Ln9ZS5
Congrats to Professor Gordon Brown, Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, named among the world’s most influential researchers in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025 list.
Read more: buff.ly/9Ln9ZS5
🚨SWBio DTP PhD Opportunity 🚨
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨SWBio DTP PhD Opportunity 🚨
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
Join the teams of Prof. Elaine Bignell, Dr Sandra Catania & Dr Johannes Rack to unravel how epigenetic changes drive fungal development and virulence. Multi-omics, genetics & microscopy on WHO medical pathogens.
More info: buff.ly/dTgOHYG
Apply: buff.ly/iuVttsJ
🧫Preparing agar plates
Scientists use agar plates to grow fungi, which are petri dishes filled with nutrient-rich growth media.
🧑🔬 Ian is adding Bromocresol green, a pH indicator which turns yellow in acidic conditions. As fungi grow, the media turns yellow!
#mycology
Scientists use agar plates to grow fungi, which are petri dishes filled with nutrient-rich growth media.
🧑🔬 Ian is adding Bromocresol green, a pH indicator which turns yellow in acidic conditions. As fungi grow, the media turns yellow!
#mycology
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🧫Preparing agar plates
Scientists use agar plates to grow fungi, which are petri dishes filled with nutrient-rich growth media.
🧑🔬 Ian is adding Bromocresol green, a pH indicator which turns yellow in acidic conditions. As fungi grow, the media turns yellow!
#mycology
Scientists use agar plates to grow fungi, which are petri dishes filled with nutrient-rich growth media.
🧑🔬 Ian is adding Bromocresol green, a pH indicator which turns yellow in acidic conditions. As fungi grow, the media turns yellow!
#mycology