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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🦠 Hospitals face a silent killer: Candida auris. This drug-resistant fungus is spreading globally, threatening vulnerable patients. Exeter researchers found iron hunting pumps, a survival trick that could be its Achilles’ heel.
🔗 Learn more 👉 buff.ly/8IN0w4r.
#ImageOfTheWeek #Science #Health
🔗 Learn more 👉 buff.ly/8IN0w4r.
#ImageOfTheWeek #Science #Health
January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
🦠 Hospitals face a silent killer: Candida auris. This drug-resistant fungus is spreading globally, threatening vulnerable patients. Exeter researchers found iron hunting pumps, a survival trick that could be its Achilles’ heel.
🔗 Learn more 👉 buff.ly/8IN0w4r.
#ImageOfTheWeek #Science #Health
🔗 Learn more 👉 buff.ly/8IN0w4r.
#ImageOfTheWeek #Science #Health
🚨 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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🚨 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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
🥊💥 You breathe fungi every day! Aspergillus fumigatus is usually harmless but for those with weak immunity or lung disease, it can be deadly.
🔍 Blue = fungal hyphae
🟣 Purple = immune cells trapping fungus
📸 Mariano Malamud Guillan & @darrenthomson.bsky.social
#ImageOfTheWeek
🔍 Blue = fungal hyphae
🟣 Purple = immune cells trapping fungus
📸 Mariano Malamud Guillan & @darrenthomson.bsky.social
#ImageOfTheWeek
January 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
🥊💥 You breathe fungi every day! Aspergillus fumigatus is usually harmless but for those with weak immunity or lung disease, it can be deadly.
🔍 Blue = fungal hyphae
🟣 Purple = immune cells trapping fungus
📸 Mariano Malamud Guillan & @darrenthomson.bsky.social
#ImageOfTheWeek
🔍 Blue = fungal hyphae
🟣 Purple = immune cells trapping fungus
📸 Mariano Malamud Guillan & @darrenthomson.bsky.social
#ImageOfTheWeek
Reposted by The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
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
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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
Scientists at MRC CMM & collaborators discover how Mycobacterium tuberculosis harnesses the immune system to cause infection.
Gordon Brown @mrccmm.bsky.social Claire Hoving @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @maxgg.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Read more:
Gordon Brown @mrccmm.bsky.social Claire Hoving @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @maxgg.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Read more:
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January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Scientists at MRC CMM & collaborators discover how Mycobacterium tuberculosis harnesses the immune system to cause infection.
Gordon Brown @mrccmm.bsky.social Claire Hoving @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @maxgg.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Read more:
Gordon Brown @mrccmm.bsky.social Claire Hoving @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @maxgg.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Read more:
Congrats to Dr Iana Kalinina & Dr Duncan Wilson for featuring on mBio’s December cover!
Their study shows how “Goliath” cells formed under zinc limitation drive biofilm formation.
Cover: buff.ly/xfz8aEH
Article: buff.ly/WqvpK25
#Microbiology #Research #ImageOfTheWeek
Their study shows how “Goliath” cells formed under zinc limitation drive biofilm formation.
Cover: buff.ly/xfz8aEH
Article: buff.ly/WqvpK25
#Microbiology #Research #ImageOfTheWeek
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Congrats to Dr Iana Kalinina & Dr Duncan Wilson for featuring on mBio’s December cover!
Their study shows how “Goliath” cells formed under zinc limitation drive biofilm formation.
Cover: buff.ly/xfz8aEH
Article: buff.ly/WqvpK25
#Microbiology #Research #ImageOfTheWeek
Their study shows how “Goliath” cells formed under zinc limitation drive biofilm formation.
Cover: buff.ly/xfz8aEH
Article: buff.ly/WqvpK25
#Microbiology #Research #ImageOfTheWeek
🔬✨ #MycoTalks is back for 2026!
Join us for the first MycoTalks of the year featuring Iuliana Ene and Bernhard Hube.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍 Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/JbBeC6i
Don’t miss this exciting start to our 2026 MycoTalks!
@ene-lab.bsky.social @mpm-hki.bsky.social
Join us for the first MycoTalks of the year featuring Iuliana Ene and Bernhard Hube.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍 Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/JbBeC6i
Don’t miss this exciting start to our 2026 MycoTalks!
@ene-lab.bsky.social @mpm-hki.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
🔬✨ #MycoTalks is back for 2026!
Join us for the first MycoTalks of the year featuring Iuliana Ene and Bernhard Hube.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍 Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/JbBeC6i
Don’t miss this exciting start to our 2026 MycoTalks!
@ene-lab.bsky.social @mpm-hki.bsky.social
Join us for the first MycoTalks of the year featuring Iuliana Ene and Bernhard Hube.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM (UK time)
📍 Online
👉 Register here: buff.ly/JbBeC6i
Don’t miss this exciting start to our 2026 MycoTalks!
@ene-lab.bsky.social @mpm-hki.bsky.social
🚨 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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
🚨 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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
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
👉 buff.ly/PrpeVN4
MRC CMM's Hugh Gifford & Rhys Farrer have uncovered an 'Achilles heel' in Candida auris, a deadly fungal pathogen. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments & drug repurposing to fight life-threatening infections.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/bUjIXJP.
#PublicHealth #ScienceNews #FungalInfections
Read more 👉 buff.ly/bUjIXJP.
#PublicHealth #ScienceNews #FungalInfections
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
MRC CMM's Hugh Gifford & Rhys Farrer have uncovered an 'Achilles heel' in Candida auris, a deadly fungal pathogen. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments & drug repurposing to fight life-threatening infections.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/bUjIXJP.
#PublicHealth #ScienceNews #FungalInfections
Read more 👉 buff.ly/bUjIXJP.
#PublicHealth #ScienceNews #FungalInfections
🧠 What does it take to study a brain infection?
PhD student Will is converting cells to investigate how the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans behaves.
The big moment? Seeing the IBA1-stained cells glowing green under the microscope, a sign the transformation worked!
#Science
PhD student Will is converting cells to investigate how the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans behaves.
The big moment? Seeing the IBA1-stained cells glowing green under the microscope, a sign the transformation worked!
#Science
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🧠 What does it take to study a brain infection?
PhD student Will is converting cells to investigate how the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans behaves.
The big moment? Seeing the IBA1-stained cells glowing green under the microscope, a sign the transformation worked!
#Science
PhD student Will is converting cells to investigate how the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans behaves.
The big moment? Seeing the IBA1-stained cells glowing green under the microscope, a sign the transformation worked!
#Science
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 🧫